Gay Homels Youth Share Experienc Sex Work New Report | Time

Contents:

• WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE
• GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN
• REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON LIV OF HOMELS GAY YOUTH
• GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS

WHEN I WAS HOMELS, I SOLD MY BODY GAY SNAS TO SURVIVE

While the challeng of intifyg and ntactg youth experiencg homelsns make difficult to tablish the exact prevalence of LGBTQ youth homelsns, is timated that lbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth make up 7-9% of the general populatn (Wilson, Cooper, Kastanis, & Nezhad, 2014) but 29% of youth experiencg homelsns (Choi et al., 2015).

1 It is important to note that due to a failure to llect nuanced sexual orientatn and genr inty data many large-sle surveys, much of the prev rearch on LGBTQ youth actually only vers those who are lbian, gay, or bisexual.

GAY AND HOMELS: IN PLA SIGHT, A LARGELY HIDN POPULATN

In this report, fdgs that only apply to lbian, gay, or bisexual youth will be noted wh the acronym LGB and fdgs which apply to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, or qutng youth will be noted wh acronym LGBTQ. 46) pared to gay/lbian youth. However, rearch om the Fay Acceptance Project shows that many parents reject their child’s LGBTQ inty bee they fear the homophobia and transphobia their child may experience society (Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn, 2014).

REPORT SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON LIV OF HOMELS GAY YOUTH

Unlike other eply entrenched social problems such as racism, homophobia, biphobia, or transphobia, homelsns has a ncrete, evince-based solutn: hog. The Trevor Project is the world’s largt suici preventn and crisis terventn anizatn for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, & qutng (LGBTQ) young people.

GAY AND TRANSGENR YOUTH HOMELSNS BY THE NUMBERS

Servg our youth 2015: The needs and experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng youth experiencg homelsns.