S2 Ep112: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness

This week, we learn about why LGBTQ+ youth homelessness is so prominent. We also discuss the physical and mental tolls that shelter life and living on the streets take on our queer youth, and then we highlight organizations that are taking matters into their hands to curb this epidemic. Organizations https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ https://www.happyhippies.org/ https://www.newalternativesnyc.org/about_us https://www.340blueprintproject.com/ https://nn4youth.org/lgbtq-homeless-youth/ https://nationalhomeless.org/civil-rights-criminalization-of-homelessness/ Sources https://youth.gov/youth-topics/lgbtq-youth/homelessness https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/serving-our-youth-lgbtq/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Trevor-Project-Homelessness-Report.pdf https://nationalhomeless.org/lgbtq-homelessness/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Serving-Our-Youth-Update-Jun-2015.pdf https://nationalhomeless.org/wp-content/uploads/LGBTQ-Homelessness.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4098056/ https://lesley.edu/article/the-cost-of-coming-out-lgbt-youth-homelessness https://nche.ed.gov/lgbtq-youth/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127283/