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/