Homeless LGBT Youth: Living on the Streets at the Dangerous Intersection of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Race, and Class
Huffington Post
Laura A. Hughes
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-a-hughes/homeless-lgbt-youth_b_1338509.htmlLiving on the streets can be difficult on many levels, but so many of the LGBT runaway and homeless youth we work with live not just on the streets but at the intersection of a dangerous crossroads, one impacted not only by their sexual orientation but by their race, gender, gender expression, socioeconomic status, and age. They live in a society where, if you "do the math" and combine these various forms of bias and discrimination, you see how high the deck can be stacked against our young people. As a community we ignore these intersections not only at our own peril but at the peril of the lives of thousands of out-of-home LGBT youth across the country.
