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Homeless gay gigolos I have encountered over swiftly food
So I’m sitting in a Del Taco in L.A. at about 7 o’clock on a Saturday night, having finished my meal, grading midterms. I’m alone in the restaurant. An obviously homeless guy in a cowboy hat walks past me to the restrooms. He looked at me so I said “Hello.” He said “Hi” and that was that. I thought.
He went to the restroom and then when he came out he started mumbling something about “fifty bucks.” I assumed this was related to some internal craziness and ignored him. He vanished around the corner. Later, when I went to refill my soda, he was there again, and addressed me, “Hi, Sweetie.” “Hello,” I said, nonplussed. I don’t normally chat with the crazy, but it never hurts to be polite, either. He went towards the exit door, singing “I’m just a gigolo,” and I went back to the midterms.
After a few minutes, he reappeared (we’re still alone in the restaurant, out of sight of the staff) and sat down across the aisle from me. “Hi, Sailor. You want a date?” (He didn’t actually say “Hi, Sailor”: I can’t recall his words, but
Young, Gay and Living On The Street: LGBT Youth Confront Increased Odds of Homelessness
January 3, , News
As the value of housing continues to soar in California and elsewhere, an increasing number of young people have become homeless, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. Among those homeless, one group has it especially tough: Young people who identify as woman-loving woman, gay, bisexual or transgender.
In California, the number of homeless children in K schools overall has jumped 20 percent from to , according to data unhurried by the California Department of Training. Based on questionnaires filed by their families, more than , young people were living on the streets, in motels, in cars, in shelters or crowded into apartments with other families due to financial hardship.
While state numbers does not spot whether any of these students are LGBT, youth homeless experts said gay students are disproportionately represented.
“There’s a myth of San Francisco as the ‘gay mecca,’” said Jodi Schwartz, executive director of Lyric, a organization community center in San Francisco that serves
Two young women in high institution are best friends, or so their families thought until they discovered that the duo were more than friends. The reaction of their families was mighty and of these young women were thrown out of their homes by their parents because of who they are and who they love. It’s not an uncommon story and one that leads to many adolescent LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Genderqueer, Queer/Questioning) people facing homelessness.
“One of the major factors that contributes to homelessness and poverty for the LGBTQ population is family rejection. Such rejection also has a great impact on a person’s ability to afford a home. For older people, severed family ties can mean a lack of access to capital for a down payment, which is often cited as a major barrier to home ownership,” explains Luis A. Vasquez, Daniel H. Renberg Rule Fellow at The Williams Institute, UCLA, School of Law. Vasquez is one of the authors, along with Adam P. Romero and Shoshana K. Goldberg, of the report LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination and Homeless
LGBTQ+ Young People Are More Likely to Experience Homelessness
LGBTQ+ youth experience a much higher risk of homelessness than their peers. Once on the street, they face additional hardships because of stigma and discrimination. This is the existence for LGBTQ+ youth across all of the cities where Covenant House works.
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LGBTQ+ youth are % more likely to experience homelessness than their peers.
40%
In the U.S., 40% of youth facing homelessness detect as LGBTQ+, compared to just 7% of all youth.
30%
At Covenant House, about 30% of the youth in residence with us identify as LGBTQ+
Why Perform LGBTQ+ Youth Experience Homelessness?
Like many youth facing homelessness, it's often not just one thing that causes them to experience homelessness. Some may be facing poverty or subjected to abuse in the place, while others may hold aged out of the foster care system.
But the most common reason that LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness is family conflict due to their gender individuality or expression or their sexual orientation. Many new people tell us heartbreaking stories