Coming Out to the StreetsAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 17 November 2020
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. InA Coming Out to the Streets, Brandon Andrew Robinson examines their lives. A Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas,A Coming Out to the StreetsA looks into theA LGBTQ youth's lives before they experience homelessnessâ?"within their families, schools, and other institutionsâ?"and later when they navigate the streets, deal with police, and access shelters and other services. Through this documentation, Brandon Andrew Robinson shows how poverty and racial inequality shape the ways that the LGBTQ youth negotiate their gender and sexuality before and while they are experiencing homelessness. To address LGBTQ youth homelessness, Robinson contends that solutions must move beyond blaming families for rejecting their child. In highlighting the voices of the LGBTQ youth, Robinson calls for queer and trans liberation through systemic change.
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