20-40% of SF Homeless Youth Are Queer
KCBS reports that an estimated 800 to 1,600 of the approximately 4,000 homeless teenagers who call San Francisco’s streets home are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. These numbers, unfortunately, match up with nationwide statistics.
[…] I previously posted about homelessness among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth here. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, declaring “[i]t is a national disgrace that 20 to 40 percent of homeless youth are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender,” has released a report titled “LGBT Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness.” You can view the full report here. City-specific fact sheets are available here and you can listen to a audio press conference on GLBT homeless youth here. […]