Coming out to the streets : LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness /
"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. In Coming Out to the Streets, Brandon Andrew Robinson examines their lives. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas, Coming Out to...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv182js8v |
| Summary: | "Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. In Coming Out to the Streets, Brandon Andrew Robinson examines their lives. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas, Coming Out to the Streets maps the LGBTQ youth's lives prior to experiencing homelessness--within their families, schools, and other institutions--and while they live on the streets, deal with police, and navigate shelters and services for people experiencing homelessness. Through this documentation, Robinson shows how poverty and racial inequality shape how LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness negotiate their gender and sexuality. Robinson contends that solutions to addressing LGBTQ youth homelessness need to move beyond blaming families for rejecting their child. By highlighting youth's voices, Robinson calls for queer and trans liberation through systemic change"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520971073 0520971078 9780520299269 9780520299276 0520299264 0520299272 |