Preventing, Reducing and Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness: The Need for Targeted Strategies
Preventing, Reducing and Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness: The Need for Targeted Strategies
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10.17645/si.v4i4.669
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2016-01-01
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1.5
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Abramovich, Alex
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作者：
Abramovich, Alex
在无家可归的青年人口中，性别不合常规的青年和性少数青年人数过多，在收容所和青年服务组织中经常受到歧视。本文提供了一个上下文的方式，机构和政府的政策和标准，往往使社会排斥的女同性恋，男同性恋，双性恋，变性人，酷儿，和2-精神（LGBTQ 2S）青年，进一步压迫和边缘化的理解。包括机构擦除，同性恋和跨性别暴力，以及庇护所工作人员很少处理，解决甚至注意到的歧视等因素，使经历无家可归的LGBTQ 2S青年特别难以获得支持服务，导致他们在街头感到比在庇护所和住房计划更安全的情况。本文借鉴了定性批判行动研究的数据，调查了一组LGBTQ 2无家可归的青年的经验和工作人员在收容所的观点，通过一对一的访谈在多伦多，加拿大。该研究的主要建议之一包括政府政策需要解决LGBTQ 2S青年无家可归问题。一个案例研究是共享的，以说明阿尔伯塔政府如何将这一建议付诸实践，优先考虑LGBTQ 2S青年无家可归在他们的省级计划，以结束青年无家可归。该案例研究借鉴了非正式和正式的数据，包括小组活动，问题和调查，在LGBTQ 2S青年无家可归的研讨会期间收集。本文概述了当前的政治，社会正义和公共卫生问题，并通过强调预防，减少和结束LGBTQ 2S青年无家可归的具体方法，为研究领域提供知识。
Gender non-conforming and sexual minority youth are overrepresented in the homeless youth population and are frequently discriminated against in shelters and youth serving organizations. This paper provides a contextual understanding of the ways that institutional and governmental policies and standards often perpetuate the social exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and 2-Spirit (LGBTQ2S) youth, by further oppression and marginalization. Factors, including institutional erasure, homophobic and transphobic violence, and discrimination that is rarely dealt with, addressed, or even noticed by shelter workers, make it especially difficult for LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness to access support services, resulting in a situation where they feel safer on the streets than in shelters and housing programs. This paper draws on data from a qualitative Critical Action Research study that investigated the experiences of a group of LGBTQ2S homeless youth and the perspectives of staff in shelters through one-on-one interviews in Toronto, Canada. One of the main recommendations of the study included the need for governmental policy to address LGBTQ2S youth homelessness. A case study is shared to illustrate how the Government of Alberta has put this recommendation into practice by prioritizing LGBTQ2S youth homelessness in their provincial plan to end youth homelessness. The case study draws on informal and formal data, including group activities, questions, and surveys that were collected during a symposium on LGBTQ2S youth homelessness. This paper provides an overview of a current political, social justice, and public health concern, and contributes knowledge to an under researched field of study by highlighting concrete ways to prevent, reduce, and end LGBTQ2S youth homelessness.