I didn’t want to be noticed’
Discrimination and violence among LGBTQ + youth experiencing homelessness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12973206 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philippe-Benoit Côté (0000-0001-5949-1308, Université du Québec à Montréal, corresponding author), Lolita Frésard (Université du Québec à Montréal), Martin Blais (0000-0001-8513-6596, Université du Québec à Montréal) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 180-199 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of LGBT Youth (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1936-1653 • E-ISSN: 1936-1661 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19361653.2023.2185337 |
| OpenAlex | W4322753464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 36 |
This qualitative study documents incidents of discrimination and violence among LGBTQ + youth experiencing homelessness along with their adaptation strategies. Using intersectionality theory, this analysis is based on individual interviews conducted with 17 LGBTQ + youth experiencing homelessness aged 17 to 25. According to their stories, LGBTQ + youth experienced various types of discrimination and violence in the context of homelessness. Youth report anticipating and experiencing physical and psychological violence from passersby in public spaces, causing them to hide from the gaze of others. They also report that police profiling of racialized youth and young women sex workers leads these youth to avoid confrontational interactions with the police. Some youth mention that landlords and employers discriminate against them based on their ethnicity and gender expression, requiring them to have contingency plans for housing and employment. Lastly, many LGBTQ + youths report hiding information about being bisexual, being trans or doing sex work to avoid prejudice and rejection from their intimate partners. The results show that heterosexist, cisgenderism, sexist and racist discrimination and violence amplify the social exclusion of LGBTQ + youth who are already marginalized due to their homelessness
Context (archaeology · Criminology · Heterosexism · Intersectionality · Lesbian · Political science · Prejudice (legal term · Racism · Sexual minority · Social exclusion · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Black youth experiencing homelessness and criminal justice involvement
From contested spaces to choice-centered places
Building a comprehensive understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ youth homelessness
What we know about the stigma of systems-involved youth
Housing difficulties among participants in the Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland study
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Homeless People
Super “Soul” Parties
Navigating and negotiating “outness” among 2S/LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness
Violence against sex workers
Psychiatric Risk in Unstably Housed Sexual Minority Women
Associations of physical and sexual violence victimisation, homelessness, and perceptions of safety with suicidality in a community sample of transgender individuals
Queer homelessness
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Comparing Men's and Women's Experiences of Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
Hetero-cis–normativity and the gendering of transphobia
Queer Is the New Black? Not So Much
Reframing risk for transgender and gender-expansive young people experiencing homelessness
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An intersectional analysis of the feminization of homelessness and mothers’ housing precarity
Out on the street
Mapping the Margins
Gender
Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations
Health and Street/ Homeless Youth
The Matrix of Oppression and Privilege
The Role of Institutional Placement, Family Conflict, and Homosexuality in Homelessness Pathways Among Latino LGBT Youth in New York City
Burden, Belonging, and Homelessness
The experiences of being a young LGBTIQ and homeless in Australia
The Lavender Scare in Homonormative Times
Snowball Sampling
Conditional Families and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth Homelessness
On violence, intersectionality and transversal politics
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |