Homeless Gay and Transgender Youth of Color in San Francisco: "No One Likes Street Kids"--Even in the Castro

Autor/in	Reck, Jen
Titel	Homeless Gay and Transgender Youth of Color in San Francisco: "No One Likes Street Kids"--Even in the Castro
Quelle	In: Journal of LGBT Youth, 6 (2009) 2-3, S.223-242 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1936-1653
Schlagwörter	Neighborhoods; Family Problems; Homeless People; Young Adults; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; Family Influence; Poverty; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Interpersonal Relationship; Barriers; Minority Groups; Bullying; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Adolescents; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Familienkrise; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Armut; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ethnische Minderheit; Mobbing; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study, focused on five transgender and gay youth of color from San Francisco, explored how family problems, poverty, homophobia, and transphobia propelled them into homelessness and made gay-friendly spaces and resources especially meaningful to them. These young people describe seeking support in San Francisco's well-known gay enclave, the Castro District, to form community and find safety from a homophobic and transphobic world. This study also explored difficulties these youth face as homeless LGBTQ young people of color navigating this neighborhood, which is widely considered a safe haven for LGBTQ people. In the Castro, they experienced invisibility, police and community harassment, sexualization, and commodification. Finally, this article examined how participation in a visible gay neighborhood contributed to their vulnerability yet offered marginally housed transgender and gay youth of color an important space to explore their identities. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10