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Homeless gay gigolos I have encountered over swift food
So I’m sitting in a Del Taco in L.A. at about 7 o’clock on a Saturday night, having finished my meal, grading midterms. I’m alone in the restaurant. An obviously homeless guy in a cowboy hat walks past me to the restrooms. He looked at me so I said “Hello.” He said “Hi” and that was that. I thought.
He went to the restroom and then when he came out he started mumbling something about “fifty bucks.” I assumed this was related to some internal craziness and ignored him. He vanished around the corner. Later, when I went to refill my soda, he was there again, and addressed me, “Hi, Sweetie.” “Hello,” I said, nonplussed. I don’t normally chat with the crazy, but it never hurts to be polite, either. He went towards the exit door, singing “I’m just a gigolo,” and I went back to the midterms.
After a few minutes, he reappeared (we’re still alone in the restaurant, out of sight of the staff) and sat down across the aisle from me. “Hi, Sailor. You want a date?” (He didn’t actually say “Hi, Sailor”: I can’t recall his words, but they were equally stereotypical.) Apparently, the little gigolo ballad was a love ballad di
LGBTQ Support Group Helps Caregivers Connect on Aging and Health in an Empathetic Space
Mary Henderson is a caregiver for her wife, who has mild cognitive impairment due to Lewy body dementia. For aid, understanding and resources, Mary attends two support groups. In one group, which is specifically for caregivers of people with the disease, Mary feels seal to group members, but she’s aware that they see her as distinct because she is a member of the LGBTQ community.
In the other organization, the LGBTQ Caregiver Back Group, held monthly at the Wilder Community Center for Aging, Mary has found caregivers who perceive each other on a deeper level than they may find in other areas of their lives. “When we walk in that room, we possess something in common with each other that we may not even communicate about,” Mary says. “It makes it special for us.”
Support groups and other events are a way for many informal caregivers to share the joys and frustrations as they provide care for an aging or ill family member or friend. At Wilder, for example, events and groups are free for caregivers of people with dementia, adult children who are caregiving for their parents and coffee hour f
LGBTQ+ Young People Are More Likely to Experience Homelessness
LGBTQ+ youth experience a much higher risk of homelessness than their peers. Once on the street, they face additional hardships because of stigma and discrimination. This is the actual world for LGBTQ+ youth across all of the cities where Covenant House works.
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LGBTQ+ youth are 120% more likely to experience homelessness than their peers.
40%
In the U.S., 40% of youth facing homelessness spot as LGBTQ+, compared to just 7% of all youth.
30%
At Covenant House, about 30% of the youth in residence with us identify as LGBTQ+
Why Perform LGBTQ+ Youth Experience Homelessness?
Like many youth facing homelessness, it's often not just one thing that causes them to experience homelessness. Some may be facing poverty or subjected to abuse in the residence, while others may possess aged out of the foster care system.
But the most common reason that LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness is family conflict due to their gender persona or expression or their sexual orientation. Many new people tell us heartbreaking stories of rejection and eviction that led to life on the streets.
Once homeless, LGBTQ+ youth meet f
Two young women in elevated school are best friends, or so their families thought until they discovered that the duo were more than friends. The reaction of their families was strong and harsh.Both of these young women were thrown out of their homes by their parents because of who they are and who they love. It’s not an uncommon story and one that leads to many young LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) people facing homelessness.
“One of the major factors that contributes to homelessness and poverty for the LGBTQ population is family rejection. Such rejection also has a amazing impact on a person’s ability to afford a home. For older people, severed family ties can mean a lack of access to capital for a down payment, which is often cited as a major barrier to home ownership,” explains Luis A. Vasquez, Daniel H. Renberg Law Fellow at The Williams Institute, UCLA, School of Law. Vasquez is one of the authors, along with Adam P. Romero and Shoshana K. Goldberg, of the report LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination and Homelessness that was published by the Williams Institute in April 2020.
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