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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 % more likely to experience homelessness than their peers.
40%
In the U.S., 40% of youth facing homelessness recognize 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 Accomplish 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 place, while others may contain aged out of the foster care system.
But the most common reason that LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness is family conflict due to their gender self or expression or their sexual orientation. Many new people tell us heartbreaking stories
How we help
Imagine organism a young person who, after coming out to your parents as LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Pansexual, Trans, Queer) or even after trying to discuss your sexuality, is told to pack your bags and obtain out. Imagine creature a target for violence in your family home, and having no selection but to exit to protect yourself. The people who are supposed to love you the most are giving you no preference but to exit the place you know best and you don’t own much money at all. Where would you go? Who would you call?
A child should never have to encounter homelessness and a parent’s love for their children should always be unconditional. Unfortunately, many kids do become homeless after being disowned by their parents when they don’t live up to expectations—this can be anything from making poor grades or questioning certain values to not looking the “right” way or identifying as LGBTQ. In certain situations, the parents are not qualified to stop siblings from enacting hostility in the domesticated due to similar reasons. As a result of family rejection, discrimination, criminalization and many
Covenant House Pride
Where do we open when we are bursting with pride for how our people rallied for our young people last month? More than supporters joined the Covenant House Strides for Pride campaign and raised over $,! And that was just one week of Pride! Our community showed up for all 30 days of June to raise awareness and funds for LGBTQ+ safety and inclusion at Covenant House. And while June is now over, the spirit of Pride month will continue every day through the commitment of our corporate and individual supporters and the firm work of all our new people who every day aspire to pursue the great pledge of their lives.
One of our top fundraisers in Strides for Pride shared that she is a parent and there is nothing she wouldn’t do for her children, even as adults. She wants them to be able to live in a safe environment and have the same rights and freedoms as those who identify as cisgender. She ended her bold declaration with, “Love is stronger than hate,” and she shared some inspiring photos of her fitness routines while she moved with the Cov. Thank you, K
LGBTQ Fund Grantee Spotlight: Covenant House NOLA
In launching the LGBTQ Fund in , the Greater New Orleans Foundation was particularly moved by the Out in the South Report, which had been released by Funders for LGBTQ Issues a few years prior. The report shared that while the South had more lesbian, gay, bisexual person, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) adults than any other part of the country, the region received just % of domestic funding for LGBTQ issues. LGBTQ people in the South were also among the most likely to be experiencing poverty.
We worked with the input of LGBTQ community members, charity leaders, and donors to shape the focus of the fund. Together, we decided to offer funds to organizations that grow the quality of animation for LGBTQ people and their families, particularly elders, transgender youth, and adults of color, LGBTQ people from low-income communities, and LGBTQ people who are disabled.
The LGBTQ Fund prioritizes work that:
- Advocates for policies that improve the quality of life for LGBTQ people and their families.
- Provides LGBTQ people and famili