Despite the
overrepresentation of LGBT youth among the homeless, the processes leading to
their homelessness are understudied. This ethnographic study sought to
elucidate the role of sexual orientation in the pathway to housing instability
among young gay men.
Fieldwork included 18 months of participant
observations in public spaces and at a homeless LGBT youth organization in New
York City, as well as formal semi-structured interviews with 14 Latino young
men and 5 staff.
Three distinct pathways emerged. Some youth became homeless
after placement in state systems of care disrupted their social support systems
while others after extreme family conflict over sexual orientation.
Nonetheless, most youths became homeless as a result of long-term processes of
family disintegration in which normative adolescent development and disclosure
of homosexuality exacerbated pre-existing conflict.
These findings suggest the
need to examine the accumulation of risks before disclosure exacerbates family
conflict and increases their risk of homelessness.
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