Homeless Youth
Homeless LGBT youth are a big problem in this country. In the following you will find graphs, charts and information from the amount of LGBT youth are homeless. There is also information on needs and reasons for them leaving/being kick out of their homes. Also there are some information on states that have helped and hurt these youth with their policies they have created.
Fig. 1
The above graph from National Runaway Safeline shows the disproportionate amount of homeless youth that are apart of the LGBTQ community.
Fig. 2
The Image above from Abod Shelters and the one to the right is from True Colors Fund. They illustrate many reasons LGBTQ youth leave home and often become homeless.
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
The image above shows the needs of LGBQ youth and the one below shows the needs of transgender youth. They are both from True Colors Fund.
Fig. 5
In the map on the left published by, Humans Rights Watch, shows what states restrict teachers from talking about LGBT issues at school. Note that the state with Utah being one of them.
Fig. 6
In the map to the right published by, Humans Rights Watch, it shows the states that have laws against bullying of students on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity. Note that Utah is not one of them.
Fig. 7
The chart below from Health LGBT, shows percent of youth that use different homeless services and compares LGBT with Non-LGBT that use them.
Fig. 8
The chart below from Health LGBT, shows the barriers of improving efforts to address LGBT youth homelessness by percent.
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
The above charts from The Shoshy Cadoodle, show the top tree reasons for LBGT homelessness.
Sources:
Fig. 1. Vineeth Sekharan, 40 to none day 2017, National Runaway Safeline, 2017.
Fig. 2. National LGBTQ Task Force, no title, Abod Shelters, 2017.
Fig. 3,4,5. NA, No Title, True Colors Fund, 2018
Fig. 6. Ryan Thoreson, United States Anti-LGBT Map, Human Rights Watch, 2016.
Fig. 7. Ryan Thoreson, United States Anti-Bullying Map, Human Rights Watch, 2016.
Fig. 8 &9. L.E. Druso, G.J. Gates, No Title, Health LGBT, 2012
Fig. 10. Albert Kennedy Trust Statistics, No Title, The Shochy Cadoodle, 2015.