*40% of homeless youth in the United States identify as LGBTQ
-The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness.”
*50% of LGBTQ youth experience a negative reaction when coming out to their parents
- The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth An Epidemic of Homelessness.”
*26% of LGBTQ youth were kicked out of their homes when they came out (that’s over 1/4th of LGBTQ youth
- The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness.”
*LGBTQ youth are 7 times more likely to be victims of crime than their heterosexual peers
- The National Runaway Switchboard
*LGBTQ youth are three times more likely to participate in survival sex
-The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgneder Youth: An Epidemic of Homelessness.”
*78% of LGBTQ youth were removed from or ran away from foster care placements because they were un-welcoming or hostile towards their sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
-Urban Justice League ‘Justice for All’
*100% of LGBTQ youth in NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) custody reported that they were verbally harassed in the group home because of their sexual orientation.
-Urban Justice ‘Justice for All’
*70% of LGBTQ youth in NYC ACS custody reported that they were victims of physical violence because of their sexual orientation.
- Urban Justice League ‘Justice for All’
*50% of national youth serving organizations reporting that they do not have services or resources to educate youth on LGBT issues or to support LGBT youth
-Advocates for Youth ‘survey and needs assessment of youth serving organizations capacity for working with sexual minority youth’