TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - What's good for the gays is good for the gander: making homeless youth housing safer for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth JO - Family court review A1 - Hunter, Ernst SP - 543 EP - 557 VL - 46 IS - 3 N2 - Across the United States, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth are grossly overrepresented in the homeless youth population. These youth are at an increased risk of being victims of violence in homeless youth housing facilities. This Note examines the causes of the overrepresentation of LGBT youth in the homeless youth population. Additionally, this Note suggests the following changes to the regulation of homeless youth housing programs to make them safer for these youth: (1) placing low maximum limits on the occupancy capacity at which these programs may operate, (2) requiring that all showering facilities provide individual privacy, (3) prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination in the provision of services, (4) requiring nondiscrimination and sensitivity training, and (5) promoting the creation of LGBT-specific homeless youth housing programs.

LA - SN - 1531-2445 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1617.2008.00220.x ID - ref1 ER -