Family conflict is a well-documented causal factor in the international literature on youth homelessness. Less is known about how childhood experiences within family of origin contribute to first homelessness among Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) young people. In this article, which draws on an analysis of the Australian Journeys Home survey, we argue that homelessness risk among LGB young people is cumulative and stems from multiple childhood disadvantages. LGB respondents were more likely than their heterosexual peers to report leaving home in the early teens. They were also more likely to have experienced conflict, abuse and deprivation in their families of origin, including: the threat of harm from someone within the family home environment; a lack of adequate food and shelter during childhood; high levels of childhood sexual abuse; and early experience of parental divorce. We discuss the implications of these findings for future LGBTQ+ research agendas.

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澳大利亚的家庭关系和 LGB 首次无家可归：我们知道什么，我们应该去哪里？

在关于青年无家可归的国际文献中，家庭冲突是一个有据可查的因果因素。关于原籍家庭的童年经历如何导致澳大利亚女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿 (LGBTQ+) 年轻人首次无家可归的情况知之甚少。在这篇文章中，我们借鉴了对澳大利亚之旅之家调查的分析，我们认为 LGB 年轻人的无家可归风险是累积的，源于童年的多重劣势。LGB 受访者比他们的异性恋同龄人更有可能在十几岁的时候离开家。他们也更有可能在原籍家庭中经历过冲突、虐待和剥夺，包括： 来自家庭环境中某人的伤害威胁；童年时期缺乏足够的食物和住所；高水平的儿童性虐待；和父母离婚的早期经历。我们讨论了这些发现对未来 LGBTQ+ 研究议程的影响。