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“They peed on my shoes”: foregrounding intersectional minority stress in understanding LGBTQ youth homelessness
Journal of LGBT Youth ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-17 , DOI: 10.1080/19361653.2021.1925196
Brandon Andrew Robinson 1
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Abstract

Minority stress is a cause of health challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth experiencing homelessness. However, in over-focusing on family rejection, the research on LGBTQ youth homelessness often misses how minority stress itself can shape the youth’s perceived pathways into and experiences of homelessness. A main objective of this study, then, foregrounds minority stress in understanding LGBTQ youth homelessness. To achieve this objective, the author conducted ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas and interviewed 40 LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness. The author shows how experiencing intersecting minority stressors, especially within families and youth-serving institutions, is part of the perceived pathways into homelessness. The author also documents how experiencing homelessness in conjunction with experiencing anti-LGBTQ perceived discrimination, violence, and other minority stressors such as racism impact the youth’s mental health challenges while living on the streets. A second objective of this study, then, shows how anti-LGBTQ discrimination intersects with other forms of prejudice and discrimination to shape the youth’s stressors and pathways into and experiences of homelessness. The author concludes that intersecting minority stressors shape perceived pathways into homelessness and compound with the socially stressful experiences of homelessness, but social support, especially LGBTQ-specific support, can help ameliorate these challenges.



中文翻译:

“他们在我的鞋子上撒尿”:在理解 LGBTQ 青少年无家可归问题时突出跨群体压力

摘要

少数族裔压力是导致无家可归的女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿 (LGBTQ) 青少年面临健康挑战的一个原因。然而,由于过度关注家庭的拒绝,对 LGBTQ 青少年无家可归者的研究常常忽略了少数族裔压力本身如何塑造青少年对无家可归的感知途径和经历。因此,这项研究的一个主要目标是在理解 LGBTQ 青少年无家可归问题上强调少数群体的压力。为了实现这一目标,作者在德克萨斯州中部进行了民族志实地调查,并采访了 40 名无家可归的 LGBTQ 青少年。作者展示了经历交叉的少数族裔压力源,尤其是在家庭和青年服务机构中,如何成为人们认为的无家可归途径的一部分。作者还记录了无家可归的经历以及反 LGBTQ 群体感知的歧视、暴力和种族主义等其他少数群体压力因素如何影响流落街头的年轻人的心理健康挑战。这项研究的第二个目标是展示反 LGBTQ 歧视如何与其他形式的偏见和歧视相互交叉,从而塑造青少年的压力源以及无家可归的途径和经历。作者的结论是,交叉的少数族裔压力源塑造了人们对无家可归的感知路径,并与无家可归的社会压力经历相结合,但社会支持,尤其是针对 LGBTQ 的支持,可以帮助缓解这些挑战。种族主义等其他少数群体压力因素影响着流落街头的年轻人的心理健康挑战。这项研究的第二个目标是展示反 LGBTQ 歧视如何与其他形式的偏见和歧视相互交叉,从而塑造青少年的压力源以及无家可归的途径和经历。作者的结论是,交叉的少数族裔压力源塑造了人们对无家可归的感知路径,并与无家可归的社会压力经历相结合,但社会支持,尤其是针对 LGBTQ 的支持,可以帮助缓解这些挑战。种族主义等其他少数群体压力因素影响着流落街头的年轻人的心理健康挑战。这项研究的第二个目标是展示反 LGBTQ 歧视如何与其他形式的偏见和歧视相互交叉,从而塑造青少年的压力源以及无家可归的途径和经历。作者的结论是,交叉的少数族裔压力源塑造了人们对无家可归的感知路径,并与无家可归的社会压力经历相结合,但社会支持,尤其是针对 LGBTQ 的支持,可以帮助缓解这些挑战。展示了反 LGBTQ 歧视如何与其他形式的偏见和歧视交织在一起,从而塑造了年轻人的压力源以及无家可归的途径和经历。作者的结论是,交叉的少数族裔压力源塑造了人们对无家可归的感知路径,并与无家可归的社会压力经历相结合,但社会支持,尤其是针对 LGBTQ 的支持,可以帮助缓解这些挑战。展示了反 LGBTQ 歧视如何与其他形式的偏见和歧视交织在一起,从而塑造了年轻人的压力源以及无家可归的途径和经历。作者的结论是,交叉的少数族裔压力源塑造了人们对无家可归的感知路径,并与无家可归的社会压力经历相结合,但社会支持,尤其是针对 LGBTQ 的支持,可以帮助缓解这些挑战。

更新日期:2021-05-17
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