| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "coming out to the streets" -- Reframing family rejection : growing up poor and LGBTQ -- Queer control complex : the punishing production of LGBTQ youth -- New lavender scare : policing and the criminalization of LGBTQ youth homelessness -- Queer street smarts : LGBTQ youth navigating homelessness -- Respite, resources, rules, and regulations: homonormative governmentality and LGBTQ shelter life -- Conclusion : there's no place like home -- Appendix. Compassionate detachment : on being a volunteer researcher. |
| Summary |
"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth are disproportionately represented in the U.S. youth homelessness population. In Coming Out to the Streets, Brandon Andrew Robinson examines their lives. Based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork in central Texas, Coming Out to the Streets maps the LGBTQ youth's lives prior to experiencing homelessness-within their families, schools, and other institutions-and while they live on the streets, deal with police, and navigate shelters and services for people experiencing homelessness. Through this documentation, Robinson shows how poverty and racial inequality shape how LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness negotiate their gender and sexuality. Robinson contends that solutions to addressing LGBTQ youth homelessness need to move beyond blaming families for rejecting their child. By highlighting youth's voices, Robinson calls for queer and trans liberation through systemic change"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Sexual minority youth -- Texas.
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Sexual minority youth. |
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Texas. |
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Homeless teenagers -- Texas.
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Homeless teenagers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
LGBTQ+ youth. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Brandon Andrew. Coming out to the streets Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520299269 (DLC) 2020014432 |
| ISBN |
9780520971073 electronic book |
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0520971078 electronic book |
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9780520299269 hardcover |
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9780520299276 paperback |
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0520299264 hardcover |
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0520299272 paperback |
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