CYP Now - Make LGBT young homeless a priority year-round

At this time of year, when the cold weather starts to bite and
families traditionally come together over the festive period,
homelessness takes on an added significance in the public
consciousness.

But, of course, it is a year-round problem and one that for young people in particular is often caused by a breakdown in relationships with parents or carers in the family home.

The teenage years can be a turbulent time and it is a period often punctuated by coming into conflict with adults. This can be even more acute if a young person is coming to terms with being lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual (LGBT), and their family is struggling to accept that.

With some experts estimating that as many as one in four homeless young people are LGBT, the need for specialist housing support is glaringly obvious (see special report, p24). That is why it is so important that Purple Door, run by Albert Kennedy Trust, becomes the first of many projects dedicated to preventing homelessness among LGBT young people.

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