By James RyanPresident of Times for Homes Inc. According to True Colors United, there are enough homeless youths in this country to fill a city roughly the size of Los Angeles.
And about 40 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, compared to 7 percent of the general youth population. These numbers are staggering!
Frankly, it’s a disaster, and it’s not getting better. Year over year, we see increases in homeless populations in many places.
Statistics show that one in four LGBTQ youth become homeless on the day they come out. We owe them, and ourselves, a more just society.