Coming Out to the Streets

LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Brandon Andrew Robinson

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University of California Press
17 November 2020

Family & health

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 looks into the lives of the LGBTQ youth before they experience homelessness—within their families, schools, and other institutions—and how they later live on the streets, deal with police, and navigate shelters and other services. Through this documentation, Robinson shows how poverty and racial inequality shape how the LGBTQ youth negotiate their gender and sexuality before and while they are experiencing homelessness. To address LGBTQ youth homelessness, Robinson contends that solutions need to move beyond blaming families for rejecting their child. In highlighting the voices of the LGBTQ youth, Robinson calls for queer and trans liberation through systemic change.

By: Brandon Andrew Robinson
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520299269
ISBN 10: 0520299264
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 17 November 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Acknowledgments Introduction: ""Coming Out to the Streets"" 1. Reframing Family Rejection: Growing Up Poor and LGBTQ 2. Queer Control Complex: The Punishing Production of LGBTQ Youth 3. New Lavender Scare: Policing and the Criminalization of LGBTQ Youth Homelessness 4. Queer Street Smarts: LGBTQ Youth Navigating Homelessness 5. Respite, Resources, Rules, and Regulations: Homonormative Governmentality and LGBTQ Shelter Life Conclusion: There's No Place Like Home Appendix: Compassionate Detachment and Being a Volunteer Researcher Notes References Index"

Brandon Andrew Robinson is Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of California, Riverside and coauthor of Race and Sexuality.

Reviews for Coming Out to the Streets: LGBTQ Youth Experiencing Homelessness

"“This volume fills a gap in the research on LGBTQ youth who face homelessness, particularly transgender youth. . . . Highly recommended.” * CHOICE * “This book constitutes a relevant tool for understanding how someone gets to face homelessness, even if not queer.” * Ethnic and Racial Studies * ""Coming Out to the Streets is a timely, sharply argued, and beautifully written book that adds theoretical nuance and empirical heft to the literature on homelessness, LGBTQ youth, governmentality, and the social safety net."" * American Journal of Sociology *"