LGBTQ Advocates to SCOTUS: Don’t Let Cities Criminalize Houseless People
Groups warn the Supreme Court that LGBTQ youth make up 65 percent of the chronically houseless youth population.
LGBTQ people (and youth especially) are much more likely to experience discrimination, trauma and the sting of family rejection than their straight and cisgender peers, and that’s a big reason why the issue of homelessness has been a major focus of queer life and organizing reaching back deep into history. Now, as the Supreme Court considers Grants Pass v. Johnson, a landmark case poised to...