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Center for American Progress Report Outlines Barriers LGBT Homeless Youth Face in Obtaining Important Identification Documents

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A young adult uses a computer at the Ruth Ellis Center, a drop-in shelter for LGBT youth in Detroit, March 2012. Source: AP/Paul Sancya

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2015.  Research suggests that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, youth experience homelessness at a much higher rate than their non-LGBT peers. Like for most homeless youth, this leads to significant challenges accessing food, shelter, health care, education, and employment, and these challenges may be heightened…

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