There are, each year up to 1.6 million homeless youth on the streets in the United States. Of this 1.6 million 20-40% identify as GLBT, and all of them engage in survival sex to survive. The Hiatt House targets the GLBT youth because nobody does. Most of the homeless GLBT youth have been mistreated in foster care, after being kicked out, beaten, and even raped in their own homes (to try to straighten them out) They wont go to shelters that deal with youth, they all hear the stories from others a…
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Posted on April 20, 2009 at 5:10am — 2 Comments