Each June we celebrate Pride to honor the diversity and resilience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals and the impact they’ve have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally.
Unfortunately, members of the LGBTQIA+ community still often face discrimination in many areas of their lives, in particular housing status. LGBTQIA+ individuals, especially youth, disproportionately experience homelessness and face difficulty finding and sustaining support services, often due to stigma and harassment.
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, “Some transgender individuals have even been turned away from shelters solely due to their gender identity, or have been subjected to verbal, physical, and sexual abuse when forced to stay with members of the sex they were assigned at birth (especially in the case of transgender women).”
We’ve rounded up some Council and partner resources regarding health and homelessness among LGBTQIA+ communities so that providers serving people experiencing homelessness can create a knowledgeable, safe, and affirming environment for all their clients.
Downloads
- Gender-Affirming Care and Homelessness: An Annotated Bibliography
- Serving Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Persons
- Engaging the Families of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children
- Cultural Humility when Working with LGBTQ Youth
- Housing, Health, and LGBTQIA+ Older Adults
- Supportive Housing and Health Services for LGBTQIA+ Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Promising Practices
Archived Webinars
- Gender-Affirming Medical Respite: Promising Practices
- Distinct Health Disparities of LGBQ Women Experiencing Homelessness
- Foundations of LGBTQI Health Service Delivery: Terminology, Concepts, and Best Practices
Other Resources
- HCH2023 Conference Presentation Slides: Collecting SOGI Data in a HCH Setting- a Multi-Pronged Approach
- HCH2023 Conference Presentation Slides: Gendered Experience of Homelessness
- HCH2023 Conference Presentation Slides: Trauma-Informed Sex Safety
- HCH2023 Conference Presentation Slides: Falling Through the Cracks: LGBTQ+ Disparities in Homelessness
- HCH2023 Conference Presentation Slides and Archived Video: Gender-Affirming Care 101 — Clinical Competencies
- On Our Policy Blog: Take Action to Support Trans and Nonbinary People
- More on our site: See more resources — plus links to other information — here
