Jama Shelton

TL;DR: This paper found that sexual and gender minority youth are overrepresented among those experiencing homelessness, have been homeless longer and face more mental and physical health problems than other youth, and were more likely to report that transgender youth experienced these problems at higher rates than other children.

TL;DR: In this paper, a phenomenological qualitative investigation explores aspects of transgender and gender expansive youth's experiences, both at home and on the street, and the findings illuminate the structural barriers that exist for trans and gender-expansive young people and the systemic challenges service providers must address.

TL;DR: This article explored aspects of transgender and gender-expansive youth's experiences related to homelessness, focusing on participants' understanding of their pathways into homelessness, and found that structural barriers that limit access to employment, health care, education, and public accommodations can be understood as cisgenderism.

TL;DR: In this paper, a semi-structured interview with 27 New York City-based transgender and gender-expansive young people with histories of homelessness was conducted, where participants shared another side of their homeless experiences that challenge the risk paradigm, describing their homes as primary sites of risk from which they were fortunate to escape.

TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study examined the ways a group of transgender and gender expansive YYA demonstrate resilience and resist dominant narratives about what it means to be young, transgender and experiencing homelessness.