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Transgender youth homelessness: Understanding programmatic barriers through the lens of cisgenderism

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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.
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This article is published in Children and Youth Services Review.The article was published on 2015-12-01. It has received 81 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transgender & Population.

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“I would have preferred more options”: accounting for non-binary youth in health research

TL;DR: It is argued that increased and improved access to inclusive health-care can be supported by research that acknowledges and includes people of all genders.
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LGBTIQ+ Homelessness: A Review of the Literature.

TL;DR: This paper identifies the key themes in the existing research, and analyses how these themes interact to reinforce the discrimination and stigma faced by LGBTIQ+ people who experience homelessness.
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Services to LGBTQ runaway and homeless youth: Gaps and recommendations

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify gaps in services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) runaway and homeless youth and offer recommendations from the literature to fill them.
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Digging beneath the surface: Results from stage one of a qualitative analysis of factors influencing the well-being of trans youth in Quebec

TL;DR: The literature on trans youth has been dominated by etiological studies interested in trans experience as a medical phenomenon as discussed by the authors, and an emerging body of literature has begun to document that trans youth experience is not related to gender identity.
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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.
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“I Don't Think This Is Theoretical; This Is Our Lives”: How Erasure Impacts Health Care for Transgender People

TL;DR: Results from Phase I of the Trans PULSE Project, a community‐based research project in Ontario, Canada, are presented and the concept of cisnormativity is introduced to aid in explaining the pervasiveness of trans erasure.
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Challenges Faced by Homeless Sexual Minorities: Comparison of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Homeless Adolescents With Their Heterosexual Counterparts

TL;DR: Homeless youths who identify themselves as members of sexual minority groups are at increased risk for negative outcomes and recommendations for treatment programs are discussed.
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