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Queer people are at a greater risk of being estranged from their families, if nothing else.
by Kuraj 8mo ago
Queer people are at a greater risk of being estranged from their families, if nothing else.
- pseudocomposer 8mo agoI guess the flipside of this is, do we want poor/homeless people from groups our society dubs “overrepresented” to only be able to find help from organizations that specifically serve selected “overrepresented” groups? Are there no obvious bad sides to that? Because you can’t really have the one without the other.
- threethirtytwo 8mo agoAren't all homeless people estranged from families? I assume family would help if it was a possibility.
- pseudalopex 8mo agoSomeone unable or unwilling to house a family member could be able and willing to pay their phone service. Someone unable to pay their phone service could be willing to talk to them. Homeless young people are disproportionately LGBT because of family rejection.
- D-Coder 8mo agoIf they have a family.
- IAmBroom 8mo agoThat's a gigantic, optimistic assumption. Don't assume. Your life is nothing like theirs. You have no idea what it's like. I know some of them; I have no idea what they face on the daily. Not fearing being kicked in the middle of the night while you sleep is part of the privilege that keeps you from understanding what they live in.
- threethirtytwo 8mo agoHow is my assumption optimistic? I assumed all homeless people are estranged from families. That is a pessimistic assumption. It’s bad for everyone. What are you meaning here?