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13 J.L. Soc'y 439 (2011-2012)
LGBT Selective Victimization: Unprotected Youth on the Streets

handle is hein.journals/jls13 and id is 449 raw text is: LGBT SELECTIVE VICTIMIZATION: UNPROTECTED YOUTH ON THE STREETS NUSRAT VENTIMIGLIA' I. INTRO DUCTION ............................................................................... 440 II. LGBT YOUTH AND RISK FACTORS FOR HOMELESSNESS ............... 440 A. Intersecting Identities Lead to Higher Rates of Victimization of LGBT Hom eless Youth ............................................................. 441 B. Hate Crimes Represent a Portion of Victimization of LGBT H om eless Youth ........................................................................ 44 3 1II. VICTIMIZATION OF LGBT HOMELESS YOUTH STEMS FROM SYSTEMIC BIAS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND RESTRICTED ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES ......................................................... 444 A. Bias Leading to Homelessness ................................................. 444 1. Angela, age eighteen (at time of initial report), transgender woman, African-American .................................................444 B. LGBT Homeless Youth, Greater Victimization Due to Limitations in Subsistence ........................................................................... 446 1. Shelley Hilliard, age nineteen, transgender woman, African A m erican ............................................................... 446 C. Limitations in Shelter Space for LGBT Youth .......................... 448 1. Blair, age nineteen, white transgender male ..................... 448 D. Exclusion of LGBT Youth from Protective Institutions ............ 449 1. Joe, age approximately sixteen to nineteen, gay non-transgender male, African American ......................... 449 E. Systemic Bias Has Real Effects on Rates of Homelessness for LGBT Youth, Rates of Victimization, and A ccess to Assistance ................................................................. 451 IV. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................ 452 1. Former Director, Victim Services, Equality Michigan (2010-2012). Equality Michigan is a state-wide LGBT anti-violence and advocacy organization. The Department of Victim Services receives eighty percent of it's funding from the Victims of Crime Act, administered by the Michigan Department of Community Health. Prior to her tenure at Equality Michigan, Nusrat Ventimiglia served as the Legal Director at Freedom House Detroit, an organization providing shelter and legal services to those seeking asylum in the United States. She graduated from Wayne State University Law School in 2008, and received her bachelors degree from University of Michigan- Dearborn in 2005 with distinction political science and psychology. 439

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