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Trailer of Outside, a documentary about homeless GLBT youth
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Mormon Group to Hold Benefit Concert
Two Utahns Raise Awareness about GLBT Homelessness
Kathy Griffin’s Show Features a Gay Mormon Homeless Youth
Life on the Streets for Utah Kids - A Growing Problem A recent article from The Salt Lake Tribune
Young, Gay, and Homeless: A 2001 article about gay homeless youth in Salt Lake City
Throw-Away Kids: A 2008 article about homeless youth in Utah
Fifty Percent of Utah’s Homeless Youth Identify as GLBT
KUED Local Production Addresses Life on the “Outside”
Affirmation's Youth Resources Network
Affirmation's Youth Services Mission Statement
Links
OUT in the Cold: A documentary about GLBT homeless/runaway youth
Homeless Youth Pride Walk 2009
The Homeless Youth Resource Center of Salt Lake City
voaUT.org: Volunteers of America, Utah
The Utah Pride Center's Youth Program
Homeless Youth Surveyed
Between October 2008 and February 2009, Volunteers of America surveyed 131 Utah youth. Among the findings:
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11 percent of youth said they were younger than 18.
- 42 percent of youth said they were not heterosexual.
- 49 percent of youth said they had quit school before 12th grade.
- 28 percent of youth said they tried to commit suicide three times or more.
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