Chloe Noble: Pride Walk & Operation Shine
Sergei, Homeless in Salt Lake City
Trailer of Outside, a documentary about homeless GLBT youth
Utah's Homeless Youth

Life on the streets of Salt Lake City
Homelessness among Gay Mormon Youth

Standing Up to Homelessness

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

Filmmakers Document Homeless Gay Youth in Utah


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:

  • 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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