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Education Research Report: 1 in 4 gay/lesbian high school students are homeless

Education Research Report: 1 in 4 gay/lesbian high school students are homeless

1 in 4 gay/lesbian high school students are homeless

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Among homeless teens, GLB teens are more likely to live away from their families


Roughly 1 in 4 lesbian or gay teens and 15 percent of bisexual teens are homeless, versus 3 percent of exclusively heterosexual teens, finds a Children's Hospital Boston study of more than 6,300 Massachusetts public high school students. Moreover, among teens who were homeless, those who were gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) were consistently more likely than heterosexuals to be on their own, unaccompanied by a parent or guardian.

The study,
published online July 21 by the American Journal of Public Health, is the first to quantify the risk of homelessness among teens of different sexual orientations with population-based data. "Prior studies in