Research Catalog

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Description

1. xx, 294 pages; 22 cm

Summary

1. "Underemployed and directionless, Ryan Berg took a job in a group home for disowned and homeless LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) teenagers. His job was to help these teens discover their self worth, get them back on their feet, earn high school degrees, and find jobs. But he had no idea how difficult it would be, and the complexities that were involved with coaxing them away from dangerous sex work and cycles of drug and alcohol abuse, and helping them heal from years of abandonment and abuse. In No House to Call My Home, Ryan Berg tells profoundly moving, intimate, and raw stories from the frontlines of LGBTQ homelessness and foster care. In the United States, 43% of homeless youth were forced out by their parents because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. Berg faced young people who have battled extreme poverty, experienced unbalanced opportunities, structural racism, and homophobia. He found himself ill-equipped to help, in part because they are working within a system that paints in broad strokes, focused on warehousing young people, rather than helping them build healthy relationships with adults that could lead to a successful life once they age out of foster care"--

Subject

1. Berg, Ryan, 1974-
2. Sexual minority youth > Services for > New York (State) > New York
3. Sexual minority youth > Counseling of > New York (State) > New York
4. Gay teenagers > Services for > New York (State) > New York
5. Gay teenagers > Counseling of > New York (State) > New York
6. Group homes for youth > New York (State) > New York
7. Residence counselors > New York (State) > New York
8. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
9. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gay Studies

Call number

1. JFD 17-524

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.

Author

1. Berg, Ryan, 1974-

Title

1. No house to call my home : love, family, and other transgressions / Ryan Berg.

Publisher

1. New York : Nation Books, [2015]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.

LCCN

1. 2015011424

ISBN

1. 9781568585093
2. 1568585098

Research call number

1. JFD 17-524