Official says LGBT+ individuals face issues due disputes at home over their sexual orientation
There is a lack of gender-neutral homeless accommodation to cater for transgender people, officials from the Department of Children have told the Oireachtas committee on youth affairs.and her department officials were before the committee to discuss issues affecting the LGBT+ community.
She said information and support had to be targeted at parents to address the “root causes of some of the high incidences of homelessness in the LGBT community” as young people were made homeless following disputes at home due to their sexual orientation.noted a lack of data around how pervasive homelessness was within the LGBT+ community. He said US and British studies had found that LGBT+ people made up a significant portion of the homeless population.
There was a lack of services for homeless trans people, a spokeswoman for TENI said, often leaving people “unsafe and unsupported” during times of crisis. “Homelessness services need to be accessible for everyone, which for trans people can mean inclusion in either gender-segregated or gender-neutral services, depending on their own circumstances,” the spokeswoman said.
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