But there’s hope and help when home conflicts, mental health struggles lead to homelessness for 500,000-plus youth each year By Julianne Hill, Caitlyn Hutabarat and Amira Horowitz Urban Health Media Project (Photo: Berri Wilmore) After Jordan DeVega’s grandmother died when he was 16, leaving him without a legal guardian, he was moved in and out...
Category: Homelessness
He came out to his family, and wound up on the street
By Malaya Mason and Anthony Green Special to the Washington Blade WASHINGTON -- As a young gay black man living in the city’s Southeast district, Arthur Halmon-Daniels felt the only people he could tell about his sexuality were his immediate family. In Southeast, he said, gay people are frequently verbally abused and disrespected. He hoped...