No house to call my home, love, family, and other transgressions, Ryan Berg
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Label
No house to call my home, love, family, and other transgressions, Ryan Berg
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
No house to call my home
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Ryan Berg
Sub title
love, family, and other transgressions
Summary
"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"--, Provided by publisher
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Subject
- Group homes for youth -- New York (State) -- New York
- Gay teenagers + Counseling of -- New York (State) -- New York
- Berg, Ryan, 1974-
- Gay teenagers + Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Residence counselors -- New York (State) -- New York
- Sexual minority youth + Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Sexual minority youth + Counseling of -- New York (State) -- New York
Content
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- Creator1
- Subject7
- Group homes for youth -- New York (State) -- New York
- Gay teenagers + Counseling of -- New York (State) -- New York
- Berg, Ryan, 1974-
- Gay teenagers + Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Residence counselors -- New York (State) -- New York
- Sexual minority youth + Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Sexual minority youth + Counseling of -- New York (State) -- New York
- Content1