As a trans person of color and a survivor of youth homelessness,even a master’s degree hasn’t kept me from being tenuously close to destituteA college education no longer functions – if it ever did – as a ticket out of poverty, particularly not for people at the crux of different forms of discrimination. As a trans person of color and survivor of LGBTQ youth homelessness, or I struggled after graduating from college. Actually,that sentence belongs in the present tense: I am still struggling very much. Related: Nearly 40% of homeless youths are LGBT, and I'm currently one of them | Noah Brown Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com