Coming Out to the Streets

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Introduction : "coming out to the streets" -- Reframing family rejection : growing up poor and LGBTQ -- Queer control complex : the punishing production of LGBTQ youth -- New lavender scare : policing and the criminalization of LGBTQ youth homelessness -- Queer street smarts : LGBTQ youth navigating homelessness -- Respite, resources, rules, and regulations: homonormative governmentality and LGBTQ shelter life -- Conclusion : there's no place like home -- Appendix. Compassionate detachment : on being a volunteer researcher