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    Sex while homeless isn’t always easy, but there are lots of ways you can protect yourself and your community while being sexual and building connections.

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    If you’re experiencing homelessness, or finding yourself without a secure place to stay, you don’t have to navigate things on your own.

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    If you find yourself experiencing homelessness or housing instability, it can feel isolating, like you’re facing hard things alone without support: without family. But you can create your own family.

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    Life feels overwhelming to everyone sometimes, but it feels especially overwhelming when you’re a homeless young person. Here are some tips for plotting your next steps.

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    Even if you can’t live authentically in all aspects of your life, it’s still possible to prioritize gender-affirming self-care wherever you can.

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    There are a lot of factors to keep in mind when it comes to taking care of yourself in the face of family rejection. Here are some of the main considerations to keep in mind.

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    If you are facing homelessness, or experiencing housing insecurity, chances are your primary concern is usually finding a safe place to sleep.

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    Housing instability can feel overwhelming. Goal-setting can help you organize your life and take on your needs, step by step.

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    LGBTQ+ people experience homelessness at higher rates not because there is something wrong with us or with being LGBTQ+, but because of homophobia, transphobia and other kinds of bias and bigotry.

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    In survival mode, the idea of true safety can sometimes feel unobtainable. Safety can feel like a privilege that you can’t access at all, or can only have in parts.