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PENULTIMATE CALL: Tackling LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness

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PENULTIMATE CALL: Tackling LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness

Postby Greenlandic Arctic » Thu Jan 23, 2025 4:48 am

Acknowledging that LGBTQ+ youth represent a disproportionately high percentage of the global homeless population, often due to family rejection, discriminatory practices, and systemic inequalities, and that homelessness puts them at heightened risk of exploitation, violence, and poor mental and physical health;

Recognizing that ensuring stable, safe housing is fundamental to the well-being, personal development, and human rights of LGBTQ+ youth;

Noting that family rejection remains a primary cause of homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and that supportive interventions, where appropriate, can reduce the risk of homelessness in this population;

Concerned that in many nations, housing services, shelters, and transitional programs fail to account for the specific needs of LGBTQ+ youth, leading to further marginalization within systems intended to provide support;

Recalling previous World Assembly resolutions promoting equality, non-discrimination, and the protection of vulnerable populations;

Emphasizing the need for global cooperation and the sharing of resources and strategies to combat homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth;

Hereby resolves:

    1. Member states shall design and implement national action plans specifically targeting homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth including, but not limited to, the following:
    a. Proactive measures such as family counseling and reconciliation programs, mental health initiatives, anti-discrimination initiatives, and public awareness campaigns to address stigma.
    b. Reactive measures such as establishment of LGBTQ+ crisis response hotlines

    available in any communication form available in said member state, member state funded homeless shelters, free or subsidized mental health services, vocational training, educational support, and access to job placement services, with outreach efforts prioritized in rural and underserved areas.

    2. Member states shall mandate that all shelters and transitional housing programs adopt explicit anti-discrimination policies that protect LGBTQ+ individuals, require cultural competency training for staff, and ensure sufficient funding and capacity for LGBTQ+-specific housing facilities in areas where demand exceeds supply.

    3. All member states must establish or strengthen legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all housing-related matters, and create independent monitoring bodies to investigate and address violations, with clear penalties for non-compliance.

    4. Member states shall fund and develop programs to assist LGBTQ+ youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including free or subsidized mental health services, vocational training, educational support, and access to job placement services, with outreach efforts prioritized in rural and underserved areas.

    5. Member states are encouraged to work closely with LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, community groups, and experts in the development and implementation of all initiatives, ensuring these organizations are adequately funded and have a platform to provide input and oversight.

    6. The Institute for Global Homelessness shall establish a taskforce to provide technical assistance, resources, and recommendations to member states implementing this resolution, and member states must provide regular updates on progress made under this resolution and identify barriers to implementation for global review

Acknowledging that LGBTQ+ youth represent a disproportionately high percentage of the global homeless population, often due to family rejection, discriminatory practices, and systemic inequalities, and that homelessness puts them at heightened risk of exploitation, violence, and poor mental and physical health;

Recognizing that ensuring stable, safe housing is fundamental to the well-being, personal development, and human rights of LGBTQ+ youth;

Noting that family rejection remains a primary cause of homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and that supportive interventions, where appropriate, can reduce the risk of homelessness in this population;

Concerned that in many nations, housing services, shelters, and transitional programs fail to account for the specific needs of LGBTQ+ youth, leading to further marginalization within systems intended to provide support;

Recalling previous World Assembly resolutions promoting equality, non-discrimination, and the protection of vulnerable populations;

Emphasizing the need for global cooperation and the sharing of resources and strategies to combat homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth;

Hereby resolves:

    1. Member states shall design and implement national action plans specifically targeting homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth, prioritizing proactive measures such as family counseling and reconciliation programs, anti-discrimination initiatives, and public awareness campaigns to address stigma.

    2. Member states shall mandate that all shelters and transitional housing programs adopt explicit anti-discrimination policies that protect LGBTQ+ individuals, require cultural competency training for staff, and ensure sufficient funding and capacity for LGBTQ+-specific housing facilities in areas where demand exceeds supply.

    3. All member states must establish or strengthen legal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in all housing-related matters, and create independent monitoring bodies to investigate and address violations, with clear penalties for non-compliance.

    4. Member states shall fund and develop programs to assist LGBTQ+ youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including free or subsidized mental health services, vocational training, educational support, and access to job placement services, with outreach efforts prioritized in rural and underserved areas.

    5. Member states are encouraged to work closely with LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, community groups, and experts in the development and implementation of all initiatives, ensuring these organizations are adequately funded and have a platform to provide input and oversight.

    6. The WA shall provide technical assistance, resources, and recommendations to member states implementing this resolution, and member states must provide regular updates on progress made under this resolution and identify barriers to implementation for global review.
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Postby National Coraland of Fishery » Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:22 am

I'm not sure why it has to be specifically LGBTQ youth to get the treatment, if there were no homeless proposals on the GA, maybe start on that? If there was then I'm sure they were including LGBTQ youth.
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Postby Greenlandic Arctic » Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:13 am

National Coraland of Fishery wrote:I'm not sure why it has to be specifically LGBTQ youth to get the treatment, if there were no homeless proposals on the GA, maybe start on that? If there was then I'm sure they were including LGBTQ youth.

"I understand your point, but it's important to recognize that LGBTQ+ youth face unique challenges and higher rates of homelessness compared to their peers. Addressing their specific needs ensures that no one falls through the cracks. While general homeless proposals are crucial, targeted support for vulnerable groups can make a significant difference."

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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:28 pm

National Coraland of Fishery wrote:I'm not sure why it has to be specifically LGBTQ youth to get the treatment, if there were no homeless proposals on the GA, maybe start on that? If there was then I'm sure they were including LGBTQ youth.

I don't disagree with them. This can be expanded on, but doesn't need to tackle homelessness as a whole to be needed.
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Postby Simone Republic » Thu Jan 23, 2025 8:42 pm

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I tend to believe that homelessness is a direct function of restrictive planning laws and unaffordable housing, leaving aside issues such as mental health or other issues. Try getting the folks in London or Los Angeles to consider multi-storey housing first - an increase in housing stock is the most direct solution to home unaffordability as an issue. If housing is affordable, homelessness should fall itself.
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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:09 pm

Simone Republic wrote:(OOC)

I tend to believe that homelessness is a direct function of restrictive planning laws and unaffordable housing, leaving aside issues such as mental health or other issues. Try getting the folks in London or Los Angeles to consider multi-storey housing first - an increase in housing stock is the most direct solution to home unaffordability as an issue. If housing is affordable, homelessness should fall itself.

These are not the specific factors culminating in queer youth homelessness
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:13 pm

there might already be internatial law against homelessness but I like reinforcemnt so if it makes it then yeah I'd vote yes, also why am I notcing way more LGBTQ+ Drafts?

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Postby Mobiania Central Government » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:27 pm

This LGBT propaganda really gets harder these days. Could you please get out with it just once?

A homeless person becomes homeless through different reasons, such as cataclysms, falling victim to scammers and many others. Half of Los-Angeles has burnt out, but instead you support... faggots rejected by their parents? Sick.
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:31 pm

I support every victim and also really dude? that just feels low but whatever. in fact the very fact they got abandoned is horrible, would I support the victim of other tragedies, of course! but this also counts.
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Postby Mobiania Central Government » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:38 pm

Yankedoom wrote:in fact the very fact they got abandoned is horrible, would I support the victim of other tragedies, of course! but this also counts.


Being evicted by parents is family business and drama, not a huge society-wide tragedy.
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:40 pm

okay, but still it is neglect and thus punished as such thing, they are parents they should be prepared for whatever child they got cuz no one can predict that type of stuff. it's neglect and thus needs to be addressed as such this can help, but if there was a law that was against such that I'd be a little less inclined.
actually NVM This might fit better as a anti-descrimination law not a homelessness law.
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Postby Vanuzgard » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:44 pm

I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTQ+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTQ+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:45 pm

Vanuzgard wrote:I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTA+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTA+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTA+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.

there you go, now that makes sense I see your point, and I might actually agree.

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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:57 pm

Vanuzgard wrote:I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTQ+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTQ+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.

"Preferential treatment"

"LGBTQ+ people"

OOC: Tell me you don't know that the majority of the homeless in the US are queer youth without telling me.

"it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people"

Tell me you don't know how marginalization works without telling me.
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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:58 pm

Mobiania Central Government wrote:This LGBT propaganda

Just say you don't know how to talk about issues without regurgitating political talking points.

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Postby Zherid » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:04 pm

Zherid OPPOSES ON PRINCIPLE. Poverty and homelessness should be tackled without regard to such characteristics. Housing aid should be on the basis of socioeconomic status and not on the basis of sex, gender, religion, philosophy or any such characteristics as it is an unfair and inequitable discriminatory resolution to those who do not fit such characteristics that otherwise are in the same economic situation.

Furthermore, youth homelessness is not an action that should be tackled by the World Assembly and should be delegated to individual nations to set their own policies regarding youth homelessness.

Vanuzgard wrote:I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTQ+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTQ+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.


Zherid CONCURS.
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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:06 pm

Zherid wrote:Zherid OPPOSES ON PRINCIPLE. Poverty and homelessness should be tackled without regard to such characteristics. Housing aid should be on the basis of socioeconomic status and not on the basis of sex, gender, religion, philosophy or any such characteristics as it is an unfair and inequitable discriminatory resolution to those who do not fit such characteristics that otherwise are in the same economic situation.

Vanuzgard wrote:I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTQ+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTQ+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.


Zherid CONCURS.

So many people obnoxiously and seemingly incurably unaware that the causes of queer youth homelessness are completely different from other causes of homelessness, and of its origin in marginalization.
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Postby Past beans » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:17 pm

Opposed. Handling homelessness is a task that should not fall upon sexual orientation to give benefits. While in good spirit, the primary sin of the article ultimately, in my view, falls onto the shoulders of being difficult to properly enforce. It would be rather difficult to go tracking members of the LGBTQ for housing aid. Larger, more broad programs would be a better alternative.

And I can’t help but say something about this absolute gem of a post.

Mobiania Central Government wrote:This LGBT propaganda really gets harder these days. Could you please get out with it just once?

A homeless person becomes homeless through different reasons, such as cataclysms, falling victim to scammers and many others. Half of Los-Angeles has burnt out, but instead you support... faggots rejected by their parents? Sick.

Great fucking job spewing nonsensical hate and disrespect while also contributing absolutely nothing. You made the epitome of a bad post. One that contributes nothing and could even be argued as without substance.

You my friend, do not have a place trying to speak on issues like these when you spout truth social garbage and get mad when called on your absolute bullshit.
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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:20 pm

Past beans wrote:Opposed. Handling homelessness is a task that should not fall upon sexual orientation to give benefits. While in good spirit, the primary sin of the article ultimately, in my view, falls onto the shoulders of being difficult to properly enforce. It would be rather difficult to go tracking members of the LGBTQ for housing aid. Larger, more broad programs would be a better alternative.

If you want to make a proposal addressing other causes and effects of homelessness, you can right here.
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:22 pm

The Overmind wrote:
Zherid wrote:Zherid OPPOSES ON PRINCIPLE. Poverty and homelessness should be tackled without regard to such characteristics. Housing aid should be on the basis of socioeconomic status and not on the basis of sex, gender, religion, philosophy or any such characteristics as it is an unfair and inequitable discriminatory resolution to those who do not fit such characteristics that otherwise are in the same economic situation.



Zherid CONCURS.

So many people obnoxiously and seemingly incurably unaware that the the causes of queer youth homelessness are completely different from other causes of homelessness, and of its origin in marginalization.

which is why laws against such need to be established.

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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:23 pm

Yankedoom wrote:
The Overmind wrote:So many people obnoxiously and seemingly incurably unaware that the the causes of queer youth homelessness are completely different from other causes of homelessness, and of its origin in marginalization.

which is why laws against such need to be established.

Yes, correct. Laws addressing this issue and those addressing other causes and effects of homelessness should both be written, but should not be the same proposal.
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Postby Yankedoom » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:24 pm

The Overmind wrote:
Yankedoom wrote:which is why laws against such need to be established.

Yes, correct. Laws addressing this issue and those addressing other causes and effects of homelessness should both be written, but should not be the same proposal.

exactly! specially regarding youth since often times despite what society tells people, parents aren't always kind, caring or empathetic and "wanting the right things for you" I know it from experience.
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Postby Past beans » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:29 pm

The Overmind wrote:
Past beans wrote:Opposed. Handling homelessness is a task that should not fall upon sexual orientation to give benefits. While in good spirit, the primary sin of the article ultimately, in my view, falls onto the shoulders of being difficult to properly enforce. It would be rather difficult to go tracking members of the LGBTQ for housing aid. Larger, more broad programs would be a better alternative.

If you want to make a proposal addressing other causes and effects of homelessness, you can right here.

And what exactly causes queer homelessness compared to ‘other’ homelessness? You have a bad habit of telling people they don’t think the difference while not bothering to contribute anything insightful as to what the difference is.
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Postby Zherid » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:29 pm

OOC from now on for this thread.

I remember there was a gameside issue regarding youth homelessness. I think if this resolution gets passed, it reduces the choices you could do on that particular issue under international law. No more conscripting homeless youth into the army :)

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Postby The Overmind » Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:31 pm

Past beans wrote:
The Overmind wrote:If you want to make a proposal addressing other causes and effects of homelessness, you can right here.

And what exactly causes queer homelessness compared to ‘other’ homelessness? You have a bad habit of telling people they don’t think the difference while not bothering to contribute anything insightful as to what the difference is.

The Overmind wrote:
Vanuzgard wrote:I fail to see how preferential treatment of LGBTQ+ people would help with homelessness. Plus, it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people, and, increase occurrences of non LGBTQ+ people posing as such to get the benefits.

Opposed.

"Preferential treatment"

"LGBTQ+ people"

OOC: Tell me you don't know that the majority of the homeless in the US are queer youth without telling me.

"it would increase hostilities towards LGBTQ+ people"

Tell me you don't know how marginalization works without telling me.

Pretty sure I did.
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