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Gay, Black and forced out onto the streets. Why COVID is leaving some men homeless in N.J.
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A participant walks under a large rainbow flag during the 2019 LBGTQ Pride march in New York.AP Photo/Craig Ruttle
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Nelix Joseph is 22 and a Black gay man living in New Jersey. And last year, he found himself in a homeless shelter in New Jersey.
His story is not unique, according to those who spoke to NJ Advance Media over the past few months. They have shared accounts of members of the LGBTQ+ community experiencing homelessness as a result of the coronavirus pandemic at a rate higher than other people in the Garden State. Because of cultural and religious reasons, they say, being gay and Black puts you at even greater risk of homelessness.
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A 23-year-old New Jersey native has been mostly unemployed for over a year. From late last year into early this year, she bounced between parts of New York and New Jersey in search of various sources of food and shelter.
She’s spent some nights on the streets, her stomach roaring at her louder than the winds whipping her left and right.
A champion for young people
Teaneck is like a quilted blanket, according to Scott Pleasants. The town is unique, everyone in it looks different, yet it’s all stitched and tied together.
This is what led Pleasants to move to town in 1997 with his wife, Yolanda, to raise their family of four. And it’s Teaneck’s diverse, idiosyncratic community that drives him to fight for its youth today.
When Pleasants kids were entering middle school in the early 2000s, he noticed that something was off. His children weren’t being awarded appropriately for their academic achievement, he said. Back then, good grades meant ice cream and a sheet of paper to stick on the fridge. It wasn’t bad, but Pleasants wanted better.
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