I was kicked out of the family home during lockdown for being LGBT
The pandemic has led to a sharp rise in the number of young LGBT people left homeless by families who refuse to accept them
Almost a quarter of homeless young people identified as LGBT before the pandemic
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“I wish that I could have told my mum all about my boyfriend and been met with love and excitement,” says Jack, 17. “Instead I was thrown out.”
Jack was outed as gay last summer and word soon got round to his mum. “She absolutely lost it with me,” he recalls.