“Unsanitary, rundown, everything is broken”: the reality of queer homeless shelters

Author

Sunjum Nagpaul, Craig Newmark Graduate School of JournalismFollow

Graduation Date

Fall 12-13-2023

Grading Professor

Susan Farkas

Subject Concentration

Health & Science

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Abstract

Despite the larger need for queer-designated shelters, there are only a handful of them out of hundreds of city shelters. Most of them are for youth except Marsha’s House, located in Belmont in the Bronx, which has an age limit of 30. It also comes with a slew of concerns, like staff who are unfamiliar with LGBTQ+ issues and a layout that can exclude those with physical disabilities. What’s more, queer residents face many of the same challenges others homeless do: dirty and unsanitary facilities that never seem to improve.

https://medium.com/@sunny.nagpaul/unsanitary-rundown-everything-is-broken-the-reality-of-homeless-shelters-fd2940f6b862

Recommended Citation

Nagpaul, Sunjum, "“Unsanitary, rundown, everything is broken”: the reality of queer homeless shelters" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gj_etds/708