Episode 10: Stigma and Discrimination | The LGBTQ2S Youth Experience

Let's discuss the unique experiences of youth identifying as part of the LGBTQ2S+ community with stigmatization, discrimination, and homelessness. Nick Beckett, a youth worker and local homeless youth and LGBTQ2S+ youth advocate, defines the difference between stigmatization and discrimination through the lens of LGBTQ2S+ youth and explains how a youth's identity can uniquely change their life course for the worst.

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Further Reading:

LBGTQ (Homeless Hub)

Trans and Non-Binary Youth Accessing Shelters (The 519)

Youth Homelessness Research Findings (The 519)

Improving Intake Processes for LGBTQ2S+ Youth (The 519)

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About the Guest:

Nick Beckett

Youth Worker | Covenant House Toronto | He/Him

Nick is a Master’s Candidate in Theology and Urban Development at the University of Toronto. He is also a former member of REST’s Youth Council.

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About the Host:

Mya Moniz

Peer Support Leader | REST Centres She/Her

Mya is an independent youth and Former Crown Ward of the Peel Children’s Aid Society. She’s achieved an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in English, Professional Writing and Communications, and Sociology. She also sits at the Senior Leadership Table for the Peel Alliance to End Homelessness as a youth with lived experience.

Mya believes there is great power in healing, growth, and catharsis through writing and storytelling, and she strives to help others tell their stories the way she tells hers.