Before Janelle turned 15, she was suspended from school, thrown out
of her house by her parents, ran away from her foster home, and got
arrested for shoplifting. The trajectory of this child’s troubled life
is becoming more familiar to social workers like Jacquelyn Warr-Williams
of Camden County who treated Janelle — a transgender child.
"This may seem like an extreme case, but it is common," Warr-Williams said. "Kids are coming out earlier."
Across the nation, at least 20 percent of homeless youth and 15
percent of those in juvenile detention centers are lesbian, gay,
bisexual or transgender. One in three children were thrown out of their
homes after coming out to their parents.
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