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Aunts and LGBTQ youth- FHAM Project- GettyImages

Aunts, aunties, and ‘tías’ offer protection to their LGBTQ youth relatives

Study on youth from the Inland Empire and South Texas points to how these “othermothers” offer emotional safety, housing stability.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | December 29, 2023 | Social Science / Education
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How do non-parental family members affect LGBTQ youth housing stability?

A study set in the Inland Empire and South Texas aims to find out

By Holly Ober | March 7, 2022 | Social Science / Education
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Experts discuss the ‘coming out’ of nonbinary people

UCR experts say Demi Lovato’s public announcement amplifies the conversation about gender identity.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 9, 2021 | Social Science / Education
Anti-homeless bench with colors of the LGBTQ pride flag from the cover of "Coming Out to the Streets," published by UC Press

“I just don’t think shelters work”

Institutions, not only family rejection, underlie LGBTQ youth homelessness

By Holly Ober | November 17, 2020 | Social Science / Education
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‘The Cost of Free Shipping’ lifts curtain on Amazon

A new book alleges worker exploitation at Amazon, and shows how communities are resisting it

By Holly Ober | November 3, 2020 | Social Science / Education
A couple facing away from each other at sunset

Queer lessons for straight couples

Book shows how heterosexuals can learn from LGBT people to have better relationships

By Holly Ober | September 21, 2020 | Social Science / Education
A pit bull dog in a kennel at animal shelter credit Paul Knight

Want to save shelter animals? Fight for social justice

Humane communities would endorse animal-friendly affordable housing, living wages, and recognize the importance of human-animal bonds

By Holly Ober | August 26, 2020 | Social Science / Education

How policing perpetuates the marginalization of LGBTQ youth

Research pinpoints a major source of de facto discrimination against LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness

By Tess Eyrich | March 19, 2020 | Social Science / Education

If dogs could talk

New research suggests our relationships with pit bulls shed light on the ways we reproduce social inequality

By Tess Eyrich | November 25, 2019 | Social Science / Education

Climate change is worsening, but population control isn't the answer

Jade S. Sasser's new book highlights contemporary population control’s consequences for poor women in the Global South

By Tess Eyrich | November 14, 2018 | Social Science / Education
warehouse

How can workers reap more benefits from retail development projects?

Research from two UCR professors looks closely at the impacts of distribution centers like QVC’s Ontario outpost on working communities

By Tess Eyrich | February 16, 2018 | Social Science / Education
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