Journal Article

Queering the Question

Kroehle, Kel, Baker, Amy Castro, Patel, Henisha, Jacobs, Carrie

2018

Overview

This research uses survey marginalia to differentiate the housing and child welfare experiences of youth identifying as gender non-conforming from their peers identifying as cisgender LGB. Marginalia references the unexpected responses people provide by writing in instrument margins or not complying with research tools. Findings indicate that data-cleaning and discrete questions about identity can erase youth identifying as gender queer or gender fluid from sampling as data noise, prompting an underreported incidence of risk. The inclusion of marginalia surfaces youth who are otherwise miscategorized or eliminated from sampling and alters the findings on trajectories from foster care to homelessness, experiences with violence, and incidence of harassment within social services. The paper presents an alternative method of including these youth in measurement bringing visibility to the intersection of housing insecurity, child welfare, and gender identity.

• Publisher: Child Welfare League of America,Child Welfare League of America, Inc
• Subject: Addictive behaviors / Alternative approaches / At Risk Persons / Child welfare / Children / Cisgender / Cleaning / Evaluation Research / Females / Foster care / Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790) / Gays & lesbians / Gender Discrimination / Gender Identity / Gender nonconforming / Group Homes / Harassment / Homeless people / Homelessness / Housing / Insecurity / Juvenile Justice / Literature Reviews / Males / Measurement / Minority & ethnic groups / Multiculturalism & pluralism / Noise / Non-binary gender / Peers / Policy Analysis / Polls & surveys / Prompting / Race / Racial Discrimination / Research Methodology / Research Tools / Sampling / Scholarship / Self concept / Sexual orientation / Sexuality / Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Social exclusion / Social services / Social work / Transgender persons / Violence / Visibility / Young adults / Youth