Brandon Andrew Robinson Knihy

Introduction : "coming out to the streets" -- Reframing family rejection : growing up poor and LGBTQ -- Queer control complex : the punishing production of LGBTQ youth -- New lavender scare : policing and the criminalization of LGBTQ youth homelessness -- Queer street smarts : LGBTQ youth navigating homelessness -- Respite, resources, rules, and regulations: homonormative governmentality and LGBTQ shelter life -- Conclusion : there's no place like home -- Appendix. Compassionate detachment : on being a volunteer researcher

hc with dj, 191 pages, 12 chapters +, 73 illustrations, the essence of good crewing on any vessel

Jayden Mindsong focuses on the day-to-day, fixing commas at his boring job, studying for university entrance exams, playing video games - but when tragedy strikes, he's adrift... prey for several mysterious women who lure him into doing things he'd never dreamed of. He acquires a shiny new job and a gorgeous girlfriend, only for both job and relationship to fall apart shortly after. Then he stumbles into another beautiful woman who introduces him to the wonders of dancing, drinking, and club drugs... but that also ends badly. Finally, he meets yet another stunning woman who also loves video games, and gets sucked into a never-ending spiral of gaming, only to end up on the street. When he's at his lowest point, he receives a surprising offer from an old friend that may turn his life around... and reveal that there's been a lot more going on underneath the surface. Monsters are real in a way he's never dreamed, and he needs to work through his problems in order to make a difference against them.