Yet, for those working in frontline community services, there’s often neither the time nor the resources to consider the intersecting vulnerabilities facing those trans young people who have been rejected by their families and are consequently struggling to find somewhere to live. For instance, trans young people from certain ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds are more likely to need help. Tim tells me that, in London, 80 per cent of akt’s service users are BAME and that, even outside London, the overall proportion of BAME service users is 58 per cent.
