![]() “It really didn’t accept me for who I was.”Ĭhavez is among an estimated 15 percent of homeless youth in Clark County who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. “I wanted to get away from the town because it’s not as open-minded,” Chavez said Thursday, glancing at his glittery red nails. He had left his hometown of New Oxford, Pa., where he lived with his mother because he didn’t feel accepted. Then 18, he was kicked out by relatives after having arrived in Sin City just three days earlier. That was on the night last year when he landed on the streets of Las Vegas with no place to go. ![]() Julio Chavez shows his tattoo outside the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth's William Fry Drop-in Center on Wednesday.
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