The second to last chapter in "Almost Home" described Meagan's story, a teenager who has been in and out of the Covenant House in Hollywood throughout her short life so far. Growing up south of LA in the roughest part of Orange County, she was never directly involved in a gang, however was constantly around them throughout her childhood. As strange as it may seem, she got used to being around such violence, and didn't let it affect her personality on the inside. However, on the outside, she had to exhibit a rough exterior, occasionally fighting and shoplifting just to get by in her rough neighborhood. However, what her family did not know about her until her late adolescence was that she was lesbian, and as soon as they found out her mother and grandmother kicked her out and burned her belongings, saying they didn't want any "dirty lesbians" in the house.
For a few years, Meagan continued her ways on the street, simply because it was her only option for survival. After being kicked out of the house, she became a small part of an alarmingly and tragically large statistic- one of 240,000-400,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning homeless minors annually. One of the hardest parts of Meagan's life was her father, known to be a kind and understanding man, had only met her 3 times. She would have given anything to see him again, but things had just gotten to be too complicated with his wife, Meagan's mother. One day, two women who happened to be walking around Orange Country who worked at the Hollywood Covenant House, Thandi and Rachel, discovered her on the street, and heard her story. They decided that the Covenant House would be the perfect place for her to go for a longer period to get her life back on track after her friends and family had so tragically misunderstood her.
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