“…Department of State, 2014). All children, especially adolescents, are at risk of exploitation, but some children are at heightened vulnerability due to individual (e.g., history of child abuse, substance use), family (e.g., parental substance abuse, domestic violence), and community (e.g., poverty) factors (Goldberg, Moore, Houck, Kaplan, & Barron, 2017 Young men are often not identified as at-risk or involved victims of sex trafficking (Dennis, 2008;Johnston, Friedman, & Shafer, 2012;Jones, 2010;Rivers & Saewyc, 2012). Research focused on male sexual abuse suggest that challenges to victim disclosure may be due to fear of being perceived as homosexual, deviant, and/or willing participants (Alaggia, Collin-Vézina, & Lateef, 2017;Sorsoli, Kia-Keating, & Grossman, 2008).…”