Resources: LGBT youth shelters
09.25.2008 11:04pm EDT
Up to 40 percent of homeless youth may be LGBT. If you are kicked out of your home, here are some places you can go for help:
Arizona: Tuscon
Eon’s Homeless Youth Project, http://www.eonyouth.org
GLASS-LA (Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services), http://glassla.org/
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, http://laglc.convio.net
Florida: Ft. Lauderdale
SunServe, http://www.SunServe.org/
Georgia: Atlanta
CHRIS KIDS, INC, Rainbow Program, http://www.chriskids.org/programsRainbow.htm
YouthPride, Home@YP, http://www.youthpride.org/programs.php
Illinois: Chicago
Howard Brown Broadway Youth Center, http://www.howardbrown.org/default.asp
Iowa: Des Moines
Iowa Homeless Youth Centers, http://www.yss.ames.ia.us/ihyc/
Massachusetts: Boston
Waltham House, http://www.thehome.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_waltham_house
Michigan: Highland Park
Ruth Ellis Center ~ Ruth’s House, http://www.ruthelliscenter.com
Ypsilanti
Queerzone at Ozone House, http://www.ozonehouse.org/services-lgbtq_support.shtml
Minnesota: Minneapolis
YouthLink: Project Offstreets, http://www.youthlinkmn.org/?q=programs/project_offstreets
North Carolina: Durham
North Carolina Lambda Youth Network, http://www.nclyn.org
New York: New York city
The Ali Forney Center, http://www.aliforneycenter.org
Carmen’s Place, http://www.carmensplace.org/
MCCNY Homeless Youth Services, http://www.homelessyouthservices.org/
Sylvia’s Place, http://www.homelessyouthservices.org/sylviasplace.html
Green Chimneys, Programs for LGBTQ Children, Youth and Families,
Agency Operated Boarding Home AOBH, http://www.greenchimneys.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129:agency- operated-boarding-home&catid=111:nyc-programs&Itemid=174
Gramercy Residence at Ungar House,
http://www.greenchimneys.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99:gramercy-residence-at-ungar-house&catid=111:nyc-programs&Itemid=99
Triangle Tribe Apartment Program,
http://www.greenchimneys.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=131
Washington: Seattle
Isis House, http://www.youthcare.org/page.cfm?pagename=Shelter and Housing
Do you know of a resource that should be added to this list? Email jennifer.vanasco@logostaff.com




