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Whiteside: Remembering homeless LGBT youth this Christmas

chasewhiteside — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:00:35 +0000

Spending time with family over the holidays can be unpleasant for many. For me, being gay has made such occasions customarily awkward.

One family member wears her acceptance like a badge,(...)

Lady Gaga offers support to homeless LGBT youth

logointern2 — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:30:23 +0000

Together with tour sponsor Virgin Mobile, Lady Gaga has reached out to homeless youth shelters who serve LGBT youth in a national campaign to attract volunteerism to an admirable cause.

The(...)

Homeless, LGBT youth rally for change

logointern2 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:30:08 +0000

I had never been to a rally before Monday. Nevertheless, Monday night I trekked on a subway adventure to the Rally to Protect Homeless LGBT Youth at Union Square. Three transfers, two trains and(...)

New York LGBT homeless shelter vandalized

logointern2 — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:30:30 +0000

The Ali Forney Center’s homeless shelter for LGBT youth was vandalized Wednesday night in Astoria, Queens.

Vandals defaced the shelter with anti-gay slurs. Insults included “We don’t want(...)

NY LGBT youth center names residence for Bea Arthur

Jennifer Vanasco — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:30:26 +0000

(New York) The Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to homeless LGBT youth, will formally announce its plan to name a residence for LGBT youth in honor of Bea Arthur at(...)

New York City Councilmember Works for LGBT Homeless

Ali Davis — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:49:24 +0000

City councilmember Bill de Blasio has introduced a bill to help the city’s homeless LGBT youths. Young people who identify as LGBT make up a third of the city’s homeless youth population, but according to de Blasio, they are underserved by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The bill would create a special [...]

Shelters Slowly Adapt To Transgender Homeless

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:01:09 +0000

(Atlanta, Georgia) Twelve years heading the Salvation Army’s downtown homeless shelter had done little to prepare Janeane Schmidt for the recent night when a soft-spoken biological male(...)

‘These kids are invisible’: An LGBT youth shelter in words and pictures

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:39:54 +0000

Photos by Lucky S. Michaels

It’s a gorgeous mid-September Tuesday evening in New York City and the setting sun warmly glows over the streets of Midtown. Chelsea, New York’s gayest enclave,(...)

Gay student killed by homeless man

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:40:59 +0000

(New York City) A homeless man apparently used a pillowcase to suffocate a college honors student he had just met, then hung out at the young man’s apartment to watch a gory horror film before(...)

Video/ CBS News on Logo: Second chance for LGBT homeless youth

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:52:49 +0000

Kanye West speaks out against homophobia; Amy Sedaris comes to Nickelodeon; foundation connects homeless youth with the entertainment industry.