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Youth Homelessness

LGBTQ youth have a 120% higher risk of becoming unhoused than other youth. Across the United States, LGBTQ youth drop-in centers aim to minimize harm to homeless youth and help them build a foundation for security and stability.

Jessie Paege on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness

Actress and LGBTQ advocate Jessie Paege takes us through the causes, those most at risk, and how the Ruth Ellis Center provides a safe haven for LGBTQ homeless youth.

For Ruth Ellis Center Staff, Helping LGBTQ Homeless Youth is Personal

Across the United States, LGBTQ youth drop-in centers aim to minimize harm to homeless youth and help them build a foundation for security and stability. We follow Lilianna Reyes and the staff of Detroit\'s Ruth Ellis Center. For them, the job is personal - 100% of the Ruth Ellis drop-in center staff are formerly homeless or were housing insecure before they came to the Ruth Ellis center themselves. The staff of the Ruth Ellis drop-in center have overcome huge obstacles to give back and improve the lives of LGBTQ youth

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Meet the amazing people rewriting the narrative about LGBTQ youth homelessness

“I never want anyone to have the experience I had.”

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How stylist Sam Ratelle rose from the streets to “superstar.”

Hint: He didn’t do it alone. Styling the great Billy Porter had something to do with it.

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Actress Quei Tann on surviving and thriving in Hollywood with a little help from her friends

The “Dear White People” star was facing homelessness when the Los Angeles LGBT Center was there with life-saving shelter and services.

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Chevrolet is matching donations to Ruth Ellis Center up to $25,000
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Ruth Ellis Center has established a national reputation for quality and innovation in providing trauma-informed services for lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth, and young adults, with an emphasis on young people of color, experiencing homelessness, involved in the child welfare system, and/or experiencing barriers to health and wellbeing.

As a queer person, @readytostare is acutely aware of how the LGBTQ community is disproportionately impacted by homelessness. Learn what actions you ca