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$1 million government grant to help homeless LGBT youth in N.Y.
NEW YORK — A $1 million government grant will help homeless gay youths in New York state who’ve had run-ins with the law get their lives on track.
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Time Warner Cable donates learning lab to shelter for homeless LGBT youth
NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable has selected the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working with LGBT runaway and homeless youth, to be the recipient of a Time Warner Cable Learning Lab.
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LGBT homeless youth drop-in center in NYC destroyed in ‘Frankenstorm’
NEW YORK — A major homeless drop-in center for LGBT youth in New York City has been badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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NYC designates $3.3 million for Bea Arthur Residence for Homeless LGBT youth
NEW YORK — The Ali Forney Center — a homeless shelter for LGBT youth in New York City — will receive $3.3 million from the city to renovate an East Village property, according to a statement released Monday.
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NY activists donate $100k to kick-off campaign to aid homeless LGBT youth
The Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest organization working on behalf of homeless LGBT youth, on Monday announced that longtime New York activists Frank Selvaggi and Bill Shea had donated $100,000 to the center to kick off its “Homeless for the Holidays” campaign, aimed at raising $1 million to increase the number of beds for homeless LGBT youth in New York City.
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Gay rights movement has not been kind to the plight of homeless LGBT youth
The gay rights movement has not been good about dealing with the issue of homeless gay youth, and depending on the study, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of homeless youths identify as LGBT, reported National Public Radio, this past weekend.
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Tracy Morgan meets with homeless, teen victims of anti-LGBT violence
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan on Friday visited homeless LGBT teens in New York in an effort to apologize and make amends for a recent anti-gay tirade in which he suggested he would “pull out a knife and stab” his own son if told him he was gay.