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The Ruth Ellis Center (REC) is a social services agency in the Detroit area that serves the needs of runaway, homeless and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. REC is named in honor of the life and work of Ruth Ellis , who was an African-American lesbian from Detroit known for her service to people in need.
Ruth Charlotte Ellis (July 23, 1899 – October 5, 2000) was an African-American woman known for being an LGBT rights activist and the oldest surviving open lesbian at the age of 101. Her life is celebrated in Yvonne Welbon 's documentary film Living With Pride: Ruth C. Ellis @ 100 .
The Ruth Ellis Center is a non-profit organization located in Highland Park that provides short and long-term residential safe space and support services for runaway, homeless, and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender, and questioning youth. [12]
“Bohemian Rhapsody” star Lucy Boynton smoulders as 1950s nightclub owner Ruth Ellis in a new image from upcoming ITV drama “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story.” Ellis was the last woman to ...
Ruth Ellis was born Ruth Neilson in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales, on 9 October 1926, the fifth of six children. She moved to Basingstoke , Hampshire , England, with her family during her childhood. Her mother, Elisaberta (Bertha) Goethals, was a Belgian war refugee ; her father, Arthur Hornby, was a cellist from Manchester who played on Atlantic ...
She has been an outspoken supporter of Detroit's Ruth Ellis Center after the organization's staff sent Sykes a letter asking her to visit during her 2010 tour's stop in Detroit. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Sykes often uses Twitter to express her political views, including on May 25, 2021, retweeting a photograph by Evan Vucci of Gianna Floyd, daughter ...
Ruth Ellis Center; S. Safe Horizon; Saint Francis House (Boston) Saint Joseph's House of Hospitality (Pittsburgh) St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Ali Forney Center; Anti-Poverty Committee, an organisation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that campaigns against poverty and homelessness; Back on My Feet, an American urban homeless outreach organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, centered on overcoming homelessness through running; Barefoot Foundation; Barnabus Manchester