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Funding was the most common factor cited as an obstacle to combating homelessness among LGBT youth. [56] Prominent shelters specifically for LGBTQ homeless youth include the Ali Forney Center in New York, named after an African-American transgender teenager who experienced homelessness and was murdered in 1997, [57] and the Ruth Ellis Center in ...
Chastity Bowick (born 1985) is a prominent transgender health advocate and social justice activist based in Massachusetts. She is known for her work supporting low-income and homeless transgender individuals as the former Executive Director of the Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts.
[1] [2] STAR was a radical political collective that also provided housing and support to homeless LGBT youth and sex workers in Lower Manhattan. Rivera and Johnson were the "mothers" of the household, and funded the organization largely through sex work. STAR is considered by many to be a groundbreaking organization in the queer liberation ...
Among the 1.6 million homeless youth in the United States, approximately 40% identify as LGBTQ. ... This is especially true when it comes to acceptance of transgender people.
Transgender and gender-nonconforming adults are more likely to be homeless, with many kicked out of their homes by relatives, experts say. ‘It was the life raft’: Transgender people find a ...
Grassroots organizers are working to build long-term housing for transgender people across the South amid record levels of homelessness.
The Ali Forney Center (AFC), based in New York City, is the largest LGBT community center helping LGBTQ homeless youth in the United States. [1] The AFC both manages and develops transitional housing for its clients. [2] AFC helps approximately 2,000 youth clients each year, primarily between sixteen and twenty-four years old. [3]
True Colors United (formerly True Colors Fund) is an American nonprofit organization addressing the issue of youth homelessness in the United States. Founded in 2008 by Cyndi Lauper, the organization focuses on the unique experiences of LGBT youth, who make up 40% of the homeless youth population in the United States.