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In 2014, there were less than a dozen nonprofit organizations in the nation that focused on providing LGBTQ homeless youth specialized services, and most of them are on the coasts. [54] In a 2012 web-based survey of homeless youth organizations, 94% of respondents reported serving LGBT homeless youth within the past year. [55]
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.
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]
Among the 1.6 million homeless youth in the United States, approximately 40% identify as LGBTQ. ... LGBTQ youth are at a higher risk of homelessness and tend to experience it at younger ages ...
National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) 2002: Active National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) 1990: Active National LGBTQ Task Force (The Task Force) 1973: Active National Transgender Advocacy Coalition: 1999: NOH8 Campaign: 2009: Prop. 8: North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO) 1966: Dissolved in 1970
According to the Ruth Ellis Center, there will be around 1,000 homeless LGBT youth on the street an any given time in Detroit. A disproportionate number of homeless children are gay, often forced ...
The Happy Hippie Foundation is an American non-profit organization founded by American singer and entertainer Miley Cyrus on September 17, 2014, [1] and officially launched to the public on May 5, 2015. [2] The foundation focuses on youth homelessness (particularly among LGBTQ youth), the LGBTQ community, and other vulnerable populations.
The longest-running LGBTQ homeless shelter in the nation’s capital has been forced to turn away clients experiencing homelessness, most of them transgender D.C.’s oldest LGBTQ shelter forced ...