Photographer Mike Ruiz's newest project showcases LGBTQ+ success through portraits
Photographer Mike Ruiz is celebrating the success stories of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ homeless shelter, the Ali Forney Center.
June 27, 2024
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homeless shelters
Why Homeless LGBTQ+ Youth in One City Engage in Survival Sex
Local advocates believe a shelter for LGBTQ+ youth would help stop the practice.
April 19, 2023
D.C. to Open First LGBTQ+ Homeless Shelter For Adults
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joined community leaders to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the shelter funded by the Biden-Harris administration's American Rescue Plan Act.
July 18, 2022
Alaska Homeless Shelter's Suit Challenges Trans Protections
A faith-based shelter in Anchorage, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, claims the city's nondiscrimination law violates its constitutional rights.
September 25, 2018
Ben Carson: Trans People in Homeless Shelters Cause Discomfort
It's not the first time the current HUD Secretary painted trans people as scary.
March 20, 2018
LGBT Homeless Shelter Named for Golden Girl
Ground was broken in New York Monday for a new shelter for homeless LGBT youth, all thanks to the generosity of the late Golden Girl.
July 22, 2015
Trans Volunteer Killed in Mass Stabbing at San Jose Homeless Shelter
Kimberly Susan Fial originally came to the Grace Baptist Church shelter as a client and quickly became a valued volunteer.
December 11, 2020
HUD: Trans Women Could Be ID'd at Homeless Shelters by Adam's Apples
Shelter operators could use physical characteristics to force trans women to be housed with men under a new proposed rule.
July 20, 2020
Alaska Homeless Shelter Wins Right to Turn Away Trans Women
This comes in a settlement between the faith-based shelter and the city of Anchorage that also pays the Alliance Defending Freedom $100,000 in city funds to cover its legal work.
October 2, 2019
Christian Homeless Shelter Sues for Right to Turn Away Trans Women
The shelter is being represented by the same group that represented the anti-gay baker.
January 14, 2019
New Guidelines Help Trans People In Tough Financial Times
HUD has instructed shelters to not ask intrusive medical questions or kick out trans residents because of their gender identities, among other important guidelines.
February 21, 2015
Letter to Pope: Protect LGBT Youth
The head of a New York homeless shelter for LGBT youth wants the pope to see the impact of church teaching on LGBT youth.
April 13, 2014
LGBTQ Youth Among the Most Vulnerable as Homeless Centers Close
Homeless shelters across the country are shutting their doors amid the COVID-19 outbreak, putting LGBTQ youth at higher risk.
March 24, 2020
Rob Ford Doesn't Want to Know How to House Homeless LGBT Youth
Toronto's mayor didn't see it fit to vote for a no-cost study on the feasibility of providing shelter space for homeless LGBT youth.
July 11, 2014
LGBTQ Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Discrimination Related to COVID-19
The groups sued over Health and Human Services' refusal to enforce Obama-era nondiscrimination rules for homeless shelters and senior programs.
March 19, 2020
FBI: Trans Woman Robbed Bank So She Could Go Back to Prison
Linda Thompson told police she had been beaten, turned away from a homeless shelter and no longer felt safe living on the streets.
August 1, 2016
WATCH: Ga. Teen, Kicked Out, Pays It Forward
A 19-year-old's video of his family's violent reaction to coming out prompted massive donations -- which the teen is now directing to a local homeless shelter for LGBT Youth.
September 7, 2014
Kansas Order Protects 'Religious' Groups Opposing Marriage
An order Gov. Sam Brownback issued today likely means that service providers such as adoption agencies and homeless shelters could discriminate against same-sex couples and still receive state contracts.
July 7, 2015
Homeless LGBT Youth Lose $7 Million in NYC
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's newly released budget is getting sharp criticism from LGBT activists. The budget reportedly cuts $7 million to the city's Runaway and Homeless Youth Services, which would eliminate 160 youth shelter beds and drastically affect the Ali Forney Center, the city's LGBT youth shelter.
May 4, 2012