Tag Archives: Ali Forney Center
Benefit Concert for the N.Y.’s Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBT Youth
This popped up in my inbox the other day (click for full size). As far as I can tell it seems to be a concert featuring performances from a number of various divas. From the Ali Forney Center website: Night … Continue reading
Holiday Fundraiser for Ali Forney Center
Instinct Magazine is reporting of an upcoming fundraiser for the Ali Forney Center in New York City. The Ali Forney center which provides housing and services for homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender youth was flooded out during Superstorm Sandy: … Continue reading
The Importance of LGBT Homeless Shelters and Greater Acceptence of LGBT Youth
Some good news comes out of New York today. $7 million dollars which was to be cut from the 2013 budget will now be restored. The Huffington Post has the story: …on Tuesday, City Councilman Lewis Fidler told The Huffington … Continue reading
Ali Forney Center for LGBT Homeless Youth Turns 10
…but there is still much work to do. From Carl Siciliano, Ali Forney’s Executive Director via The Huffington Post: Ten years later I am filled with gratitude for the response we have achieved from the LGBT community and many of our allies. … Continue reading
Cardinal Dolan Responds to Carl Siciliano’s Open Letter and Invitation to Connect with LGBT Homeless Youths
A few weeks ago, Carl Siciliano, Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center, wrote an open letter in the Huffington Post to Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York (see my previous post). In the letter, Siciliano wrote about the tragedy … Continue reading
A Call to Cardinal Dolan to Stop Endangering LGBT Youth
A very thoughtful, touching and true open letter from Carl Siciliano, Executive Director of the Ali Forney Center: Cardinal Dolan, I write to you as the director of the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to homeless LGBT … Continue reading
The Behavior that Defines Gay and Lesbian People
Jeremy Hooper over at the blog G-A-Y (good as you) has a blog post that shows us that youth isn’t our only hope for the future of equality. An elderly woman calls into the Jan Mickelson radio show, Mickleson in … Continue reading →