How community 'goodwill' helped open a new shelter for LGBTQ+ young adults in Harlem
Here's how the Ali Forney Center's new shelter for LGBTQ+ youth in Harlem came together after five years.
November 21, 2025
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The Ali Forney Center finally owns a shelter—and a witchy fundraiser helped
The opening of Casa Cecilia, named for the late trans icon, Cecilia Gentili, marks a new turning point for the nonprofit helping at-risk LGBTQ+ youth, which has been helped by a Halloween fundraiser.
November 12, 2025
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
NYC Gives $3.3 Mil to Ali Forney
The Ali Forney Center will receive $3.3 million from New York City to renovate a new homeless LGBT youth housing facility.
July 9, 2012
Ali Forney Center Gets Big Donation
Time Warner Cable rewards New York's Ali Forney Center with a $50,000 Learning Lab grant.
January 2, 2013
NYC's Ali Forney Center Expands Reach to Kentucky, Arkansas, Poland
Through a new program, Ali Forney is advising groups in other cities how to help homeless LGBTQ+ youth.
December 5, 2020
David Mixner Among Honorees for Ali Forney Center Fund-raiser
The longtime activist will be among one of the honorees at a benefit for the nation's largest services and advocacy organization for LGBT homeless youth.
October 1, 2012
Lady Gaga Visits LGBT Youth at Ali Forney Center for Black Friday
Gaga brought gifts, performed "Million Reasons," and led a group meditation.
November 27, 2016
Ali Forney Center Now Able to Buy Harlem Hate Church
The LGBT youth organization raises $200,000 for purchase of ATLAH Church, run by the infamous "semen latte" pastor.
February 9, 2016
LGBT Youth at NYC's Ali Forney Center Get Thanksgiving Visit From Madonna
The music star praised the work of the center, which provides services to homeless LGBt young people at several sites around New York City.
November 26, 2016
WATCH: Ali Forney Center Asks Religious Parents to End Abuse of LGBT Youth
The New York City drop-in center for homeless LGBT youth is taking on religion-based familial rejection.
March 28, 2013
Sandy Devastates New York LGBT Youth Facility
The superstorm caused severe damage to the Ali Forney Center's drop-in center in Chelsea.
November 4, 2012
Three LGBT Youths on Being Homeless in NYC
Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center wants to remind us that not everyone has a place to call home.
December 21, 2015
Help Harlem's Hate Church Become a Space of LGBT Love
Let's replace the hatred of the ATLAH sanctuary with something positive and beautiful, writes the Ali Forney Center's Carl Siciliano.
February 3, 2016
Advocate for Homeless LGBT Youths to Be Honored at White House
Carl Siciliano, the executive director of the Ali Forney Center for homeless and runaway LGBT youths, will be honored at the White House next month as a "champion of change."
June 29, 2012
WATCH: Donors Help LGBT Youth Center After Sandy
Spurred on by Ally Sheedy and others, donations have been rolling in to the Ali Forney Center after Hurricane Sandy devastated its West Chelsea drop-in center, but more money is needed.
November 16, 2012
WATCH LGBT Youth Homeless for the Holidays
The Ali Forney Center, a shelter dedicated to providing safe space for LGBT youth in New York City, has launched a series of videos profiling homeless LBGT youth, called "Homeless for the Holidays."
December 22, 2012
Day of Reckoning Coming for Harlem Hate Church
A hearing next week will bring more clarity on whether the Ali Forney Center, which aids LGBT youth in New York City, can purchase a church that incites violence against gays.
April 14, 2016
Give Homeless LGBT Youth a 'Shred of Hope'
Clothing company Nasty Pig will auction off exclusive, one-of-a-kind T-shirts designed by celebrities in its Shred of Hope campaign, with all proceeds benefiting the Ali Forney Center in New York City.
June 20, 2013
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