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
CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2025 Equal Entertainment LLC.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
homeless shelter
Learn why activist Jae Douglas is so dedicated to helping other LGBTQ+ Floridians
In our 2025 Thriving Under 30 feature, we highlight several young LGBTQ+ activists and advocates who are already changing the world.
August 20, 2025
New York City promised to build a shelter for trans people. Activists are demanding it follow through
Activists protested on Friday to put pressure on New York City officials to follow their 2021 agreement by constructing four shelters for transgender and gender nonconforming people.
July 1, 2024
Mississippi is getting its first-ever LGBTQ+ shelter — Here's where
The Jack Myers House opens on June 28, offering services for members of the queer community experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, and sex trafficking.
June 5, 2024
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
Court blocks Trump admin's anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions on grants for domestic violence and homeless shelters
The order comes in a lawsuit brought by a nationwide coalition of groups serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness.
July 28, 2025
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