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A new short documentary by In the Life Media highlights the critical issue of LGBT teen homelessness in New York.
Called “A Day in Our Shoes” the documentary aims to raise awareness of the fact that there are an estimated 3,800 homeless youth in New York City alone and of them about 1,500 identify as LGBT. As previously highlighted at Care2, budget cuts of around 50% have put in jeopardy the vital facilities homeless shelters provide in the state.
Reports suggest that LGBT youth comprise around 40% of the homeless youth population of New York City and according to a 2007 census commissioned by the New York City Council over 1,000 LGBT youth are without shelter every night. Many LGBT youths without shelter are forced to resort to prostitution in order to survive, and approximately 20% become HIV infected. Homeless LGBT youths are also at extraordinary risk of suicide, with 62% admitting to having considered or attempted suicide.
New York’s administration in fact reduced funding for homeless youth this year by 50%, bringing the total money available for homeless youth shelters to $2.35 million. According to recent estimates there needs to be at least an additional $3 million in funding for runaway and homeless youth shelters.
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Thank you for sharing.
All of our innocent homeless kids regardless of their sexual behavior deserve to be protected. Those people who are sexual predators of our young even if they young adults are guilty of rape!
The really sad part is, that many of these children have actually grown up in shelters. It is the only life they know. I too volunteered at a shelter (for over 2 years) and while the corruption and waste is absolutely disgusting, it is very sad to see how many teenagers keep coming back with their mothers, who keep having more children when they are not able to care for the ones they have. Once the teenager is 18, they are tossed in with adult population even if the mother and siblings are in the family section. Very few caseworkers are actually competent enough to do their job and help these kids.
What did the shelter do with the $2.35 million they received already? And why do they need an additional $3 Million? My guess is that most of the money is being spent on salaries and other things. And whatever is left is spent on the shelters for these homeless kids. Since the government can't control these programs then maybe the tax payers should. Once these shelters are opened nobody keeps a eye on them. More room for fraud and that is the problem. I have volunteered at a few homeless shelters. I didn't like what I was seeing at a few. Like volunteers and staff taking home doggie bags. Disgraceful! Here I was trying to help people in need and they were getting ripped off. When I confronted the thieves I was asked to leave and never was asked back. Nobody should be homeless in America. Just like some people should not be parents either. But, we need to stop blaming all parents of homeless kids. Because not all homeless kids have bad parents. Some of these kids need to take responsibility for their own actions. Like get help with their problems.
Khat, lebian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (going through sex change) Sometimes a "Q" is added at the end, meaning questioning. Thanks for asking and caring. Too many teens are thrown out by their families. No one deserves live homeless or be descriminated against, especially youth, our prescious future.
What does LGBT stand for?
Surely, you jest!!! The people who couldn't wait to cut the funding for these programs are the very people who {1.}Will bust He** wide open with one foot in a roller-skate & the other on a banana peel themselves due to some depraved habits or yearnings of their own, NOT to mention their judgmental ways. {2.} Have apparently NEVER experienced Homelessness. {3.} Are bigotted enough to have used their personal biases to determine who was NOT deserving of help. How can any Adult/Parent/Human-Being, not see the need to keep OUR CHILDREN off of the streets? Their sexual prefernces are NOT the important factor here, the fact that they are still young/impressionable/at-risk CHILDREN & rather than help where they can to many people {because there are indeed choices no one can make for another} would rather pass judgment & refuse to help or take way the little bit of help that was available! Where was I when as a society we preumably voted to stop giving a Damn about Children & Our Elders? When did it become O.kay to throw Our Children away? When did genocide by socially acceptable Neglect or Abuse become tolerable? Am I the only Adult/Parent/Human-Being who cringes at the sound/thought/sight of Throw-Away/Run-Away/Abandoned Children? CHILDREN!!!!!?
John M, OY!!!!! Are you one of those "pseudo Christians"? The extreme right wingers and those of the 1%? You certainly sound like it.
ALL these homeless kids are rejects from these "pseudo Christian" homes, gay or straight. They get criminal records when they have to resort to stealing to eat. So, get down of that obscenely high horse of yours and try doing something constructive.
Everybody has equal rights.
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