Wednesday, February 1, 2017
New York Community Trust Supports Program to Educate Parents and Families About LGBTQ Issues
By the time a homeless young person who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning arrives at the Hetrick-Martin Institute, it is often too late to mend their frayed family bonds, according to staff members at the 37-year-old social services organization.
They usually come as teenagers after they’ve been kicked out of their family home due to the cultural stigma attached to being gay, or after they’ve run away...