Homelessness
Annual memorial focuses on hundreds of homeless youth
Every year for two decades, hundreds have gathered in Philadelphia for a somber holiday-time tradition: a memorial service for the homele ...
9 years ago
Focusing on marriage licenses, mass media miss further LGBT challenges
Marriage has been important for LGBT communities, but there are perhaps more critical issues that have been unnoticed by the dominant culture and underreported in the media.
9 years ago
Overcoming homelessness, police abuse, transgender inequity, LGBT people reject life at the margins
WHYY hosted a public forum on Sept. 15 about the long-running priorities of LGBT communities that may be overlooked in the mainstream emphasis on marriage equality.
9 years ago
Did you miss our Speak Easy forum? Read our guests’ essays here
With so much attention on the issue of same-sex marriage — and the continuing focus on Kim Davis — there are countless issues and per ...
9 years ago
Too many LGBT youth depend on abusive relationships for a home
Working with LGBT youth, I witness them struggle to cope with abusive partners daily. The thing I hear over and over is: "I want to leave him, but I have nowhere else to go."
9 years ago
Like marriage, justice for homeless LGBT youth is about love and commitment
I ask that we expand our love to include members of the LGBTQ community who less frequently make headlines — homeless youth.
9 years ago
Remembering those who died homeless on Philly’s streets
Violinist Shandi Beardsley played Pachebel’s Canon in D Minor, a personal favorite, as volunteers took turns at the microphone read ...
11 years ago