• Fighting homelessness in the holidays and beyond

  • Dec 23 2022
  • Length: 20 mins
  • Podcast

Fighting homelessness in the holidays and beyond

  • Summary

  • Many LGBTQ people – especially queer youth – are forced to spend their winter nights in homeless shelters or on the streets because their parents kicked them out for being LGBTQ. their parents kicked them out because of their queerness. The Ali Forney Center shares dozens of these stories each year during their annual Homeless for the Holidays campaign. We hear from the center’s executive director Alex Roque, along with former client and current employee Sammie Crawford. We’re also joined by Jayson Connor, who runs Backpacks for the Street, an organization that hands out necessities to those living on the streets.

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