#homeless
Guys I need help. I’m getting kicked out of my where I’m staying because of a bipolar freak out
I need to get into housing ASAP.
PLEASE help me :(
If anyone can donate for a hotel room, I’d appreciate it so much. I live in New England and it’s freezing right now. I won’t survive on the streets. :(
Ways to donate are in pinned comments
update: it’s icy and snowy and dropping down to single digits at night and I’m honestly scared.
update2/24/22: there’s a snowstorm that’s starting tonight & keep going til tomorrow. we’re supposed to get afoot or more.I don’t want to be caught in the snow if possible. It’ll be below freezing and I’m scared. rn the shelters are at capacity and the cheapest motel is $95/night. If anyone’s able to donate, or can boost this please consider it.. Thank you and I’m sorry. I just don’t kno what to do… (and yes, I’ve already applied for everything I qualify for + I am waiting for gov. assistance)
it’s getting scary on the streets. any and all help for cheap motel rooms for my safety would be so much appreciated…
Guys I need help. I’m getting kicked out of my where I’m staying because of a bipolar freak out
I need to get into housing ASAP.
PLEASE help me :(
If anyone can donate for a hotel room, I’d appreciate it so much. I live in New England and it’s freezing right now. I won’t survive on the streets. :(
Ways to donate are in pinned comments
update: it’s icy and snowy and dropping down to single digits at night and I’m honestly scared.
update2/24/22: there’s a snowstorm that’s starting tonight & keep going til tomorrow. we’re supposed to get afoot or more.I don’t want to be caught in the snow if possible. It’ll be below freezing and I’m scared. rn the shelters are at capacity and the cheapest motel is $95/night. If anyone’s able to donate, or can boost this please consider it.. Thank you and I’m sorry. I just don’t kno what to do… (and yes, I’ve already applied for everything I qualify for + I am waiting for gov. assistance)
Guys I need help. I’m getting kicked out of my where I’m staying because of a bipolar freak out
I need to get into housing ASAP.
PLEASE help me :(
If anyone can donate for a hotel room, I’d appreciate it so much. I live in New England and it’s freezing right now. I won’t survive on the streets. :(
Ways to donate are in pinned comments
update: it’s icy and snowy and dropping down to single digits at night and I’m honestly scared.
It’s snowing :(
wow now there’s an ice/hail storm :’(
Fuck being homeless ESPECIALLY in the winter time
Testimony by youth at NEW ALTERNATIVES, NYC (www.newalternativesnyc.org)
Portraits by Joan Lobis Brown
About the Project:
ForNew Alternatives, New York-based photographer Joan Lobis Brown creates expressive studio portraits of the city’s at-risk LGBT kids, many of whom have been abused, neglected, or forced out of their homes by their families of origin.
These gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth, explains Lobis Brown, flock to the city in search of acceptance and community after having been rejected by their birth or foster parents. In the streets, they forge new familial ties, platonic and romantic relationships with peers in similar circumstances, finding a sense of home and belonging on the outskirts of mainstream culture. They find “gay mothers” or “gay brothers” in those who have gone through the same heartaches and come out the other side.
With the help of organizations like New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth, these young people find resources and learn lifelong skill-sets while living in shelters or transitional housing. Lobis Brown met a few of these individuals through a church sanctuary run by the organization, where she volunteered for several months before she even asked to take pictures. With the consent of both the pastor and the director, she constructed a studio within the building and invited kids to sit for her. Earning the trust of one youth leader, she notes, went a long way in gaining the confidence of the community, and sitters were enthusiastic and open with her. In many ways, the camera allowed their stories to be heard, their faces recognized, and their experiences validated by a wider audience.
Each day brought a new set of individuals and new photo shoots. At the end of each shoot, Lobis Brown gave each sitter prints of his or her choosing, which they were happy to share with their friends. Many came with their partners or “gay family members” to pose for the kind of family portrait they might never have had the chance to have with those families that had denied them the love they deserved. After the sessions, the photographer admits that many said they felt beautiful, sometimes for the first time.
Although she took some time off, Lobis Brown continues to volunteer at the shelter. Although LGBT youth continue to be alienated by prejudice, ignorance, hatred, and shame, she hopes that her photographs will break through the keen isolation felt by members of this community to reveal the common threads of fear, hope, and love that unite us all.
Originally published by Feature Shoot, 2/11/15
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‘Queers in Exile: the Unforgotten Legacies of LGBTQ Homeless Youth’ WON the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art Group Exhibition of the Yearaward!
Curated by Coalition for Queer Youth founder, Alexis Heller
CONGRATULATIONS to contributing artists Samantha Box, Gerard H. Gaskin, Sean Coleman, Michael Roberson, Robert Sember,Richard Renaldi, Andy Warhol, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Carol Polcovar, Rich Wandel, Leonard Fink, Diana Davies, Vanguard Revisited Project, The Hear Me ROAR! Project and Whose Streets, Our Streets! It was your great work that helped make these legacies visible.
THANK YOU Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson!
THANK YOU Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and the Fresh Fruit Festival!
THANK YOU to everyone who voted!
And to the past, present and future queer young people on the street, WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU, YOU MATTER!
Full List of the 2013 MOTHA Awardees
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Testimony by CHRISTOPHER STREET YOUTH, New York
Titled: “TRANSKIDS”
Years ago, before the pilings had gone rotten and jagged like a row of rotten teeth, the piers were still lined with abandoned houseboats. At a time when gay sex was illegal, this was a busy pick-up spot. The empty homes gave cover from the elements and a semblance of privacy. Sometimes a boat’s floor gave way, and its occupants would drown in the Hudson River. Still, for gay men and trans teens, the block at the end of the West Village was a refuge from a hostile culture.
The piers have undergone an almost unrecognizable transformation from just 10 years ago, when the city began renovating the stretch of waterfront that runs parallel to the historic West Village, let alone 50 years ago, when the bodies of young gay and transgender men would be fished out of the river.Today, luxury condominiums line the highway, and the crumbling waterfront has been transformed into a park frequented by tourists and locals.
“Kids are arriving every day,” said Kate Barnhart, executive director of New Alternatives, an organization that helps homeless LGBTQ teens and young adults. “They’re coming from places that are not trans-safe, like the south and the midwest, and they know that New York is a cool place to be gay. They’re constantly arriving.”
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Published by Youth Today, 10/8/13
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(helyszín: Almada, Lisboa, Portugal)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdIs42GIPXd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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I feel VERY lucky to live in Portugal. It was 8 yrs in the planning and we took the shutdown during COVID in Seattle to become #frontlineworkers at #ChiefSeattleClub the ONLY non profit to remain open in downtown Seattle to feed #Seattleshomeless and to be #Outreach workers, seeking out the #homeless encampments to handout #masks #handsanitizer and #vaccineinfo
We risked our lives for a solid year and we saved all our money while simultaneously applying to Portugal to relocate and continue our #selfemployed #business
#smartthinking #leavingtheusa #portugallife (at Porto, Portugal)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT3yU7wrAE-/?utm_medium=tumblr
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homeless puppy needs some love photo | one big photo on We Heart It. http://weheartit.com/entry/50021039/via/iamdreamygirl
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