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“We won’t have a faggot in our house.” Those are the words M heard after his mother died of cancer. He was 16. His mom had loved and accepted him. But not his aunt and uncle. They took in his little brother, but left M to fend for himself in the streets. M lived in a town in Florida that …

The holiday season frightens me. It is the time of year our homeless kids are most likely to attempt suicide. Kids who have been cast out of their homes suffer badly during a season that celebrates and idealizes family togetherness. Yesterday I met with a group of kids at our drop-in center in Chelsea. They were all out in the …

The Ali Forney Center has been joined by a wonderful ally in the effort to prevent Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to eliminate funding for homeless youth shelters in New York State. Change.org has taken on the struggle to protect LGBT youth from the devastating impact of Cuomo’s plan and has posted this petition on their homepage and on their gay …

It has been a rough holiday season for the Ali Forney Center. The day after Thanksgiving I received an e-mail from the City of New York, informing me that due to budget problems, they were slashing their support for homeless youth programs, greatly defunding street outreach efforts and drop-in centers. Our drop-in support is being cut in half. I prefer …

Last Sunday I posted an article which claimed that gays are fleeing Miami Beach for Fort Lauderdale and other places. The article and its author Natalie O’Neill, who cited rising hate crimes as part of the reason for the exodus, have since come under some criticism both at home and here in NYC. O’Neill appeared on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show …

Mark Kane, of The Mark Of Kane, guest blogging for JMG. So, a while back I went to San Francisco, and all you people got was this lousy….wait, y’all got nothing. I didn’t write about it. I know. It’s weird. I just wanted to keep it to myself for a while. Talking about it, I mean. Just to maintain the …

Eric Leven of KnuckleCrack, guest blogging for JMG. Hell I’ve even said it a few times myself, or maybe just hoped it, “Yeah I don’t hear much about Meth anymore. The message is definitely out there so I guess people are finally listening.” I say this despite having lived in LA for two years which taught me that more people …

Bil Browning of The Bilerico Project here, guest blogging for JMG. Bob Dole has decided to let all hang out. The former presidential candidate made public an e-mail he sent to former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan after hearing details of McClellan’s new tell-all book. I’m just going to go out on a limb here and guess that he’s …