Tag Archives: LGBT youth

(Via Towleroad)

Just in via press release: Time Warner Cable today announced it has selected the Ali Forney Center (AFC), the nation’s largest services and advocacy organization working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) runaway and homeless youth, to be the recipient of a Time Warner Cable Learning Lab. This grant provides a state-of-the-art technology center for the young people served …

A recently-formed legal group chaired by Maggie Gallagher announced today that they will defend the “ex-gay” Jewish group JONAH against the fraud lawsuit filed last month by the Southern Poverty Law Center. JONAH is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that offers assistance to men and women seeking to resolve their sexual conflicts, including unwanted same sex attractions. JONAH has been unjustly …

His run was this weekend. Here’s his promo clip.

On Monday night my loyal companion Dr. Jeff accompanied me to Hudson Terrace in Hell’s Kitchen for a media holiday get-together to benefit Ali Forney Center.  The room was largely populated by gay staffers from CBS, Viacom, NBC Universal, the New York Times and McGraw-Hill, most of whom brought gift cards for Ali Forney’s youths. Gap cards (in the denim …

“In most cities across the country, resources to help LGBT youth are already scarce, and every night, thousands of young people are left to sleep on the street and find their own way through the dark. Cuts in federal funding for the programs that already stretch every dollar to help these kids would make this bad situation even worse. To …

Liberty Counsel’s suit to block California’s “ex-gay” therapy ban was shot down today by a federal judge who reached the opposite conclusion of the judge who yesterday temporarily ruled differently in a separate suit brought by others. Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights: The Court’s decision was prompted by a lawsuit filed by the National Association …

Playbill reports: A Better Holiday Concert, a benefit for the It Gets Better Project, which was “created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach,” will be presented Dec. 16 from 7-10 PM at XL Nightclub. The evening will raise funds for the Ali Forney Center, the nation’s largest organization working on …

“We are disappointed by the ruling but very pleased that the temporary delay in implementing this important law applies only to the three plaintiffs who brought this lawsuit. The judge stressed that he was willing to issue the ruling in part because it is temporary and applies only to three individuals. We are confident that as the case progresses, it …

Last yesterday afternoon a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against California’s recently-approved ban in “ex-gay” therapy for minors. However the judge restricted his order (for now) to only the three individuals who filed lawsuits against it. U.S. District Court Judge William Shubb made a decision just hours after a hearing on the issue, ruling that the First Amendment rights …

(Via Advocate)

The Ali Forney Center this week launched a new video series titled Homeless For The Holidays. In their first clip, a young man recounts being thrown out his house at the age of 14 and how he ended up contemplating suicide by walking into the ocean at Coney Island. Hit the link for information about their holiday donor drive.

The Liberty Counsel today announced that they expect a ruling tomorrow on their bid to thwart California’s just-approved ban on the “ex-gay” torture and brainwashing of children. Their suit was filed on behalf of NARTH, whose co-founder George Rekers was recently exposed for hiring a lithe young male prostitute for a two-week European vacation. In today’s clip, Mat Staver and …

“Some guests argued that they have been changed thru these treatments, but I was overwhelmed by the pain of individuals hurt by the experience.  After listening to both sides of the issue and after reviewing the available medical data, I agree with the established medical consensus.  I have not found enough published data supporting positive results with gay reparative therapy …

Today’s episode of Dr. Oz focuses on “ex-gay” therapy. I’m not sure why Clay Aiken is on the show, but the clip (viewable here) shows PFOX board member Christopher Doyle. He’s the guy who screamed at me after I followed him into the parking lot with my camera during the NARTH convention in Philadelphia two years ago. Doyle is also …

The Southern Poverty Law Center today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against an “ex-gay” group, accusing them of fraudulent business practices.  The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), pro bono co-counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and the law firm of Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC filed a lawsuit today against Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), its …

Dear Friends, When disaster strikes you really find out who your friends are. Sandy did not spare the Ali Forney Center. While fortunately our eight housing sites were unharmed, and all our kids and staff came through safely, our drop-in center was utterly devastated. Four feet of water flooded the entire space. The floors, walls, outlets, were destroyed; all the …