This week, Zack and Peterson welcome to the show Carl Siciliano, founder and executive director of The Ali Forney Center in New York City, which provides shelter for LGBT homeless youth. Since its founding nearly ten years ago, The Ali Forney Center has been on the forefront of addressing the epidemic of homelessness that impacts young LGBT people at absurdly disproportionate rates. Still, in 2011, the center only can offer 57 of the 200 beds available nationwide for the thousands of LGBT youth living on the streets and fights for the funds to provide even that. Carl shares with us the history of the center and the uphill battle to save our community’s young people.
Carl Sicilano
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Here’s some more information about what we talked about this week:
» This week’s erotic poem: Sublimation Point by Jason Schneiderman.
» Donate to The Ali Forney Center.
» Sign the Change.org petition to protect LGBT homeless youth in NY.
» Read Carl Siciliano’s open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo.
» Read more stories from LGBT homeless youth in California (PDF).
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