A Day in Our Shoes 20th Season | 2011 Categories: Youth, Online Exclusive
There are an estimated 3,800 homeless youth in New York City. About 1,500 of them identity as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Government funding provides fewer than 200 shelter beds for all homeless children in the city.
Official Honoree of the 16th Annual Webby Awards in the Public Service and Activism category.
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The Ali Forney Center
AFC is dedicated to promoting awareness of the plight of homeless LGBT youth in the United States with the goal of generating responses on local and national levels from government funders, foundations, and the LGBT community.