Some 57,700 people are living in conditions that constitute slavery in the United States right now, according to report released today, with undocumented immigrants, refugees, and homeless LGBT youth ...

WASHINGTON — On Saturday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon for the SMYAL transitional housing center in Northeast. The center serves homeless youths who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and ...

At the age of three, Gale started to challenge gender norms, insisting on wearing dresses and tiaras; by age four, sobbing at his mirror image wearing pants. He began calling himself “a boy and a girl ...

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It isn’t a new problem, but in this age of marriage equality and growing progress, it’s surprising that the number of LGBT youth being kicked out of their homes is actually growing. An estimated 40 ...

About 25 percent to 40 percent of homeless teens and youth up to age 24 are gay or transgender, most of the time because their families have rejected them for their sexual identity or orientation.

Bevan Dufty, the gay man who has served as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's homeless czar since 2012, is resigning following next month's election. The announcement Monday, October 12 that Lee had ...