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Safe Havens: Building Real Shelter for LGBTQ+ Homeless Teens | The Good Fight
In this episode of The Good Fight, host Judy Growney explores the critical issue of LGBTQ+ youth homelessness and the urgent need for safe, inclusive shelter systems. This discussion is essential for philanthropists, social workers, activists, and allies who want to understand why traditional emergency shelters often fail LGBTQ+ teens and how we can build better solutions. We move beyond the statistics—such as LGBTQ+ youth comprising 40% of the homeless population despite being only 7% of general youth—to examine the human stories behind the crisis. Through the narrative of Alex, a…
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