{"id":15311,"date":"2015-03-03T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-nations-few-homeless-shelters-for-lgbt-youth-opens-doors-in-san-antonio-texas\/"},"modified":"2015-03-03T22:00:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T03:00:01","slug":"one-of-nations-few-homeless-shelters-for-lgbt-youth-opens-doors-in-san-antonio-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-nations-few-homeless-shelters-for-lgbt-youth-opens-doors-in-san-antonio-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of Nation&#039;s Few Homeless Shelters For LGBT Youth Opens Doors In San Antonio, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>One Of Nation&#039;s Few Homeless Shelters For LGBT Youth Opens Doors In San Antonio, Texas<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c75822a3970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Homeless\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01b7c75822a3970b-800wi\" title=\"Homeless\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the nation&#8217;s few homeless shelters specifically for LGBTQ youth has opened its doors in San Antonio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thrive Youth Center is a 13-bed, 1,400-square-foot facility &mdash; including five individual rooms for transgender youth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The center, which will serve LGBTQ youth ages 18-25, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2014\/12\/homeless-shelter-for-lgbt-youth-to-open-in-san-antonio.html\" target=\"_blank\">was initially scheduled to open last year<\/a> at a downtown church, but that plan was nixed due to zoning issues. The shelter finally opened last week through a partnership with Haven for Hope, a larger facility serving the general homeless population.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tpr.org\/post\/haven-hope-where-homeless-lgbt-youth-can-thrive\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Public Radio<\/a> reports:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb07fbeb0d970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Whitley\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/towleroad.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c730253ef01bb07fbeb0d970d-800wi\" title=\"Whitley\"><\/a>Thrive Executive Director Sandra Whitley (right) said Haven has changed its intake process since Thrive came on board, asking new applicants if they required LGBT services. &ldquo;And if they check yes, then they <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> one of us over at our office and we come over and talk to the person and see if they&rsquo;ll be a fit for our program.&rdquo; &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thrive&rsquo;s initial mission &mdash;getting people back on their feet &mdash; is being upheld through Haven&rsquo;s programs. &ldquo;The services that we were going to offer, the GED program; the career counseling; the job placement, all those things are now located 25 feet from our door,&rdquo; said Whitley.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Ackerson, a Vice President for Haven for Hope, said they also found space for certain individuals who did not meet Thrive&rsquo;s 18-25 age group criteria.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got the capacity to serve an additional 10 LGBT individuals that don&rsquo;t necessarily fit within Thrive&rsquo;s target population,&rdquo; said Ackerson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thriveyouthcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thrive Youth Center&#8217;s website<\/a>, 50 percent of homeless youth in San Antonio are LGBTQ, mostly as a result of family rejection. And homeless LGBTQ youth on the street are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as other youth on the street.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, nearly&nbsp;nearly one in three transgender <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a> report being turned away from homeless shelters because they are transgender, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before opening Thrive Youth, Whitley and other founders visited the Ali Forney Center in New York City and the LA Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles &mdash; two of the only other homeless shelters in the nation for LGBTQ youth. Whitley, whose parents once sent her to a mental hospital because she was <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, sold her business last year so she could run the shelter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Thrive Youth Center or to make a donation, go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thriveyouthcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;And to listen to the stories of some of the youth who&#8217;ll be served by the facility, go <a href=\"http:\/\/tpr.org\/post\/their-bridge-over-troubled-waters-lgbt-youth-look-safe-haven\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With any luck, Thrive Youth Center can serve as a model for shelters serving homeless LGBTQ youth across Texas and in other red states &mdash; where the facilities are often most needed due to high levels of family rejection.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">video<\/a> report from last year about plans for the Thrive Youth Center, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/one-of-nations-few-lgbtq-youth-homeless-shelters-opens-its-doors-in-san-antonio.html\" target=\"_blank\">AFTER THE JUMP<\/a> &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?i=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:cGdyc7Q-1BI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=9W7Tn8JRH4k:Ykhr0M-7A5s:YwkR-u9nhCs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=YwkR-u9nhCs\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/towleroad\/feed\/~4\/9W7Tn8JRH4k\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nJohn Wright<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/one-of-nations-few-lgbtq-youth-homeless-shelters-opens-its-doors-in-san-antonio.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.towleroad.com\/2015\/03\/one-of-nations-few-lgbtq-youth-homeless-shelters-opens-its-doors-in-san-antonio.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Of Nation&#039;s Few Homeless Shelters For LGBT Youth Opens Doors In San Antonio, Texas One of the nation&#8217;s few homeless shelters specifically for LGBTQ youth has opened its doors in San Antonio.&nbsp; Thrive Youth Center is a 13-bed, 1,400-square-foot facility &mdash; including five individual rooms for transgender youth.&nbsp; The center, which will serve LGBTQ &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/one-of-nations-few-homeless-shelters-for-lgbt-youth-opens-doors-in-san-antonio-texas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One Of Nation&#039;s Few Homeless Shelters For LGBT Youth Opens Doors In San Antonio, Texas<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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