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Related: About this forumThank you, Bea! "Bea Arthur Residence For LGBT Homeless Youths Gains $3 Million In NYC Funding"
Bea Arthur Residence For LGBT Homeless Youths Gains $3 Million In New York City FundingFor homeless youth and their advocates, the fight for resources can be fierce. New York City has about 4,000 homeless youths -- many of whom are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender -- yet its government funds just 259 shelter beds. Waiting lists for these beds, particularly at centers that cater to young LGBT homeless people, are growing.
But on Monday, the Ali Forney Center, an organization that provides housing for gay homeless youths in New York, announced some good news for those seeking a shelter bed. The New York City Council and the Manhattan borough president designated $3.3 million to help renovate a city-owned building and transform it into a new 18-bed shelter.
The space will be named after former "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur. Before her death in 2009, Arthur served as an icon for many gay people and left the Ali Forney Center $300,000 in her will. That year was the height of the recession, when the facility had been in danger of eliminating beds because it had fallen behind on rent, the center's executive director Carl Siciliano recalled on Monday. And Arthur's gift to the center prevented that.
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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/lgbt-homeless-youths-new-york_n_1659572.html
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You will always be remembered as a true advocate for us, Bea. Thank you!
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Thank you, Bea! "Bea Arthur Residence For LGBT Homeless Youths Gains $3 Million In NYC Funding" (Original Post)
GodlessBiker
Jul 2012
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. And then there's Maude...that uncompromising, enterprising...
Right-on Maude!
KNR
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. thank you, thank you, thank you -- Bea Arthur!
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DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)3. Thank you for being a friend, Maude.....
- I really miss you, Bea......
K&R