As many of us head home over the holiday season, it’s important to focus on members of the LGBTQ community who experience homelessness and to highlight recent efforts to end this serious problem.
2013 brought amazing advances for LGBT rights across the country. While victories in marriage equality dominated the headlines this year, some exciting legislative and policy changes happened to protect the rights of LGBTQ youth and, in particular, youth in homeless, juvenile justice and foster care systems.