LAUPER EXPOSES TRUE COLORS; OPENS SHELTER FOR LGBT YOUTH
By: Rob Brayl
For BiggerThanBeyonce.Com
Cyndi Lauper, who has always been an activist for equality, recently launched the Give a Damn Campaign which encourages everyone (gay, straight, transgender, lesbian, bisexual) to get informed about issues within the LGBT community. Now, Lauper is taking her passion to the next level, by opening a shelter for homeless LGBT youth in New York City (Harlem) via her True Colors Fund.
The shelter will be the first permanent residence for LGBT youth in Manhattan.
Currently there are between 15,000 and 20,000 homeless youth in New York City, and, of that number, roughly 3,000 to 8,000 identify under the LGBT umbrella.
The True Colors Residence, which is slated to open in 2011, will offer a safe haven for LGBT individuals between the ages of 18 to 24 who need a place to stay while trying to get back on their feet.
In a statement, Lauper said: “Kids are coming out in greater numbers as they see themselves accepted and represented on TV and in movies, but they’re still being kicked out of their homes or running away and living on the streets. We need to make sure we’re taking care of them. This is the next generation of the LGBT community.”
Beautiful.
Check out Lauper performing the classic Time After Time (live on Australian Idol), below.
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I find it shocking that it will be the first permanent residence opened since NYC has the highest gay population in the US. I dunno you’d just think there would’ve been something established years ago……..oh well that’s why we have Cyndi Lauper!
That IS a beautiful thing to do!! Good for her! I also really loved that performance and thought her voice has never sounded better
taste the rainbow
lmao @ skittles
time after time is a classic and she sounded awesome
Good for her! She is fabulous!
Thanks for this
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