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Valentine’s Day is coming up and (if you’re like us at the True Colors Fund) that means celebrating the love we have in our lives and figuring out ways to share our love with others. Turn your Valentine’s Day into … Read More

What makes a “Safe Space” safe? While stickers and signage are helpful, it goes deeper than that. Creating truly inclusive, affirming, and healthy environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people requires intentionality and commitment from an entire … Read More

Sitting at 21 Walmer Rd in Toronto’s Annex neighborhood is a place uniquely Toronto – from its welcoming spirit to its historic architecture. But Sprott House‘s classic Annex-style is the least of its virtues. Part of the YMCA’s youth housing program, Sprott House is Canada’s first transitional … Read More

Friday, Congressional leaders passed and President Obama signed the FY 2016 omnibus spending bill, which funds all federal operations. We’re excited to announce that this budget bill designates approximately $52.5 million in new funding for work to address youth homelessness … Read More

In order to end lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth homelessness, young people need to be part of crafting the solution. We’re so proud of our young friends Angel (2015 True Fellow and 40 of the Forty honoree) and Kal … Read More

During this year’s Forty to None Summit, Lyssette Horne spoke on growing up a first generation American, her experiences with homelessness, and how art gave her the voice she’d been longing to hear. I’m an artist, I’m a filmmaker, and … Read More

Transgender Day of Remembrance (#TDOR) is an international day held every November 20 to remember those who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance was created by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a … Read More

Secretary Castro announces proposed Gender Identity RuleHUD’s new, proposed Gender Identity Rule would ensure transgender men and women seeking shelter receive the proper services that respect their identity. Learn more → hud.gov/lgbt Posted by Secretary Julián Castro on Friday, November … Read More

Across the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans are vulnerable to discrimination in the workplace. Only 22 states in our country (plus Washington, D.C.) have state-level laws in place to protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Of those states, … Read More

Halloween is coming up and (if you’re like us as the True Colors Fund) that means it’s time for costume parties, pumpkin carving, and all kinds of fall festivities! Halloween is a time to have fun with family and friends, … Read More

Despite a mountain of evidence suggesting the immense damage that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) conversion therapy can have on a young person, it remains legal in all but four states (California, New Jersey, Oregon, and Illinois) and Washington, D.C. Expert groups … Read More

  On this past Sunday (October 11), Americans celebrated the freedom of living openly and raised their voices in support those who came out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender (LGBT) to loved ones. National Coming Out Day 2015 was a day bursting with love. For … Read More

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community centers are instrumental in the effort to end LGBT youth homelessness. Across the country, centers support and empower over 40,000 people every week by offering needed social services, mental health counseling, cultural programs, recreational activities, libraries, educational programs, … Read More

For lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young people, coming out is an important process. On October 11, people nationwide will celebrate loved ones as they come out, and together we will recognize the power of living openly. Opening up … Read More

Since its Broadway debut, the Tony-Award winning Best Musical Kinky Boots has been working with the True Colors Fund to give lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) young people who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness opportunities to learn about career … Read More

In August, the LGBT Rural Summit Series dropped by Jackson, Mississippi, continuing its tradition of spreading information, federal policy updates, and messages of acceptance to rural America. The Jackson Free Press covered the event and its implications in a recent article: Ashlee Davis … Read More