The True Colors Fund is excited to announce the launch of our newest initiative: the Forty to None Network, a collective of individuals who are working to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth homelessness, or whose work has the … Read More
We’re excited to announce the True Colors Fund’s 3rd annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert on Saturday, December 7th at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre! The concert will help raise awareness about lesbian, gay, … Read More
The True Colors Fund is proud to partner with the New York Times GLBT & Allies Network, GLSEN, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and The Trevor Project on the first ever “State of Out Youth,” a town hall to be … Read More
We’re thrilled to announce that our executive director, Gregory Lewis, has been named one of the NonProfit Times’ 2013 Power and Influence Top 50 for his impact in the nonprofit world. Our co-founder, Cyndi Lauper, released the following statement: I’m … Read More
The True Colors Fund applauds new legislation introduced today by U.S. Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI), and co-sponsored by U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI). The Runaway and Homeless Youth Inclusion Act aims to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth … Read More
Our co-founder Cyndi Lauper has released the following statement on today’s marriage equality rulings by the United States Supreme Court: History has been made today and justice has prevailed. To all of you who have been waiting on the sidelines for … Read More
One Heartland and the True Colors Fund today announce an expanded partnership offering a “Camp True Colors” summer camp experience for at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth in Minnesota, June 19-23. “LGBT youth face their own set of challenges, and … Read More
When I tell people that the True Colors Fund’s Forty to None Project is working to end homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people, I am most often met with: “So… how are you going to do … Read More
I heard a version of this line many times during my nine years providing social services to young people experiencing homelessness in New York. To generations of parents and schoolteachers, it may sound like the petulant refrain of a rebellious … Read More
This week’s episode of Cyndi Lauper: Still So Unusual on WE tv follows Cyndi as she launches our Forty to None Project during last summer’s New York City Pride March.