by guest blogger GARY HENKLE:   Are you a Carrie or a Samantha? A Miranda or a Charlotte?” During the mid-2000s, this was the question you had to answer. At the height of its fame, fans of the hit HBO comedy Sex And The City asked each other which character exemplified their personal character. Were [...]

The following is taken from an article in the Huffington Post. There is a link to the full article which I encourage you to read. Yesterday Mayor Bloomberg released a budget that guts a wide array of services to the disadvantaged youths of New York City. But most stunning is his proposal to eliminate 160 [...]

Mayor Bloomberg has once again shown that he can step over homeless children in the street and not notice nor give a damn. The new budget has been released and the Mayor has proposed to cut the budget for Runaway and Homeless Youth from 12 million dollars to 5 million dollars. The 12 million dollar [...]

The annual conference for Shelter of Peace will be held on May 29th at the LGBT Center in the west village. We invite all clergy and lay leaders involved in social justice programs in the city of New York to attend. If you are not currently a member just look at the top of the [...]

Post by guest blogger Gary Henkle: Tired of feeling like the only thing you’re doing to further the cause of LGBT equality is liking a Facebook status, changing your profile picture, or sharing a youtube video? Have you been feeling like a slacktivist lately? Good news! The arrival of warm spring weather in New York brings another [...]

Recently, Carl Siciliano, executive director of the Ali Forney Center wrote an open letter to Cardinal Dolan. Carl’s letter about the LGBT homeless youth crisis in New York City was well written and informative. He asked the Cardinal to re-assess his current position and to come and meet the children he has hurt through his [...]

The New York State budget passed today demonstrates a callous indifference to the homeless youth population of the State of New York. We as Shelter of Peace (representing over 90 clergy and their congregations) and a member of the Campaign for Youth Shelter spent the past 5 months making the Governor’s office and the Legislature fully aware [...]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! All Shelter of Peace Clergy, Lay Leaders and participating congregations. Our Advocacy and Activism have payed off. We just heard that the new State budget has just been approved and in a last minute negotiation the RHY (Runaway and Homeless Youth) budget for homeless youth shelter has been increased [...]

The following article is copied from the Huffington Post. It was written by Carl Siciliano, founder and executive director of the Ali Forney Center. We at Shelter of Peace work closely with Carl and completely endorse this letter. All Shelter of Peace clergy should read this letter and think of how they can bring this to their [...]

By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – Iro Uikka clutches his throat as he describes the violent clash that led to spending his nights sleeping in New York City subway cars. “When I told my mother I was gay, she grabbed me by the neck and threw me out,” he says. “Then she [...]