Article by GARRETT KLING in A  Journey Through NYC Relegions. Faith coalition wants city to fund more homeless shelters for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth   As senior rabbi of what some say is the world’s largest LGBT synagogue,  Congregation Beit Simchat Torah,  Sharon Kleinbaum has seen all the ups and down of  her [...]

by Guest Blogger Gary Henkle: Summer has unofficially arrived in NYC, and the start of Summer means Pride season is well underway (Hey, it did say in Proverbs that Pride comes before the Fall!) Lately I’ve been thinking about what Pride means for the homeless youth of New York City. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about [...]

On the morning of May 29th, at the LGBT Center on West 13th Street, Shelter of Peace hosted its first annual conference, “The Role of the Faith Community in ending LGBT Youth Homelessness.” The conference was attended by over [60] faith leaders, both lay and ordained, from churches and synagogues through the New York metropolitan [...]

Today at the First Annual Conference of Shelter of Peace I gave the opening presentation. If you missed the conference you can still get the story here. This morning I would like to give you some background on Shelter of Peace, why we created it, and bring you all up to speed on our accomplishments [...]

The First Annual Shelter of Peace Conference will be held on Tuesday May 29th, 2012. Have you RSVPd yet? The conference is for Clergy and Lay Leaders of congregations throughout New York. We are coming together to address the crisis of LGBT Homeless Youth and what we, as the faith based community can and should [...]

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 [...]