LGBTQ+ advocates in Houston have announced the creation of Asia’s Place, the city’s first temporary emergency shelter for LGBTQ+ youth between the ages of 15 and 17.
By some estimates, 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ+. A first-of-its-kind emergency shelter in Houston aims to help queer youth that have “no where else to go.” https://t.co/wmMUyPFWeL
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From the Houston Chronicle:
The shelter is a partnership between Houston’s Montrose Center and Grace Place, a nonprofit that provides support for homeless youth in the region.
Through conversations with the youth Grace Place serves, Executive Director Courtney Sellers said organizers realized that there was a real need for an overnight space for older teenagers who may be too old for existing youth shelters but are not yet adults.
Asia’s House will have six beds at a time, and each youth will be able to have their own bedroom, a setup that Sellers said “allows us to be trans-affirming in a state that’s actively seeking to harm and eliminate trans youth.”
Residents will be able to connect with tutoring, employment skills, counseling and case management on-site during their stay at Asia’s House, and Grace Place intends to find prospective residents through a mix of referrals, street outreach and a 24-hour hotline.
According to various estimates, over 10,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 17 in the Houston region lack a stable place to sleep on any given night.
Forty percent identify as LGBTQ+ and may be escaping unsupportive or hazardous living situations.
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