Travis was disowned by his family at 17 for being gay. He used all his savings to move to Los Angeles and lived on the street for weeks before the Los Angeles LGBT Center provided him a bed and helped … [Read more...] about This Brave Gay Teen’s Family Disowned Him But He’s Surviving and Helping Others Like Him: WATCH
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Christopher Bollen’s ‘Orient’: Book Review
Christopher Bollen begins his gorgeous new novel with an epigraph from the philosopher Paul Virilio: “The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.” It’s a fitting motto for this … [Read more...] about Christopher Bollen’s ‘Orient’: Book Review
Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review
Ryan Berg begins this account of LGBTQ teens in New York City’s troubled foster care system with statistics that are at once shocking and painfully familiar. “Children placed in foster care are more … [Read more...] about Ryan Berg, ‘No House To Call My Home: Love, Family, And Other Transgressions’: Book Review
Tonight, Queer Rising Will Occupy Times Square
Where do queer homeless kids go on Xmas? That's what the ginormous billboard above Times Square's Forever 21 will ask passersby beginning at 6 p.m., as Queer Rising stages a demonstration … [Read more...] about Tonight, Queer Rising Will Occupy Times Square
