Protect LGBT Youth from Homelessness

To honor and celebrate this year’s Pride Month, TPG is teaming up with the Ali Forney Center to raise funds and awareness for our homeless LGBTQ youth community. The center provides emergency and transitional housing, on-site medical support, mental health and substance abuse services, and education and employment to homeless LGBTQ youth -- 90% of whom identify as people of color.

The Ali Forney Center has a proven track record of success: More than 80% of young people who complete its programs exit to stable housing. 

In New York City alone, there are nearly 4,000 homeless young people, and nearly half of them identify as LGBTQ. Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it more difficult for these young people to get back on their feet.

2020 has been an especially painful year for the black community. Young LGBTQ people of color have endured compounding problems that have been amplified among all of the other strife the country has experienced in recent months.

But we are hopeful that the good work that organizations like the Ali Forney Center is doing will really change lives and make an impact in these communities.

We've set up a GoFundMe fundraiser to support AFC and our CEO and Founder, Brian Kelly, is personally matching dollar for dollar up to $50,000. This fundraiser, and supporting the amazing work that the center is doing, is a great way to support both the LGBTQ and black communities and hopefully level the playing field a little bit more for the marginalized people of our nation.