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  • Wanda Alston Foundation Announces Misuse of Funds

    By on April 10, 2014

    The Wanda Alston Foundation, which operates the Wanda Alston House providing housing and support services for homeless and at-risk LGBT youth in the District, announced...

  • Nominations Open for Next Generation

    By on March 22, 2013

    Springtime is not just about blooming flowers. With school graduations, there is also something of the bloom of youth in the air. With Metro Weekly,...

  • D.C. Council Taking Steps for Homeless Youth

    By on November 29, 2012

    Members of the D.C. Council are trying to expedite the passage of a bill that would reform services for LGBT homeless youth before the next...

  • GLLU Website Ceases

    By on November 21, 2012

    An external website for the Metropolitan Police Department's (MPD) Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (GLLU) is no longer operating, prompting some local LGBT activists to...

  • Close to Home

    By on May 23, 2012

    It may not be a topic that fills the community with pride, but it's certainly relevant: LGBT youth homelessness. That's the topic the community will...

  • Youth Pride 2012: Youthful Measures

    By on April 26, 2012

    Celebrating LGBT youth pride seems to gain traction with every passing year. People come out younger. Institutions working with youth – like schools, nonprofits, local...

  • MPD Reports Reveal More Anti-LGBT Attacks

    By on March 19, 2012

    As seasonal temperatures rise, attacks with some indication of anti-LGBT bias are also apparently increasing. A shooting at a Columbia Heights IHOP Restaurant and a...

  • Building Trust

    By on July 27, 2011

    While ''LGBT'' has grown commonplace, the ''T'' remains not quite as fully integrated into the broader community. Just as commonplace, in my own experience, is...

  • Advocate and Ally

    By on July 27, 2011

    Brian Watson has seen better days. On this particular Saturday, stopping by the Wanda Alston House, D.C.'s only transitional residence for homeless LGBT youth, Watson...

  • Transgender Woman Killed

    By on July 20, 2011

    A transgender woman was shot and killed in Northeast...

  • Coiffure That Cares

    By on June 29, 2011

    About 65 people attended ''Wig Aid Live'' on Saturday, June 25, at Town Danceboutique, raising more than $2,000 for the Wanda Alston House. ''I think...

  • Helping Hair

    By on June 22, 2011

    Seven singers in drag and local drag enthusiast Cookie Buffet will perform at ''Wig Aid Live,'' a benefit for the Wanda Alston House on Saturday,...

  • Fostering Grant

    By on June 16, 2011

    As the old rhyme goes, ''Wednesday's child'' is full of woe. True or not, Wednesday, June 22, offers a chance to learn about helping all...

  • Rooms and a Board

    By on March 9, 2011

    Christopher Dyer has long been a champion of local LGBT youth, founding the Youth Pride Alliance in 1996, then serving as the director of the...

  • The DC LGBT Homeless Youth Crisis [video]

    By on November 24, 2010

    In the past few months, Washington D.C. has seen a rise in the number homeless LGBT youth. Metro Weekly's Justin Stewart talks with several locals...