One Of Nation's Few Homeless Shelters For LGBT Youth Opens Doors In San Antonio, Texas
One of the nation's few homeless shelters specifically for LGBTQ youth has opened its doors in San Antonio.
Thrive Youth Center is a 13-bed, 1,400-square-foot facility — including five individual rooms for transgender youth.
The center, which will serve LGBTQ youth ages 18-25, was initially scheduled to open last year at a downtown church, but that plan was nixed due to zoning issues. The shelter finally opened last week through a partnership with Haven for Hope, a larger facility serving the general homeless population.
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According to Thrive Youth Center's website, 50 percent of homeless youth in San Antonio are LGBTQ, mostly as a result of family rejection. And homeless LGBTQ youth on the street are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as other youth on the street.
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