We have the words mixed up in this high priced society. During my Thanksgiving meal, my dipshit step-mother-in-law, during grace, prayed for all of those less fortunate and hope they have hot food to eat. Blah, blah, blah. Later in the meal, I mentioned that I actually did something to hopefully help people with that.
I must digress a few weeks before Thanksgiving… One Friday on OutQ in the Morning, on Sirius Satellite Radio, Larry Flick and the crew hosted an entire show about the homeless and poorly treated youth in society. It was heartbreaking to hear the story of the director of the Ruth Ellis Center, one of four GLBT teen shelters in the country recount her stories of how gay youth are just thrown away because they are different.
In fact, 2-3 million of federal funding was cut from this shelter because they don’t cater to ALL people. Well, my question is, why can womens’ shelters remain funded when they would turn away gay youth. In fact, many, if not MOST of these so-called inclusive shelters would rather turn away gay teens than keep them and help them through tough times. It disgusts me. The Ruth Ellis Center is doing a great job at helping people whom society shuns and doesn’t want to be part of their lives.
I usually pick my own charities to donate money to, but on this day as soon as I got to work I immediately sent $100 to the Ruth Ellis Center and another $100 to The Trevor Project, a free hotline to prevent gay teen suicides. Both donations are in the name of this podcast, may it continue. I need your help. Please, if you can, check out these worthy causes and see if you can help them and next Thanksgiving or maybe even before that big meal you’ll eat at Christmas, when you hope others have hot food to eat or a place to help them feel less alone, know that you did something to make that happen.
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Ya know, so many of us older people have space and room in our homes-how about we open them and mentor these kids-I was one of them, once and what I would have given !
Stephano,
I could say that myself. US culture in general favors overseas baby adoptions versus taking care of our own lost teens. But shall we also not forget that foster programs and adoption agencies are not exactly gay friendly?