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(April 8) -- Singer
Cyndi Lauper is opening New York City's first permanent housing for
homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
The True Colors
Residence is set to open next year in Harlem and will provide young
people age 18 to 24 a place to live while helping them get back on their
feet, DNAinfo reports.
“Kids are coming out
in greater numbers as they see themselves accepted and represented on TV
and in movies, but they’re still being kicked out of their homes or
running away and living on the streets," Lauper said in a statement
Tuesday.
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45 photos Pop singer Cyndi
Lauper, through her foundation, is building Manhattan's first permanent
shelter for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. The True
Colors Residence will open next year in Harlem. Here she attends the
fifth annual Focus for Change benefit dinner and concert in New York on
Nov. 11, 2009.
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Pop singer Cyndi Lauper, through her
foundation, is building Manhattan's first permanent shelter for
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. The True Colors Residence
will open next year in Harlem. Here she attends the fifth annual Focus
for Change benefit dinner and concert in New York on Nov. 11, 2009.
Roger Kisby, Getty Images
Roger Kisby, Getty Images
The '80s pop singer,
known for her hits "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "True Colors," will
donate money for the facility through her True Colors Fund, is an
honorary board member and is championing and promoting it.
New York City has
15,000 to 20,000 homeless youth, according to estimates from the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Roughly 3,000 to 8,000 of them are
LGBT, or comprising 20 to 40 percent homeless youth in the city, the
Task Force said.
The six-story
building will contain 30 studio apartments, a communal space, a library
and a computer room. It's expected to cost about $11 million. Residents
will sign a yearlong Section 8 lease and pay rent according to their
income.
Lauper has long been a
supporter for gay rights. Last month, her True Colors Fund launched the
Give a Damn Campaign, an initiative to spur straight support for gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality. The campaign will include a
series of videos featuring Lauper and friends such as Elton John, Whoopi
Goldberg, Jason Mraz, Cynthia Nixon and Anna Paquin, Tonic reported.
Cyndi Lauper to Open True Colors Residence, a Shelter for Gay Youth.
Cyndi Lauper to Open True Colors Residence, a Shelter for Gay Youth.
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