Our mission is to strengthen and empower LGBTQ+ youth and individuals to overcome obstacles by providing housing, supportive counseling, community education, and advocacy.
We envision a community where all LGBTQ+ people, inclusive of all intersecting identities, are supported, equal, and thriving.
We recognize thriving as a community means LGBTQ+ people, inclusive of all intersecting identities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, ethnicity, culture, age, ability status, class, faith, and social characteristics are equal.
As a nonprofit, we seek to fill gaps in the upper great plains’ region, primarily South Dakota, with outreach into North Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Montana as a Counseling and Community Center with Employment Resources, Emergency Housing Solutions, and STI and HIV prevention and education.
A new survey by the Administration for Children’s Services found that more than 34 percent of youths in foster care between the ages of 13 and 21 identify as LGBTQ+
Nearly a sixth of LGBTQ adults have experienced discrimination at the doctor’s office or in another health care setting, while a fifth say they have avoided seeking medical care out of fear of discrimination, according to a recent poll.
Too many LGBTQ youth come out to family members only to face rejection, hatred, and violence. Those facing the most extreme levels of family rejection and maltreatment are often forced out of their homes, or will run away, becoming homeless or entering the foster care system.
Between 2 million and 3.7 million children under age 18 have an LGBTQ+ parent. Many of these children are being raised by a single LGBTQ+ parent, or by a different-sex couple where one parent is bisexual. Approximately 191,000 children are being raised by two same-sex parents. Overall, it is estimated that 29% of LGBTQ+ adults are raising a child who is under 18.
LGBTQ+ individuals and same-sex couples raising children have lower incomes than different-sex counterparts and higher levels of poverty. Nearly one in five children being raised by same-sex couples (24%) live in poverty compared to 14% of children being raised by different-sex couples. In 2015, 33% of LGBTQ+ parents raising children experienced food insecurity, compared with 20% of their non-LGBTQ+ counterparts.
The number of hate crime incidents targeting gays, transsexuals, lesbians, and bisexuals in the United States in 2018 increased by nearly 6 percent over the previous year and the number of anti-transgender hate crime incidents increased by 41 percent during that same period, according to the FBI’s newly released annual Hate Crime Statistics Report.
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