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View Comments New York City homeless centers that support LGBTQ youth grappled with how to help them while COVID-19 forced places to limit services or shut down altogether. Now, another citywide program will step in to fill the need.  NYC Unity Works, an offshoot of the NYC Unity Project, aims to provide educational and employment opportunities for homeless and runaway LGBTQ youth. That population makes up about 40% of the citys homeless youth population, according to the Ali Forney C...

Jobs for Homeless L.G.B.T.Q. Youth [Want to get New York Today by email? Weather: Expect a mostly sunny, but chilly, day with highs reaching only into the mid-40s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 40 degrees. Alternate-side parking: In effect until April 29 (Holy Thursday, Orthodox). Image Credit...Elianel Clinton for The New York Times New York City, home to one of the largest L.G.B.T.Q. populations in the country, is a safe haven. Yet many of the city’s L.G.B.T.Q. youth e...

They Came to N.Y.C. for Acceptance. Now They Need Jobs. A new city program for homeless L.G.B.T.Q. youth will offer job placement, education and mental health support to help them achieve career success. For decades, young L.G.B.T.Q. people like Mario Smith, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, have flocked to New York in search of acceptance. Now, the city is hoping to help them find success, too. Credit...Elianel Clinton for The New York Times It was late March, and Mario Smith was s...