Violence Comes Uncomfortably Close to a Gay Shelter
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/nyregion/14shelter.html?ref=nyregionBy COLIN MOYNIHAN
Published: July 14, 2008
For the people who live at a residence for gay and transgender youth in Astoria, Queens, the cramped four-room apartment they share is a congenial harbor, a place where they do not have to worry about the prejudices and dangers they often face on the streets.
Last Monday night those dangers arrived on their doorstep when a group of young people confronted the residents outside their home. Insults were exchanged and punches were thrown. No serious injuries resulted, but four teenagers were arrested and charged with using improvised weapons to attack an Episcopal priest who runs the shelter, which is called Carmen's Place.
