New center for homeless gay youth to open
Wanda Alston House sparks concern among some Northeast neighbors
LOU CHIBBARO JR
Friday, July 04, 2008
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Workers this week were putting the finishing touches on the renovation of a three-story, eight-bedroom house in Northeast Washington that is scheduled to open on Monday as the area's first transitional housing facility for homeless gay and transgender youth.
The Wanda Alston House, named after a local lesbian leader who was murdered three years ago, will serve as a temporary home for up to eight gay male, lesbian, bisexual or transgender youth between the ages of 16 and 22.