One year later, the LGBT face of Superstorm Sandy still bouncing back

[DriftingCrow]

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/10/29/visiting-the-lgbtfaceofsuperstormsandyoneyearlater.html 🔗
Author: Timothy Bella Source: AL-Jazeera America (The Flagship)

[After Hurricane Sandy destroy the LGBT youth homeless center Carl Scilliano had to find housing for the 30-40 homeless youth that previously would stay at his shelter.] What also wasn't planned was the response that followed, one that would turn the Ali Forney Center into one of the feel-good stories to come out of the Sandy relief effort – and help reignite the larger conversation around homeless LGBT youth in New York. [. . . ] In all, the center received about $1 million in donations right after Sandy, Siciliano says.

With the 2010 Report of the New York City Mayoral Commission for LGBTQ Runaway and Homeless Youth indicating that 20 percent of New York's homeless LGBT youth population is infected with HIV, there's a good chance, statistically, that one or more of the kids who drop by are living with the disease.

[Ltl89]

Sandy was horrible.  My sister had 3 trees fall on her house.  Talk about luck I guess. 

It's sad that there is still so much mess.  The clean up is on going in some areas and some people's lives are still impacted to this day.