Tag: homelessness
Remembering Fallen Youth Hero, Lou Ellen “Lou Lou” Couch
Lou Ellen “Lou Lou” Couch was a street friend of Justin Reed Early, the author of Street Child: A Memoir, the poignant autobiographical tale of homeless children’s real-life experiences on the streets of Seattle in the 1980’s. Lou Lou is also a character in this book. She was murdered in a street fight while protecting her girlfriend in December, 1985.
Christian magazine prints LGBT ad after public outcry
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today announced that progressive Christian magazine Sojourners will publish a full-page ad in its September/October issue highlighting the disproportionate rates of homelessness facing LGBT youth.