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Cyndi Lauper wants to end LGBT youth homelessness
the singer launches #40toNoneDay on April 27 to raise awareness
Cyndi Lauper (Photo by Chapman Baehler, courtesy FlyLife)
Cyndi Lauper spoke out against LGBT youth homelessness calling the issue an “epidemic” in a post for The Advocate on Wednesday.
Lauper, who launched The Forty to None Project which is aimed at building awareness and advocating for LGBT homeless youth, says 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBT.
“People often think that because they don’t work at a homeless shelter, they don’t have a role to play. The reality is: everyone can make a difference,” Lauper writes.
“Youth are our future, but they’re also our present. We need to make these kids our priority now. If we don’t, where will they be in five, 10, 20 years? Where will our country be? Even if we all agree that ending LGBT youth homelessness needs to be a priority, how can we rise above the noise and make our message heard? Our voices are stronger when we say something together,” Lauper continued.
Lauper’s True Colors Fund has organized #40toNoneDay, a national day to raise public awareness on the issues, on April 27.
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
Pope of Trash dishes on Trump, plane etiquette, last meal, and more
By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
The Washington Blade held the seventh annual Pride on the Pier at The Wharf DC on Saturday, June 13.
(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
The 2026 Lost River Pride Festival was held on the scenic grounds of the Lost River Farmers Market in Lost City, W.Va. on Saturday, June 13. Headliner Tom Goss performed at the festival and gave a second performance at the nearby Guesthouse Lost River.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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