{"id":4581,"date":"2017-12-20T09:20:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T11:33:41","slug":"oldest-lgbtq-organization-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/oldest-lgbtq-organization-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oldest LGBTQ Organization in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent survey, around 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, a community that is&nbsp;also more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/06\/16\/us\/hate-crimes-against-lgbt.html\">likely to be the target of hate crimes<\/a> than any other minority group. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmi.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hetrick-Martin Institute<\/a> (HMI) has been working for 37 years to change that.<\/p>\n<p>HMI began after a 15-year-old was beaten and thrown from a homeless shelter for being gay in 1979. Psychiatrist&nbsp;Dr. Emery Hetrick and professor Dr. Damien Martin started the organization to give youth a safe haven to recuperate and grow.&nbsp;Today, HMI is the largest and oldest LGBTQ organization in the country, offering a supportive environment for homeless LGBTQ youth ages 13-24.<\/p>\n<p>The year-round program now spans across 38 states in the US, providing services to more than 2000 youth each year. HMI assists in education, health care, mental health, homelessness, economic empowerment, and youth-specific support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lkAvRBtP0oY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially now \u2014 when the community is besieged from so many sides \u2014 we must protect our youth and the rights and opportunities they should be guaranteed, but are not.\u201d Thomas Krever, HMI\u2019s CEO, told Mic.com.<\/p>\n<p>Through partnerships with other organizations, HMI provides youth with opportunities to participate in arts programs and a pride prom, while also offering housing, food assistance, college preparation, and job readiness support. No boxes go unchecked.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past four&nbsp;decades, they&#8217;ve developed a comprehensive program model that they&#8217;ve passed on to friends in places like Austria, Hungary, and Turkey. Their work is real, tangible, and growing.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmi.org\/getinvolved\/ways-to-give\/\">Here are ways to give to HMI over the holiday season<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 31.574074074074076% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"background: url(data:image\/png; base64,ivborw0kggoaaaansuheugaaacwaaaascamaaaapwqozaaaabgdbtueaalgpc\/xhbqaaaafzukdcak7ohokaaaamuexurczmzpf399fx1+bm5mzy9amaaadisurbvdjlvzxbesmgces5\/p8\/t9furvcrmu73jwlzosgsiizurcjo\/ad+eqjjb4hv8bft+idpqocx1wjosbfhh2xssxeiyn3uli\/6mnree07uiwjev8ueowds88ly97kqytlijkktuybbruayvh5wohixmpi5we58ek028czwyuqdlkpg1bkb4nnm+veanfhqn1k4+gpt6ugqcvu2h2ovuif\/gwufyy8owepdyzsa3avcqpvovvzzz2vtnn2wu8qzvjddeto90gsy9mvlqtgysy231mxry6i2ggqjrty0l8fxcxfcbbhwrsyyaaaaaelftksuqmcc); display: block; height: 44px; margin: 0 auto -44px; position: relative; top: -22px; width: 44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZ3rHVyF4TE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Empower LGBTQ Youth #Repost @mccyouthcompany \u30fb\u30fb\u30fb Our first adventure at the theater through our partnership with @nycfirstlady was a beautiful success! Young people from @hetrickmartin saw the show for free and met with the cast after for a post show convo\/workshop. AND some family members were there too! #CharmMCC cast &#8211; look at the community you brought together \ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc9b\u2764\ufe0f #mccfam #transisbeautiful #lgbtqyouth #empowerlgbtqyouth #prideis<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by Hetrick-Martin Institute (@hetrickmartin) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-10-05T14:36:04+00:00\">Oct 5, 2017 at 7:36am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<footer class=\"blockquote-footer\"><em>Feature photo: Smore.Com<\/em><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent survey, around 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ, a community that is also more likely to be the target of hate crimes than any other minority group. The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) has been working for 37 years to change that. HMI began after a 15-year-old was beaten and thrown from a homeless shelter for being gay\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,10],"tags":[912,152,153,913,33],"class_list":["post-4581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beasts","category-new-paths","category-sonder","tag-hetrick-martin-institute","tag-lgbt","tag-lgbtq","tag-non-profit","tag-youth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Oldest LGBTQ Organization in the US - New Sincerity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) is the oldest LGBTQ organization in USA. 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