The Pride LA 11.19.21

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ISSUE NUMBER 68, VOLUME 39 | NOVEMBER 19 – DECEMBER 3, 2021 11.19.2021 – 12.5.2021

LOS ANGELES

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THE LOS ANGELES LGBT NEWSPAPER

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34th Annual AIDS Walk Long Beach Returns

LGBTQ Center Long Beach’s walk returns with in-person walk this year By tiMOtHy MiCHaeL

The 34th Annual AIDS Walk Long Beach, a benefit for the LGBTQ Center Long Beach and other local providers returned on November 14 as an in-person walk and race. In its 34th year the AIDS Walk Long Beach 2021 fundraiser is to support a variety of free HIV/STI services offered

by the LGBTQ Center Long Beach, Memorial Care Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital Long Beach, CARE Center Program at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center, and The AIDS Food Store. The 5k event allowed participants to walk or run following COVID-19 guidelines for safety and prevention. The Center also encouraged contributors to participate on their own and with their families by walking in their neighborhood instead of following the official route and share photos and videos on social media using the hashtag #AIDSWalkLB. According to The Center Long Beach, the fight against HIV/STIs is needed today more than ever. Recently, the Long

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County Board Of Supervisors Approves $3.6 Million To Serve LGBTQ Foster Youth

“Far too many LGBTQ foster youth suffer due to the lack of support they need to thrive” By tiMOtHy MiCHaeL

The L.A County Board of Supervisors has passed a supplemental budget to its fiscal year 2021-2022, which includes an allocation of $3.6 million to provide direct services and support to LGBTQ foster youth under its care. The Los Angeles LGBT Center has applauded this motion which was led by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda L.

Solis, and with the determined leadership of Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) Director Bobby Cagle. This decision will begin to address the well-documented and unmet needs of young LGBTQ youth. “The Los Angeles LGBT Center has seen far too many LGBTQ foster youth suffer due to the lack of support they need to thrive,” said Center CEO Lorri L. Jean. “By appropriating $3.6 million that will tailor services specific to these youth, the Supervisors and DCFS Director Cagle championed the county’s efforts to support and affirm these underserved youth in achieving independence. We thank them for making it known that ignoring the needs of LGBTQ foster youth can no longer be

tolerated.” To identify and address the inequities which LGBTQ youth experience within the County’s foster care system, the Los Angeles LGBT Center developed the groundbreaking RISE (Recognize Intervene Support Empower) Project in 2010. The federally-funded RISE Project is recognized today as one of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ programs addressing the disproportionate outcomes for youth in systems of care. With a consistent connection between direct services as well as training and coaching, the Center’s RISE Project is committed to evolving continually into a more robust program and advocating to achieve broader systems of care at local, state, and federal levels.

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