Just a few days into Pride Month, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency saying LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack.
The HRC is the country's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization.The organization's president, Kelley Robinson, said the declaration is a call to action for "people in power at every level" of government and business. Sarah Warbelow is the Vice President of Legal for the Human Rights Campaign. She explained what led to this declaration, "We found ourselves in a moment of an escalation of attacks on LGBTQ people.
Here in Chicago, One Roof Chicago is working to establish a community bringing together LGBTQ+ people across a range of ages. It would provide housing for young people, seniors and people living with HIV.The goal is to ensure all of those groups have a place to call home where they are supported and accepted. Jim Harvey is the Executive Director of One Roof Chicago.
The hope of One Roof Chicago is to create about 100 units of housing on the south side. Harvey says across the country, there are projects that address one piece of the need or another, "But the coming together of all of these needs under one roof, if you will, is very unique and it's really catching on and capturing the attention of people around the country and, if you will, even around the world.
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