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Lucie's Place, Inc.
	Lucie's Place Logo
Founder	Penelope Poppers; Diedra Levi
Tax ID no.	45-3671770
Focus	Homeless LGBTQ Young Adults
Location	Little Rock, Arkansas;
Area served	Central Arkansas
Key people	Penelope Poppers; Greg Fry; Karen Thompson; Karen Davidson; Andrea Zekis; Kay Morgan; Ralph Hyman; Dr. Terry Jefferson
Revenue	Community support; Foundation;

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Lucie's Place is a an organization in Little Rock, Arkansas working to open a home for homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless LGBTQ young adults. Lucie's Place is named in memory of Lucille Marie Hamilton, a young transgender woman who passed away on July 11th, 2009.^[1]

History[edit]

Lucie's Place began as a project of the Living & Affected Corporation, an HIV/AIDS advocacy non-profit organization. In August of 2011 a board of directors was formed and decided to begin the process of becoming a seperate non-profit organization.

Lucie's Place incorporated on November 2nd, 2011 and has begun the application for 501(c)3 status.

Programs[edit]

The first program of Lucie's Place will the opening of a Transitional Living Program (TLP) for LGBTQ young adults in Central Arkansas. The TLP will be open to any young adult (age 18-25) who identifies as LGBTQ and is currently homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless. The programming and guidelines for the TLP are based on similar programming from The Ali Forney Center in New York City, NY and Our House in Little Rock, AR.

The board of Lucie's Place plans to have the doors of the TLP open by October 1st, 2013.^[2] This will be the first program in Arkansas specifically serving young LGBTQ homeless Arkansans.

Need[edit]

While LGBT individuals make up 5-10% of the general population, they represent 20-40% of the homeless population.^[3] Often, these shelters are often affilited with religious doctrine that opposes LGBT equality or believes that homosexuality is morally wrong.^[4]

Homeless shelters are often problematic for LGBT indivuduals, as these shelters often do not have policies that specifically protect LGBT people. Homeless shelters can be especially troublesome for transgender individuals, as most residential programs require residents to stay in the dorm of the gender assigned to them at birth, not the gender they actually identify with.^[5]

References[edit]

^ Koon, David (August 13th, 2009). "They Loved Lucie". The Arkansas Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Lucie's Place two year plan" (PDF). Lucie's Place, Inc. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
^ "Gay and Transgender Youth Homelessness by the Numbers". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness". National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
^ "Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness". National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

External links[edit]

Category:Community-building organizations Category:Family Category:LGBT rights organizations Category:Non-profit Corporations Category:Little Rock, Arkansas

[1] Koon, David (August 13th, 2009). "They Loved Lucie". The Arkansas Times. Retrieved 5 March 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Lucie's Place two year plan" (PDF). Lucie's Place, Inc. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[3] "Gay and Transgender Youth Homelessness by the Numbers". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[4] "Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness". National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

[5] "Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness". National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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