Sylvia's Place, New York Shelter For Homeless LGBT Youth, Faces Licensing Problems

LGBT Youth Shelter Faces Licensing Problems

HARD by the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel, on one of the last ungentrified blocks of Midtown Manhattan, Metropolitan Community Church sits sandwiched between neighbors with pull-down metal gates, its front doors looking almost like the entrance to a loading dock.

The church and its senior pastor, the Rev. Pat Bumgardner, have been acclaimed for creating a welcoming house of worship for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and, especially, for initiating programs that reach out to homeless L.G.B.T. young people.

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