This Thursday Metropolitan Bar and a gaggle of your favorite queens give back to the community.
Join us while we auction off wigs that were designed and styled by some of the top queens in Brooklyn.
Come and bid on your favorite queens artwork and help out a great cause at the same time.
QUEENS PARTICIPATING:
**ACID BETTY**
**ELIZABETH JAMES**
**UNTITLED QUEEN**
**AJA**
**MOCHA LITE**
**MISTY MEANER**
**Auctioneer: MERRIE CHERRY
**Music By: DJ MALE
ALI FORNEY CENTER"S MISSION
Our mission...
This Thursday Metropolitan Bar and a gaggle of your favorite queens give back to the community.
Join us while we auction off wigs that were designed and styled by some of the top queens in Brooklyn.
Come and bid on your favorite queens artwork and help out a great cause at the same time.
QUEENS PARTICIPATING:
**ACID BETTY**
**ELIZABETH JAMES**
**UNTITLED QUEEN**
**AJA**
**MOCHA LITE**
**MISTY MEANER**
**Auctioneer: MERRIE CHERRY
**Music By: DJ MALE
ALI FORNEY CENTER"S MISSION
Our mission to protect LGBTQ youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to live independently.
Our organization's namesake, Ali Forney, was a transgender teen who fled his home at 13. He entered the foster care system where he was bounced around to several homes and was beaten. Ali ended up living on the streets. Ali was dedicated to helping other young people and publicly advocated for the safety of homeless LGBT youth. Tragically, in December of 1997, Ali was murdered in Harlem -- shot in the head and left for dead.
Committed to saving the lives of LGBTQ youth, in 2002 Carl Siciliano founded the Ali Forney Center (AFC) in memory of Ali. Since AFC's launch with just 6 beds in a church basement, the organization has grown to become the largest agency dedicated to LGBTQ homeless youth in the country -- assisting nearly 1,400 youth per year through 10 housing sites and a multi-purpose Drop-In Center.
Our mission is to provide LGBTQ young people housing and a continuum of supportive services to help them thrive and prepare them for independent living.
AFC has been heralded for our full continuum of care approach to services for LGBTQ homeless youth. AFC's founder, Carl Siciliano, was named a White House Champion of Change by President Obama citing the wide recognition AFC's programs have received for their quality and innovation.
http://www.aliforneycenter.org/
