Black & Pink officially opens Lydon House

Black & Pink officially opens Lydon House

SUPPORTINGFORMERLYINCARCATED L-G-BT-Q, PLUS PEOPLE..AND THOSE LIVINGWITH HIV AND AIDS,IS MAKING MAJORSTRIDES HERE INOMAHA.BLACK AND PINKOFFICIALLYOPENED ITS FIRSTLYDON HOUSE ONSUNDAY.REPORTERSYDNEY GRAY ISLIVE IN THENEWSROOM TOSHARE WHAT THISMEANS FOR THEIRCOMMUNITY.GOOD EVENINGJENNY.THE OPENING OFTHIS HOME IS BIGNEWS FOR THETHOUSANDS OFLGBTQ-PLUSPEOPLE IT'LLIMPACT.I FIRST SPOKEWITH BLACK ANDPINK'S EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR BACK INOCTOBER ...AND IN JUST FOURMONTHS ...HE TELLS ME THEHOME ISEVERYTHING THEORGANIZATIONHOPED FOR..IT'S A PLACE MANYWILL SOON CALLHOME.:05:30:27-:05:30:34"WE NOW KNOWHOW TO HOW TOCREATE LOVINGSPACES FOR THEPEOPLE THAT WEREALLY WANT TOBE A PART OF OURCOMMUNITY."DOMINIQUEMORGAN ...EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR OFBLACK AND PINK ..IS TRANSFORMINGTHE COMMUNITYTHROUGH THELYDON HOUSE.:05:29:05-:05:2912"IT'S A FOUNDATIONALSPACE WHEREPEOPLE CAN COMEAND GETNOURISHMENT."THAT NOURISHMENCAN MEAN A HOTMEAL ...BUT MOST OF ALL ..:05:29:12-:05:29:25"NOURISHMENTCAN MEAN THATYOU CAN SLEEPTHROUGH THENIGHT AND NOTHAVE TO WORRYABOUT WHO'SCOMING IN YOURROOM AND COMINGIN YOUR SPACE ..NOURISHMENT CANMEAN THAT WE'REJUST GONNA SITON THE COUCHAND WE'RE GONNAHAVE ACONVERSATIONABOUT WHATHAPPENED THATDAY."MORGAN KNOWSWHAT IT'S LIKE TOHAVE TO STARTOVER.HE SPENT YEARSIN PRISON ...BUT NOW HECELEBRATES THEANNIVERSAY OFHIS RELEASE FOR ANEW REASON.):05:42:36-:05:42:42"THIS IS GOING TOOFFER THAT SPACEFOR PEOPLE TOGROW INTO WHOINTO WHO THEY'VEALWAYS BEEN ANDTO REALIZE THEIRPOTENTIAL.":05:30:34-:05:30:47"MAYOR STOTHERTSAIDYESTERDAY--AND IREALLYAPPRECIATE THATSHE SAID THIS CANBE A TEMPLATEFOR EVERYONE ...ON HOW WECREATE SAFESPACES FORPEOPLE TO COMEBACK AND THRIVEAND THAT'S WHATWE WANT THIS TOBE."PLAQUES HANGABOVE EVERYROOM ...HONORING THOSEWHO FOUGHT FORTHEIR CAUSE ..DEPUTYEXECUTIVEDIRECTOR, DAVIDBOOTH, SAYSTHIS HOME ...WILL CHANGELIVES.:05:41:37-:05:41:51"WE'RE BUILDINGFAMILY BECAUSE ALOT OFTIMES--ESPECIALLYIF YOU'RE TRANSAND QUEERFOLK--WE DON'TNECCARITY HAVEFAMILY BECAUSE ALOT OF TIMESWE'RE EXCLUDEDFROM THATBECAUSE OFFAMILY DOES'TUNDERSTANDWHAT OURGENDER IDENITITYAND WHAT OURSEXUALEXPRESSIONLOOKS LIKE."MORGAN ALSOTELLS US HEPLANS TO OPEN ASECOND LYDONHOUSE.LYDON HOUSE,WALNUT HILL, WILLBE FOR LGBTQ-PLUS YOUTH ...THEGROUNDBREAKINGIS SET FOR APRIL.REPORTING FROMTHE NEWSROOMSYDNEY GRAY 3NN.