Gay City News

“Amy Leipziger, director of the Free To Be Youth project at the Urban Justice Center, told Gay City News that the Supreme Court’s decision indicates a concerning lack of interest in including LGBTQ voices in education."

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"“I’m the director of Free to Be Youth Project (FYP), a very tiny project in New York City that provides direct legal support and advocacy to at-risk, street-involved, and unhoused LGBTQ+ youth throughout the city. - Amy Leipziger"

Advocate

"New coalition including our Free to Be Youth Project announces: Last month, we gathered in New York City, bringing our leaders and staff from over a dozen nonprofits serving LGBTQ+ youth together for the first time...Our goal was to discuss how we are showing up for LGBTQ+ young people amid a uniquely challenging moment in our nation’s history – and how we can better collaborate to ensure these youth are able to envision the better, brighter future they deserve.”

Public Citizen

“The Department of Homeland Security today announced that it will not abolish the Department’s Offices for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, or the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, reversing a previous move to shutter the offices...The reversal by DHS follows a lawsuit brought the Urban Justice Center [and others.]"

City Limits

“The Trump administration’s scare tactics have been so ruthless that they have successfully inhibited those in need from seeking social service providers, leaving them further isolated and at-risk.” - UJC Project Directors Amy Leipziger, Madeline Garcia Bigelow, Abigail Anzalone

WBAI

“Amy Leipziger, the Project Director of the Free To Be Youth Project (FTBYP), describes the legal support the FTBYP provides in institutions for LGBTQ+ young people."

City Limits

"This past year we have seen our fragile bubble come under siege by a deliberate, dogged campaign to dismantle the rights of queer students in school" - FYP Project Director Amy Leipziger.

Vanderbilt Hustler

“Our organization, the Free to Be Youth Project, believes the key to this collective action can begin by bridging this gap between urban and rural queer advocacy...To that end, we are partnering with the Oasis Center in Nashville to bring support and resources to queer and questioning youth."

Gay City News

“’Being recognized by Gay City News is incredibly important and validating because [there have] been so many ups and downs [since COVID-19],’ said Amy Leipziger, the Project Director for the Free to Be Youth Project.”

Gay City News

"Adam [is] a young transgender man that came to us because his food stamps had been erroneously cut off, leaving him few options to support himself. Had we not stepped in, he would have had difficulty obtaining food sufficient to survive on.”