Author name: Guy Arditi

The ‘Pink Roof’ Shelter for LGBTQ High-Risk Youth Otot Otot (‘good signs’) was founded 1981, and its mission is to provide community-based short- to mid-term residential solutions and interventions with which to address many of the debilitating problems facing its target-population of youth at-risk from diverse religious, sexual, and ethnic backgrounds.  The overarching goal is

A Hostel for LGBTQ Youth   The Need Otot identified a cadre of young men and women, between the ages of 18-25 that the struggle with their sexual and gender identity impacts their ability to successfully navigate through this life stage. The obstacles they face upon ‘coming out’ include: Families who turn their backs on

The Need Otot’s population of young adults between the ages of eighteen to twenty-five cannot initially pursue higher- and vocational education in the same manner that their peers do at this stage of life. In the past, Otot was able to distribute only a few scholarships based on sporadic and restricted funding for this purpose.

The Need A therapeutic process without incorporating family members is less effective in the long run. Many of the families wish to have their child return home, but require a great deal of emotional support to do so. The Ministry highly values family counseling and concurs with the myriad of benefits, but this is not