Launch Pad program offers LGBT youth something desperately needed: a safe place to sleep

Public acceptance of people whose sexual identity lies somewhere on the LGBT spectrum - lesbian or gay, bisexual, transgender, intersexual or questioning - appeared to be thawing in 2014, as 35 states had laws on the books supporting equal marriage rights for same-sex couples by year's end. But for many young adults ages 18 to 24 just discovering that they identify as LGBT, the chill remains only too literal.