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Longtime LGBT advocate Cyndi Lauper has collaborated with HUD to help count D.C.’s homeless youth, and help provide the resources and support they desperately require.

November is Homeless Awareness Month and IN THE LIFE examines the plight of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth experiencing homelessness.

Renaissance Hotels kicked off an early salute to Pride season benefiting True Colors Fund (http://www.truecolorsfund.org/) with an exclusive event featuring an appearance by Cyndi Lauperand a performance by the cast of "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."

Indiscriminately casual in how she took to the stage of the Tropicana’s Showroom Cyndi Lauper she bopped her way through the blues inspired by her latest Grammy nominated hit before showing her true colors with her pop hits.

New York City is poised to gain what may be the world’s first permanent housing facility for homeless GLBT Youth. The True Colors Residence, currently under construction in Harlem, takes its name from singer Cyndi Lauper’s concert series in support of GLBT equality.