‘Slay and Sauté’ culinary program teaches homeless LGBTQ+ youth cooking and life skills

Throughout June, WTOP is celebrating Pride and recognizing and honoring the rich history and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in the region. ‘Slay and Sauté’ culinary program teaches homeless LGBTQ+ youth cooking and life skills

The challenges for LGBTQ+ youth include finding acceptance, including within their own families.

Cesar Toledo, the executive director of the Wanda Alston Foundation in D.C., said 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ+.

He told WTOP, nationally, one out of four Americans who come out as young adults are forced out of their homes by family members.

Currently, he said, “On any given night, more than 200 LGBTQ+ youth are unhoused and put in very dangerous life situations here in the District of Columbia alone.”

That’s where the Wanda Alston Foundation come