Amy Leipziger

Amy Leipziger is the Project Director of the Free to Be Youth Project at the Urban Justice Center which works to interrupt the cycles of poverty and criminalization that prevent homeless and street-involved LGBTQ+ young people from living fulfilling lives free from discrimination, abuse, and oppression. She is dedicated to representing and advocating around the issues of gender, poverty, and discrimination. Amy has been published in Teen Vogue, Ms. Magazine, The Hill, Education Week, the Daily News, amNY, CityLimits, and law journals including the Harvard Journal of Law and Gender, the Brigham Young Education and Law Journal, and Margins Magazine of New York Law School. She regularly presents at conferences, and panel discussions, on topics including gender and sex-based discrimination, rights of immigrant youth, and impact of trauma in education settings. She is an adjunct professor at New York Law School. She received a J.D. from CUNY Law School, an M.A. in Gender Studies from George Washington University, and a B.A. from the University of Oregon.

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Amy Leipziger

One song, one spark, and why LGBTQ+ youth need us now

A looping lyric became a reminder that in a political climate hostile to queer and trans lives, showing up for even one young person is an act of resistance and a blueprint for change, writes Free to Be Youth Project’s Amy Leipziger.

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Amy Leipziger

One song, one spark, and why LGBTQ+ youth need us now

A looping lyric became a reminder that in a political climate hostile to queer and trans lives, showing up for even one young person is an act of resistance and a blueprint for change, writes Free to Be Youth Project’s Amy Leipziger.