40°43′48″N 73°59′34″W / 40.730056°N 73.992748°W / 40.730056; -73.992748The Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI) is a US non-profit organization devoted to serving the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth between the ages of 13 and 24, and their families.
In 1985, with funding from the New York City Department of Education, HMI established the Harvey Milk High School, the first high school in the United States that specifically catered to LGBT students.
[4][5] Both the institute and the school still operate out a joint location on Astor Place in Manhattan.
In December 1988, following the death of Emery Hetrick in 1987 from AIDS related complications,[6] Damien Martin was interviewed by Eric Marcus, as part of what would become his book and subsequently a podcast Making Gay History,[2] where he recounted his relationship and work founding what was, by then, renamed the Hetrick-Martin Institute in his and his deceased partners honour.
[8][9] Following the success of the pilot programme in July 2014, Ashawnda Fleming was appointed executive director of HMI: Newark.