I’m Caitlin,

Advocate

Clinician

Educator

Producer &

Researcher

Working to make our unhoused neighbors a force to be reckoned with at the ballot box!

OUTCAST NATION

OUTCAST NATION

Outcast Nation: LGBTQA+. Homeless. Unseen. In New York City is a documentary that brings this hidden crisis into full, undeniable view. Filmed with urgency and empathy, the film traces the lives of LGBTQA+ youth navigating survival on the streets—from shelters to subway platforms, makeshift encampments to late-night outreach vans. These are stories of resilience, rage, chosen family, and the dream of something better.

We meet teens and young adults caught between their identities and a world that refuses to make room for them. Some are gender-nonconforming. Some are fleeing violence. All are living proof that the fight for LGBTQ rights is far from over—and that pride must be more than a parade.

With access into youth-led advocacy, grassroots shelters, and the overlooked corners of NYC, Outcast Nation challenges audiences to confront what it means to be “welcomed” in America—and who gets left outside.

This is not just a film. It’s a call to see what we choose not to.

Welcome to the other side of Pride..

voting x homelessness

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

Woman with long brown hair, a blue shirt, and a black jacket wearing a black face covering that says "End Homelessness".

Caitlin Krenn is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and passionate advocate working with NYC's housing insecure population. As a national Policy Fellow with the Network for Social Work Management (2020), Caitlin’s research yielded a four-pronged model of civic empowerment in family shelter. Caitlin continued this research as she obtained her doctorate from the NYU Silver School of Social Work (2024). Caitlin represented her doctoral cohort as a NYU Urban Doctoral Fellow in the 2022 - 2023 academic year and served as the Student Representative on the DSW Program Committee for the first two years of her program tenure. Caitlin currently serves as the Project Manager for the NYU Langone Health x Housing Lab.

Caitlin uses her research and practice expertise to advocate for the implementation of the model and general civic empowerment infrastructure in NYC's shelter system and supportive housing spaces.

  • Participating in Covenant House NY's annual solidarity sleepout fundraiser!

  • @HousingWorks

  • Proudly holding the fine after being arrested for protesting the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade outside of the Supreme Court (Washington D.C.)

  • Celebrating friend and advocate, Shams DaBaron (@homeless_hero) at the premiere of his documentary: In Real Life: The Homeless Hero & The Crisis of Homelessness in NYC

  • Participating in Covenant House NY's annual solidarity sleepout fundraiser! @CovenantHouseNY

  • @Caitlin_Krenn

  • Documentary premier with mentor and doctoral committee chair, Dr. Deborah Padgett

  • Protesting outside Governor Kathy Hochul office to demand the opening of more overdose prevention centers in NYC and NYS!

  • Protesting the overturning of Roe v. Wade in front of the U.S. capitol

  • Protesting outside Governor Kathy Hochul office to demand the opening of more overdose prevention centers in NYC and NYS!

  • Protesting the senseless murder of so many #blacklivesmatter

  • Arrested for civil disobedience on 3rd Avenue in Manhattan - demanding overdose prevention center expansion

  • Speaking at NAEH Annual Conference in Washington, DC