LGBTQ youth encouraged to register at www.nyacyouth.org.
WASHINGTON – The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) is launching a grassroots initiative to reach lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth through the Internet, the agency announced today.
The "Youth Voice" initiative is being unveiled this week at Creating Change, the national conference on LGBT equality, which is being held in Detroit, Michigan.
The purpose of "Youth Voice" is to create a national email database of LGBTQ youth and allies ages 13-24. The group will be polled frequently to determine how they feel about the issues confronting them and what they think are the most important issues facing their state and the nation. "Youth Voice" will become a clearinghouse for youth opinion on LGBTQ issues; and NYAC will utilize these opinions to formulate its advocacy for LGBTQ youth during this election year.
"NYAC wants to hear directly from young gay people and their allies," said Lara Crutsinger-Perry, interim director for NYAC." We already see that young people are voting in historically-high numbers this year. Our role will be to hear their collective concerns and issues and then make sure that the youth voice is heard by other national LGBTQ organizations and state groups."
NYAC is asking all LGBTQ groups on the state and community level to help spread the word about "Youth Voice." Online registration is open to anyone 13-24 at www.nyacyouth.org.
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition is a social justice organization that advocates for and with young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) in an effort to end discrimination against these youth and to ensure their physical and emotional well being.
