Join the National Youth Advocacy Coalition and the 2,500 LGBTQ youth-serving organizations we work with in celebrating and raising awareness of LGBTQ youth and the programs and individuals working with them across the USA.

The inaugural LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week is being held May 25 - 29, 2009.

Stay tuned to this web page for all the official information on this year's LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week.  We'll be adding more information in the weeks leading up to May 25th.

LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week schedule

Each day during the week we will be focusing on one issue important to LGBTQ youth and provide information, OpEds, blog postings and action steps around that issue.  If your organization has particular information on any of these topics, shot us an email and we'll do our best to include and promote it.

Monday, May 25
Honoring the silenced LGBTQ youth serving in our nation's military.
  

Tuesday, May 26
Putting an end to discrimination and violence directed at LGBTQ youth.
    

Wednesday, May 27
Addressing the crisis of LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness.
 

Thursday, May 28
Creating safe schools and safe spaces for LGBTQ youth.

Federal Public Policy Online Briefing @ 1PM EST - register online
  

Friday, May 29
Providing LGBTQ youth with the resources they need to stay healthy.
  

Highlighted actions!

• Pass an inclusive ENDA to end legalized discrimation of LGBT people
    
• Prevent future hate crimes targetted at LGBTQ youth by supporting the passage of hate crimes legislation
    
• Allow LGBTQ youth who would like to serve in our nation's military to do so by supporting the repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
     
• Make our nation's schools safer by helping pass the Safe Schools Improvement Act (Coming Soon)

Highlighted federal policies

• ENDA
• Hate crimes legislation
• Don't ask, don't tell
• More coming soon...

Media and blog partners

Please contact us if you're interested in:

• Distributing content during LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week,
• Writing an article or two about LGBTQ youth — we can put you in touch with interviewees — and
• Having your logo featured on this page.

Submit content for this page

If you have an event, blog posting or OpEd that you'd like to contribute to the LGBTQ Youth Awareness Week efforts - please contact us at: awarenessweek @ nyacyouth.org

Click here if you have a resource that you'd like to submit.