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Please help me build communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive.
OUT MetroWest offers free programs for LGBTQ+ and allied youth ages pre-K through high school. Our programs connect youth with supportive peers and LGBTQ+ adult role models. These programs are held outside of school hours and provide social connection, emotional support, and resources that meet the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth. Youth may join our programs at any time during the year. Some of our offerings include:
Drop-In: a less structured alternative to our other regularly scheduled programs, for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 6-12
Nexus: our first-in-the-state program for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 6-8
Prism: our flagship program (previously known as WAGLY) for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 9-12
Shine: our program for gender expansive children ages pre-K through grade 5
Umbrella: our trans-facilitated program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning youth in grades 9-12
Youth of Color Hangout: our program for LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and Youth of Color in grades 6-12
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Please help me build communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive.
LGBTQ+ young people are at greater risk than their straight peers for lonliness, depression, risk taking, and self-harming. So OUT MetroWest offers activities that are not just fun, they're also educational and supportive. Even during the pandemic, when isolation wreaked havoc on so many, OUT MetroWest seamlessly transitioned to online programs, ensuring that those important, supportive connections with peers and adult role models could still be realized. And now, they've resumed in-person programming at our new, bright, and accessible home!
At OUT MetroWest, LGBTQ+ educators and adult role models facilitate more than a dozen, free youth meetings every month--engaging in creative activies from yoga and karoake to health panels and poetry writing. And over the past decade, they've directly served more than 1,000 youth, from pre-school-age through high school. These life-affirming programs make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ+ youth from more than 50 cities and towns across Massachusetts. Additionally, the team's training programs in schools, organizations, and businesses further help inform social change and build stronger, more welcoming communities.
OUT MetroWest's youth programs include:
- Nexus: our first-in-the-state program for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 6-8
- Prism: our flagship program (previously known as WAGLY) for LGBTQ+ teens in grades 9-12
- Shine: our program for gender expansive children, ages pre-K through grade 5
- Umbrella: our trans-facilitated program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning teens in grades 9-12
- Youth of Color Hangout: our program for LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous, and Youth of Color in grades 6-12
- Drop-In: a less structured alternative to our other regularly scheduled programs, for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 6-12
Learn more at outmetrowest.org
Thank you helping me reach my goal! Together we can support LGBTQ+ youth!
