Growing up can be tough for any teenager, but for those who are queer it can be a struggle. A local program hopes to change that by creating a safe and affirming place for LGBTG youth.
"Queer youth just want to be in school and have all of the same issues that all of their straight, cisgender classmates are having. They don't want to have to go to school and worry about if they're going to get hate speech and harmed for just being who they are," said Madeline Swanbeck, QYou coordinator.
"So, we basically create a safe space for our youth where they can find community and meet other youth. And, they also have adults, queer adults, who they can interact with and just see that representation in the world," said Carmen Recchia, QYou coordinator."Safe spaces are everything for them. So, a lot of time when they’re at school they might not be out, or they might not have friends who are supportive.
"In the media, they're looking online and they're seeing adults berating them for just existing," Swanbeck said. “And everything about their rights is trying to be stripped from them from just going to the bathroom in school all the way to like marrying who you want to marry."
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