Pride Center of WNY

YOUTH SERVICES: We're here to help create safer learning environments for all youth throughout Western New York. We offer resource development, capacity building, and school stakeholder outreach to support LGBTQ-affirming school practice. Through training and education, we're able to mobilize and support student leaders, educators, and other school professionals. Q Chat Space provides online discussion groups for LGBTQ+ teens ages 13 to 19. It is not a forum. It is live and chat based; there is no video or audio. Everyone is chatting during the same pre-scheduled time. Conversations are facilitated by experienced staff who work at LGBTQ+ centers around the country. Q Chat Space facilitators are NOT mental health professionals. The Pride Center's new Transgender Youth Program offers the following services: Drop-in services and activities in a safe space to socialize and get connected, Groups for transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender expansive, and questioning youth, Groups for parents and caregivers of transgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, gender expansive, and questioning youth, One-on-one and family support, Linkage and referrals to affirming medical, mental health, legal, and other services and care. Sexual Health Services: These services are reflective of the Pride Center's commitment to providing accessible, youth-focused reproductive justice options to young LGBTQ+ people in the Western New York region