Youth Specific
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[edit] BAGLY - Boston
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth.
BAGLY meets WEDNESDAYS at the Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
The best way to arrive is by the MBTA, and the best stations are Copley Square (Green Lines B, C, D, and E) or Back Bay (Orange Line and Commuter Rail). The Community Church of Boston is across the street from the grassy/lawn area of Copley Square, between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets, on the same block as the CVS and Copley Flair. The entrance is next to the Globe Café (which has an outdoor café area and a large painting of a globe on the window). Meetings happen at the 2nd floor. There should be youth and/or signage outside when you arrive.
Every Wednesday BAGLY holds several meetings designed to provide an environment where people can socialize and discuss relevant issues. At six there is an orientation session called New Person's Meeting. At seven there are identity meetings, including Transgender Identities Meeting, Men's meeting, Women's meeting, Youth of Color, and Open Forum. At eight there is a large community meeting where there is either a game or a topic of interest is discussed.
[edit] Boston GLASS
A drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people between the ages of 13 and 25. No cost! Monday through Friday. 3pm to 8pm. Located at 93 Massachusetts Ave., 3rd floor in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. You can get to us by MBTA on the #1 Bus or on the Green Line/Hynes Convention Center Stop. 617.266.3349
[edit] Transgender Educated and Empowered (TREE) meetings.
Every Tuesday, 3-7 pm TREE is a social/support/educational group for all gender "other" identified people (ie. trans, genderqueer, questioning, etc.) aged 21 and under in both Greenfield and Northampton. TREE meets at Community Action Youth Programs in Greenfield on Tuesdays from 4-5 and at the Generation Q space in the Maplewood Shops in Northampton on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30. For more information, please contact 413-475-1799.
[edit] The Stonewall Center of U Mass Amherst
256 Sunset Avenue Office Crampton House/SW Amherst, MA 01003-9324
413-545-4824 phone 413-545-6667 fax queer@stuaf.umass.edu
[edit] The Massachusetts Commission on GLBT Youth
The Commission works in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to create school based and community based programs focusing on suicide prevention, violence intervention, and the promotion of zero-tolerance policies regarding harassment and discrimination against gay and lesbian youth.
[edit] Trans@MIT
Trans@MIT helps to centralize resources for Transsexual, Transgender, Genderqueer, and Gender Questioning people and Trans Allies who are students, faculty, staff or alumni of MIT. The website was launched in March 2005 and is maintained entirely by volunteers. At the trans@mit site, you can also sign up for the MIT trans news list and access other resources.
[edit] lgbt@MIT
lgbt@mit's mision is "to strive to create a more inclusive and welcoming campus community for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning and friendly individuals, with a primary focus on students. lbgt@MIT aims to achieve this mission through the achievement of four goals:
* Ensure appropriate resources are readily available; * Foster campus-wide dialogue; * Enable opportunities to celebrate our community; and * Encourage participation and collaboration."
lgbt@MIT is associated with the Rainbow Lounge, MIT's on-campus LGBT resource center.
[edit] Harvard Trans Task Force
The Harvard Trans Task Force is a coalition of students, staff, faculty, and alumnae/i at Harvard and Radcliffe who are transgender, transsexual, or genderqueer, cross-dressers, otherwise gender non-conforming people, or trans allies. It works to improve the campus for everyone and can also help to answer questions that Harvard affiliates may have. TTF maintains an active email list and currently meets at 6 on Wednesdays in the Harvard College Women's Center. The co-coordinators of Harvard Trans Task Force can be contacted at harvardttf@gmail.com.
[edit] Harvard College Queer Students and Allies
The QSA, as it is most often known, is a group that functions as a community group, a political group, and a social group. In recent years, it has worked closely with the Harvard Trans Task Force. The QSA has a resource center full of books with a large trans section and is located in Thayer Hall Basement and open from 11 am to 5 pm (see http://www.map.harvard.edu to find Canaday).
[edit] Harvard Contact
Contact is an undergraduate peer counseling group focusing on issues of sex, sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender. Contact counselors are undergraduates who have extensive training on transgender issues. Contact also has a lending library with a variety of books on transgender issues. Contact is open for phone calls Wednesday through Sunday nights from 8 pm to 1 am at 617-495-8111, or for drop-ins in their Thayer Basement office on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at those same times.
[edit] Northeastern Law School Queer Caucus
The Northeastern Queer Caucus has a history of being a leading group on trans issues in the state of MA. The Queer Caucus has supported transgender people who were challenged in sex-segregated bathrooms, both individually, and through creation of long-term strategies for improvement.
[edit] Wellesley Spectrum
Spectrum, formerly called WBLTF is a Wellesley student group focussed on LGBT issues.
[edit] [Generation Q]
Generation Q is a social/support group for queer youth in Northampton and Greenfield, MA. All gay, lesbian, bi, trans, intersex, queer, questioning, and allied youth ages 21 and under are welcome. Generation Q has a weekly support group that meets on Tuesday nights from 5-7 in Greenfield and on Wednesday nights from 5:30-7:30 in Northampton, as well as special events. For more information, please call: 413-475-1798
[edit] [TREE (TRans Education and Empowerment]
TREE is social/support for trans and gender non-conforming youth ages 21 and younger in Greenfield and Northampton, MA. TREE meets from 4-5 in Greenfield on Tuesdays and from 4:30-5:30 in Northampton on Wednesdays. Call 413-475-1799 for more information.
[edit] What is Gender?
Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 8-9 pm: The Cape and Islands Gay and Straight Youth Alliance is proud to announce the formation of a new Conversational Group for people who have questions about gender. Is it natural? Biological? Un-changeable? Does it have to be the same as your sex? Have you ever questioned yours? Or others’? Have you ever questioned gender itself? Ever thought it might just be a construct of society? Want to find out? The group is open to persons in their mid-30s & under. Meetings are at CIGSYA House, 56 Barnstable Road in Hyannis. For more information call (508) 778-7744 or email cigsyahouse@aol.com. http://www.cigsya.org/
[edit] Colage
COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s.
Has a resource section for children with trans parents
MA Chapter COLAGE Greater Boston boston@colage.org (617) 714-5327
