• AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts is New England’s largest provider of services to people living with HIV/AIDS and populations at risk of infection.
  • Big Sister Association of Greater Boston‘s mission is to ignite girls’ passion and power to succeed through positive mentoring relationships with women and enrichment programs that support girls’ healthy development.
  • BrAGLY is a weekly youth group open to LGBTQ and allied youth ages 14-18.
  • Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth (BAGLY) is a youth-led, adult-supported organization committed to social justice, and creating, sustaining and advocating for programs, policies and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community.
  • Boston Area Transgender Support (BATS) is a peer-run support group for transgender young adults (teen, college-age, twenty-something) in and around Boston.
  • Boston Children’s Hospital is committed to providing comprehensive and affirming treatment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) patients and families. They are enhancing the health of LGBTQ+ patients and families by understanding and addressing the gaps in their care, while creating a welcoming hospital environment inclusive of the entire LGBTQ+ community.
  • Boston Gay & Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS) is offering in-person HIV/STI testing, treatment, and PrEP for LGBTQ+ youth ages 16-29.
  • Boston HIV Adolescent Provider and Peer Education Network for Services (HAPPENS) provides services to youth ages 12 to 24 years who are HIV positive or at risk for the disease and other sexually transmitted diseases. HAPPENS offers free HIV counseling and testing for young adults ages 13 and older, and free sexual transmitted infections and viral hepatitis testing for young adults ages 13 to 24.
  • Boston Mobilization develops and empowers teen leaders for social justice. Through popular education, community organizing and connecting across difference, our teen leaders move local communities toward justice.
  • Bridge is Boston’s foremost organization dedicated to transforming the lives of runaway, homeless, and high-risk youth through safe, supportive, and encouraging relationships and effective services guiding youth towards self-sufficiency.
  • Cape and Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance (CIGSYA) is a community-based alliance of young people from 14-22 that exists to improve the lives of LGBTIQQS youth on Cape Cod and the Islands by addressing key risk factors such as the self hate, isolation and fear, which are often prevalent in their lives.
  • Fenway Health ensures access to quality healthcare for the LGBT community in the Boston area.
  • Generation Q is a confidential social and support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth and their straight allies.
  • GLSEN Massachusetts is a grassroots initiative, working locally in our community to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • InterACT – Advocates for Intersex Youth uses innovative legal and other strategies, to advocate for the human rights of children born with intersex traits.
  • MAP for Health is a community-based, nonprofit organization that works to improve healthcare access, disease prevention and service delivery for the API community in Massachusetts.
  • Massachusetts Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Leadership Council creates and informs policy, promotes inclusive learning environments for all students, supports the development of leadership skills, and fosters statewide collaboration among LGBTQ students and allies.
  • Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth advocates for effective policies, programs, and resources for LGBT youth to thrive.
  • Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) an advocacy, education, and community-building organization that works to end discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression.
  • MassEquality works to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive each and every day without discrimination and oppression based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
  • More Than Words is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers system-involved youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. They also have a youth-led advocacy group and youth housing model. They have stores in Boston and Waltham.
  • NAGLY is a place where youth can discuss issues of importance to them, explore their identities, build self-awareness, and learn skills for being safe and healthy. Through group building and community service opportunities, the youth and staff at NAGLY have created a strong community that promotes respect for self and for others.
  • Out Now is the only queer youth organization in Springfield Massachusetts and provides a safe space for queer youth and allies to learn about themselves, develop leadership skills, explore the history of the LGBTQ movement, and much, much more.
  • OUT MetroWest builds communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive. Their free programs connect LGBTQ+ youth with supportive peers and LGBTQ+ adult role models.
  • PFLAG ​is the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
  • Safe Homes is a program supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people, and their straight allies, between the ages of 14 and 23. The group is led by youth peer leaders, professional staff, and volunteers who offer support, resources, and opportunities for socialization in a safe and nurturing environment.
  • SAYFTEE is a socially conscious group practice offering a range of services including family therapy, individual therapy, couple/relationship therapy, groups, workshops, training, consultation, and supervision.
  • Silver Lining Mentoring is an MA-based organization that empowers youth in foster care to thrive through committed mentoring relationships and the development of essential life skills. They are one of only a few mentoring organizations in the country exclusively focused on youth impacted by foster care.
  • Student Immigrant Movement (SIM)‘s programs are designed for immigrant youth and young adults ages 14-26 in Massachusetts. They welcome all young people regardless of immigration status who support their mission to get involved.
  • The Island Wide Youth Collaborative (IWYC), a Massachusetts Family Resource Center, provides services for at-risk families, young people and community members. The goal of a Family Resource Center is to support families to strengthen their bonds, connect to others and engage in their community.
  • Thrive at CIGSYA (The Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance) is a community-based alliance of young people from fourteen to twenty-two that exists to improve the lives of LGBTIQQS (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning and straight) youth on Cape Cod and the Islands by addressing key risk factors such as the self hate, isolation and fear, which are often prevalent in their lives.
  • True Colors: OUT Youth Theater provides year-round theater programming for LGBTQQA ages 14 to 22.
  • True Colors United implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness by focusing on the experiences of those most impacted —LGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth.
  • Voices of Liberation is dedicated to empowering youth to change their lives and the conditions of their communities through education, coalition building, organizing and direct action.
  • Waltham House – The Home for Little Wanderers is the first residential group home in New England designed specifically for LGBTQ+ youth, and was among the first of its kind in the nation when it opened in 2002. Its founding principles are that every child deserves to live in an environment in which they feel safe, respected, supported and cared for by those around them.
  • Youth on Fire safe and confidential space for homeless, runaway, and street involved youth ages 14-24.