July 26, 2010
SMYAL's 13th Annual Fall Brunch
SMYAL's 13th Annual Fall Brunch will occur on Sunday, September 26, 2010, at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C. AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE! Click here for more information...

May 12, 2010
SMYAL Announces Second Annual Women for SMYAL
Join local women and SMYAL for a networking and happy hour event in support of our community's LGBTQ youth. Admission is free! Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

April 29, 2010
SMYAL's Andrew Barnett Receives Next Generation Award
Metro Weekly's Next Generation Awards recognize the accomplishments of LGBT activists, artists and leaders under the age of 30, as well as encourage their success in the future.

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Youth Event Calendar

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Chat It Up!

Thursdays from 5pm-7pm

Chat it Up! provides an outlet for youth to learn about current events and share their opinions, for discussion about topics such as race, gender, politics, sex, LGBT rights, violence, and other issues that apply to youth. Occasionally, guest speakers share their firsthand experiences and knowledge with our youth and take our youth on field trips to learn more about an issue or event.

In Chat it Up! groups we have discussed the military's policy on LGBT servicemembers with presentations from Darren Manzella of the Servicemembers' Legal Defense Network and a current lesbian military officer. We also brought a group of our youth to see a special screening of Freeheld, a documentary about a dying veteran police officer's struggle to pass her pension benefits onto her partner.

For more information about our Chat it Up!, please contact:

Tyrone Hanley

HIV Prevention Coordinator
tyrone.hanley@smyal.org
(202) 546.5940 ext. 102.