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If you’re looking for affirming housing support, you’re in the right place.
Since our founding in 1984, SMYAL has provided LGBTQ+ with safe, affirming, and empowering spaces where they can be fully themselves. And while the needs of LGBTQ+ youth have evolved over the last four decades, SMYAL’s dynamic work to best support young people has also evolved to meet the moment.
Our services are made possible by the generous contributions of our community.
Help SMYAL continue to make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ+ youth.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | MARRIOTT MARQUIS | 10:30 AM
Tickets are now on sale to join us at SMYAL’s Fall Brunch in celebration of our 40th Anniversary!
SMYAL’s premier supporter event, the annual Fall Brunch, includes a cocktail reception featuring a fabulous silent auction, a three-course brunch, and a chance to hear from some of our community’s most inspiring leaders.
Every year, the Fall Brunch brings together LGBTQ+ and allied community members, friends, and families in support of the inspirational youth SMYAL works with every day.
SMYAL apoya y empodera a los jóvenes LGBTQ+ de 6 a 24 años.
In D.C., 28 percent of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ
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...shows that 12 percent of the homeless adults and 28 percent of homeless youth between the age of 18 and 24 identify as LGBTQ.
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Wesley Thomas said he opted to sleep on the streets of Foggy Bottom and West End for 29 years because he didn’t want to enter the District’s congregate shelter system, where he’d be required to ...© 2021 SMYAL | 410 Calle 7 SE, Washington, DC 20003 | 202.546.5940 | [email protected] | Política de accesibilidad
SMYAL has supported and empowered LGBTQ+ youth for 40 years.
