Event:	BAGLY Prom Share
Location:	Boston City Hall One City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201
Date:	May 19th 2012, 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Staff:	Manager: Raymond W
RSVP:	This event has already occurred

Event Description:

First held in 1981, the BAGLY Prom is the nation’s oldest annual GLBT youth prom and it remains the largest. Since the late 1990’s, it has attracted over 1,000 youth annually. Chaperones help to ensure the event is a safe event for all.

What we'll be doing:

We will be chaperones.

Special Instructions:

For this event, you must be 25 years old or older.

BAGLY:

BAGLY: The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, is a youth led, adult supported social support organization, committed to social justice, and creating, sustaining and advocating for programs, policies and services for the LGBTQ youth community. In July of 1980, long before the days of community, political or financial support, BAGLY was founded by LGBTQ youth who believed that an organization led by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning youth would be central to meeting the core physical, social and developmental needs of Greater Bostons LGBTQ youth community. Turns out they were right! Three generations of queer youth movement leaders later, BAGLY is recognized nationally for its pioneering role in creating, sustaining and advocating for social support, leadership development and health promotion programs for LGBTQ youth. BAGLYs approach and historic practice, which has served over 30,000 youth, is replicated by programs and organizations across the country and our earliest programs (Including our Youth Speakers Bureau, youth led HIV/AIDS education and the nations first prom for LGBTQ youth) have provided a foundation upon which many youth-led programs and organizations are built. Throughout its history BAGLY has advocated and provided leadership for an LGBTQ community driven statewide and national systems approach to working with LGBTQ youth. As a founding organization of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition and the Massachusetts Governors Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, and by establishing the GLBT Youth Group Network of Massachusetts, our vision and innovation has led the way in building a stable local and national infrastructure vital to todays LGBTQ youth work. Today, BAGLY provides community-based leadership development, health promotion and social support programs for Massachusetts LGBTQ youth communities, and is a leader in local and national LGBTQ youth advocacy work and workforce development.