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Posted by gayteens on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 - 11:45 PM

Should you be located in a residential or a suburb of Philadelphia. You will probably find your nearest Gay Youth group located in the city. This distance may not be practical. But there are projects that work outside the city. Voyage House
Division of Children and Youth
4820 Chester Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone: 215-545-2910
Fax: 215-545-4711
24 hour crisis hotline
Ages 12-17 coed
Provides temporary shelter to runaway teens
and families who are in crisis and need a safe
place.


The Bryson Institute
1500 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 215-545-1025
Fax: 215-545-5774
www.ecs1870.org/spec.htm
Provides outreach and information for LGBTQ
youth in the surrounding suburban and rural
areas of the Philadelphia region.

The Attic Youth Center
419 South 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Phone: 215-545-4331
Fax: 215-545-5774
www.atticyouthcenter.org
Offers supportive services including counseling
and support groups, after-school programs for
youth ages 12-21, free HIV testing and social
and educational programming. The Attic
Youth Center is an LGBTQ youth run community
center guided by a philosophy of youth
empowerment and leadership.


The COLOURS Organization, Inc.
1201 Chestnut Street, 15th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-496-0330
Fax: 215-496-0354
www.coloursinc.org
Offers various support groups and prevention
case management centered on HIV/AIDS education
and awareness for LGBTQ youth ages
24 and under.

Youth Outreach Adolescent
Community Awareness Program
(YO-ACAP)
1207 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4102
Phone: 215 851-1846
Fax: 215 851-1878
www.yoacap.org
Provides culturally and ethnically appropriate
HIV/AIDS prevention/education and care services
for African American adolescents and
young adults in the Philadelphia area. The target
population is primarily, but not limited to,
African American youth between 15 and 25
years of age. YO -ACAP counselors and peer
educators focus on social and health issues
such as HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases,
violence, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy,
relationships and conflict resolution.
Youth Health Empowerment
Project (Y-HEP)
112 N. Broad Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215-564-6388
Offers health and family planning care, therapy
and ongoing classes such as hip hop, spoken
word and salsa. Provides a drop-in center three
days a week, services include showers, food,
tokens and case management. Peer led workshops
on HIV, sexually transmitted diseases,
sexual decision making, sexuality and other
related topics. Support groups include young
woman’s decision group, harm reduction and
survivors of sexual abuse.

William Way Community Center
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-732-2220
Fax: 215-732-0770
www.waygay.org
Provides a wide spectrum of educational, cultural,
social and health services for philadelphia's
diverse sexual and gender minority community.
In addition to providing affordable
meeting space and office space for other community
groups, a wide range of programs and
services are also offered.


Metropolitan Community Church
(meets at William Way Center)
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-735-6223
Christian worship for LGBT people, their families
and friends. Affiliated with the national
Metropolitan Community Church organization.


WYBE TV Channel 35
Philly LIVE:
www.wybe.org/phillylive
Philly LIVE: Your Lesbian & Gay Connection,
the nation’s first and only weekly live call-in
television talk show for the LGBT communities,
airs Tuesdays from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
on WYBE, Channel 35.
Host Debra D' Alessandro tackles issues such
as Lesbian & Gay Images in Media, Gay
Parenting, Teaching Gay Issues in School,
Drug & Alcohol Addiction, Immigration for
Same-Sex Partners, and much more.

Gayteens.org encourages members to join official gay youth groups. They may hold weekly events on the weekends. Therefore it is wise to make email contact or telephone for details. Check there web site for details.

If all fails you can organise your very own GTR streetmeet, First you need to build your GTR contact list, Use the forums to obtain interest from members in your region. Once you have a group of more than three you can organise a Streetmeet event. This event needs to be in a public place during day light hours ideally outside a police station in the event that things go wrong you have a escape route and plan. Members should view this event as a social event and not an opportunity for casual sex. Once you have approved your members you will be able to organise future events with ease. The first event is scary and therefore be prepared not to rush into a meeting until you can establish regular email or messaging via GTR contact.

For more details search the GTR site for Streetmeets.