| Program Description | Lambert House is an international leader in LGBTQ youth community building – the primary prevention strategy for the constellation of risks that disproportionately affects all LGBTQ youth. The risks we address include: social isolation, depression, suicide, alcohol and other drug use, HIV & other STDs, family conflict that can lead to homelessness and survival sex, and school failure. Facilitated social support groups weekly titled “Boys Who Like Boys,” “Ultra Violet” [Women's Group]," “Transgender Youth,” and others; several large, annual youth-led community dances, performance events, or social gatherings annually; outdoor recreation trips; an LGBT Culture Series including sporting events and concerts; Art Night bi-weekly; and other ad-hoc youth-led activities such as writing groups, bicycle repair workshops, ESL classes, activist training, music groups, and theater improvisation. |