LIVE OUT LOUD

I'm excited to lend my voice to this very important conversation at SXSW 2025...

"OUTING THE TRUTH: How to Prepare the Next LGBTQ+ Leaders."

BUT....

It needs your vote - today!:)

Here's the link to give us a thumbs up! 👍

https://lnkd.in/e7deuymy

Mark Pasetsky M. Gabriel Torres and Marti Cummings!




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Behind the Scenes, one of Live Out Loud's Programs, bridges the gap between generations within the LGBTQ+ community. Live Out Loud invites middle & high school students to interact with a panel of LGBTQ+ professionals. This allows LGBTQ+ youth to envision a brighter future for themselves.

Check out our Resource Archive for LGBTQ+ Students, Parents, and Educators! Visit the link in our bio to explore our online resources for mental and emotional wellbeing, learning, and finding community 🌈🌈🌈

By providing educational & community events for teachers and parents as well as students, Live Out Loud's 360 Experience aims to strengthen understanding of LGBTQ+ identities, and to foster allyship in all areas of a school community.
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The cost of all 360 workshops are subsidized by a grant from the Dept. of Youth & Community Development. Workshop topics can be requested from a "menu" of available programs.

Through the work we do at Live Out Loud, we want LGBTQ+ youth to imagine a brighter future for themselves and their community.

Live Out Loud's School Program visits Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs all over New York City. Our School Program partners are spread across all five boros, and are as diverse and vibrant as the city we all live in. We cannot wait to learn and grow with the LGBTQ+ youth we will serve throughout next school year!

At the center of everything we do at Live Out Loud are our Core Values:
🦋 EMPOWER
🦋 EMBRACE
🦋 TRANSFORM
Learn more about the work we do at Live Out Loud via our website: liveoutloud.org

Student Art Saturday, courtesy of a school we work with in the Bronx! This July, we are reflecting on all of the and celebrations we got to be a part of!

Make sure to follow us on our other social media platforms! Search for our handles on each platform or follow the links in our Linktree.

🦋 We have a brand new TikTok account!

🦋 We have a huge backlog of video content on our YouTube channel!

🦋 Connect your company's LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group with our LinkedIn company page!

Check out our list of Live Out Loud's flagship programs, which all, in their own way, work to uplift and empower LGBTQ+ youth:
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🦋 The School Program
🦋 The 360 Experience
🦋 Young Trailblazers Scholarship
🦋 Behind the Scenes
🦋 The Gathering

Live Out Loud was established in 2001 by Founder and Executive Director, Leo Preziosi, Jr. This was in response to the disproportionately high rates of su***de among LGBTQ+ youth, due to bullying, discrimination, and hostile school, home, and community environments.
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To learn more about the work we do at Live Out Loud, visit our website via the Linktree in bio.
To learn more about the work we do at Live Out Loud, visit our website: https://liveoutloud.org/about-us/

Good morning, here's your dose of LGBTQ+ school bulletin boards! This piece of educational q***r art is courtesy of the GSA club at the Urban Assembly Unison School in Brooklyn.
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Can you believe this was *just* a work in progress? We wonder how the rest of it turned out!

Today is the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. To commemorate this day, we'd like to share a Q***r History Timeline created by the GSA club at The Salk School of Science in Manhattan.

Happy Summer Break! Today is the last day of classes in , and we wanted to share some q***r joy this Pride season. Here’s a photo of Live Out Loud’s 2022 Educator of the Year Deena Soni at High School of Arts & Tech’s pride-themed fashion show!

The last week of school is here, and as we close our final School Program sessions of the ear, we want to leave our GSA club partners with a summer to-do list full of LGBTQ+ media to enjoy. What LGBTQ+ books, movies, or TV shows would you add to the list?

At Live Out Loud, we love supporting and uplifting LGBTQ+ and allied youth as well as Q***r Community Based Organizations; please look into this potential new charter school that is working hard to open! 🤍🦋🏳️‍🌈🎉✨

Schools should be safe spaces for all students. 🌈 Miss Major Middle School (MMM) is a groundbreaking, inclusive middle school for LGBTQ+ youth, allies, and families. 🎒✨

Help make MMM a reality. Next month there’s a vote to decide if MMM opens its doors as one of NYC’s new, free public charter schools. 🌟 Learn more about MMM and the ways you can support: https://missmajormiddle.org/ 💖

Just a few highlights from the Bronx Youth Summit! Our day was filled with panel discussions, voguing, q***r gameshow activities, and our signature "affirmation station" !

Our Big Q***r Game Show (of Pride) features a category called Camp & Canonicity, which has questions related to LGBTQ+ contributions to arts, entertainment, and media representation. Flip your device to see the answers, and comment your score down below!

Perfectly Proud is our game show category exploring LGBTQ+ politics and historical events. If you’re a younger player, this category has some foundational knowledge for you. Flip your device to see the answers, and be sure to comment your score down below!

Let’s Have A Kiki is one of our LGBTQ+ “Jeo-party” Game Show Activity. If you’re a fan of ballroom and drag cultures, this should be right up your alley! Flip your device to see the answers, and be sure to comment your score down below.