The Queer Youth Network (Q.Y.N.) is a national non-profit-making organisation that is run by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people and is based in the United Kingdom. It has an aim to represent the needs and views of younger LGBT people by campaigning for greater visibility and equal rights, as well as providing general support and information to those who are just coming out or who are experiencing homophobia.
Read more about Queer Youth Network: Founding, Core Work, National Queer Youth Conference, Regional Work, Queer Youth Radio
Famous quotes containing the words queer, youth and/or network:
“Heaven is not built of country seats
But little queer suburban streets.”
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957)
“Man’s own youth is the world’s youth; at least he feels as if it were, and imagines that the earth’s granite substance is something not yet hardened, and which he can mould into whatever shape he likes.”
—Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
“Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports.”
—Bernice Weissbourd (20th century)