On Saturday, February 4, 2012, Youth First Texas (YFT) will host a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) Summit from 10:00am until 3:00pm at the YFT Youth Center in Dallas. The summit will present opportunities to network with other GSAs, learn new skills that will help interested students in starting and sustaining GSA clubs in their schools and create safer spaces in their communities and will include a workshop provided by the Texas GSA Network. As part of the Summit, YFT will be building a North Texas GSA Hub Directory that …

Late last fall, Youth First Texas announced that it would be seeking to fill a staff position for a Youth Program Coordinator, a newly created part-time role designed with an emphasis on programs coordination, community liaisoning and team building within Youth First Texas.  The Board of Directors elected to fill the position on an interim basis while candidate interviews and the selection process continues.  Amie McNamara, a long-time volunteer with Youth First Texas who recently completed her Master of Science in Counseling through the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human …

All of the seats to the 2011 Back Tie Dinner may be sold out, but you can still catch a glimpse of the glitz and glamor of the evening by volunteering to help at the event through Youth First Texas!  Why volunteer?  You get to be a part of the largest single night seated dinner fundraiser in the nation, you get to help give back to the LGBT community at large and you get to help Youth First Texas fulfill the required number of volunteer hours to ensure its eligibility …

Did you know that the Jews weren’t the only group that was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II? The LGBTQ population of Europe was also under attack as well, and on Friday, August 26, Youth First Texas has an amazing opportunity to go to a private viewing of a special exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust Museum. The center will be CLOSED that night, but come out to the museum for a delicious dinner and a chance to see an important part of our history.

August 6th was a Saturday, and probably one of the few things I’ll remember of my teenage years. It was a special day because it was a day to for my friends and me to put aside all of our troubles and worries and just have fun together, even in the blazing heat of another Texas summer. It was the day Youth First Texas was going to Six Flags! Anyone who had paid the bargain price of only 15 dollars was granted transportation and entrance to the park plus a …