QYTF

Queer Youth Task Force of Santa Cruz County

 

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Queer Youth Leadership Awards

Queer Youth Leadership Awards

The Queer Youth Leadership Awards mission is to improve the lives of LGBTIQ youth by increasing the positive awareness of queer youth leadership, and increasing safe and welcoming environments in home, school, and community.

Safe Schools Project of Santa Cruz County

Safe Schools Project of Santa Cruz County

The Safe Schools Project is a county-wide effort to help enforce the state law AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, and help make K-12 schools in Santa Cruz County a safer place for Queer & Queer-friendly youth.

Transgender Teen Project of Santa Cruz County

Transgender Teen Project of Santa Cruz County

The Trans Teen Project is a collaborative effort to ensure the safety of transgender students in middle school and high school as mandated by state law, AB 537, and to bring visibility to gender identity/expression issues faced by K-12 students.

QYTF Community Network Meetings

QYTF Community Networking Meetings are held to exchange information between individuals, agency and community organization representative’s who are working to improve services, assess unmet needs and strategize on how to improve current resources to queer youth and their allies.

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Queer Youth Task Force Awarded Grant for Safe Schools Project Print

The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County has awarded the Queer Youth Task Force (QYTF) a grant of $7,000 for its Safe Schools Project. The award will be used to support a collaborative effort to eliminate harassment and discrimination against LGBTIQ youth in Santa Cruz County schools.

Read more: Queer Youth Task Force Awarded Grant for Safe Schools Project
 
QYTF Mission Statement Print

The mission of The Santa Cruz County Task Force for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) Youth -- aka Queer Youth Task Force/QYTF -- is to improve the quality of life for all LGBTIQ youth in Santa Cruz County, as well as children and siblings raised in homes where LGBTIQ people live.

Read more: QYTF Mission Statement
 
January 24, 2010 Print
Queer Youth Updates: January 24
1. Young Queer Alliance (YQA) Meets TONIGHT, Jan 24, 5:30 pm
2. Queer Youth Task Force Meeting, Jan 25, 3:30 pm
3. Event: Social Equity Through An LGBT Lens: Jan 28
4. Apply to Attend 2010 Western Regional Queer Conference!!
5. Youth Editor Needed for Queer Youth Updates - Winter & Spring 2010
6. $2,000 - $5,000 eQuality Scholarships - Apply by Feb 16
7. Call for Youth Journalists/LGBT History Video Project, SF Bay Area
8. Nominations Due March 1: Higgins 2010 Youth Courage Awards
9. Resource: Trevor GLBT 24-Hour Crisis Line
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Read more: January 24, 2010
 

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