Welcome to AFFIRM Youth
AFFIRM provides safety, support, acceptance,
advocacy and encouragement for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender
and questioning youth in Upstate South Carolina. Through education,
group support and volunteer opportunities, we provide affirmation,
validation and encouragement for the Upstate's lgbtq youth.
AFFIRM was founded to support the area's lgbtq youth through
the difficulties of growing up "different" and to
help fight intolerance and homophobia.
What We Do
AFFIRM's programs
and activities include
- a Youth Center
- Weekly group activities
- HIV/AIDS and STD prevention education
- Drug and Alcohol abuse prevention
- Youth leadership development
- Resource information and referral services
- Volunteer Opportunties
- Education and discussion on coming out, health family
and dating relationships, embracing diversity, spirituality,
and other relevant topics
- Collaboration and networking with local, state and national
lgbtq organizations
Membership
Membership in AFFIRM is free
and open to anyone between the ages of 16 and 22 regardless
of race, gender, or sexual orientation. For meeting times
and location call John at: (864) 467-9004.
AFFIRM, a non-profit corporation, serves
but is not limited to the counties of Greenville, Spartanburg,
Anderson, Oconee, Laurens, Pickens, Abbeville, Greenwood,
and Cherokee |
S.C.
Pride
Equal Rights and Human Rights
September
22 - 24, 2007
Finlay
Park
Columbia, SC
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here for details
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