Best Place to Be Yourself

Out Youth

The first thing older folks say upon first entering the Out Youth drop-in center is, "I wish I had something like this when I was a teenager!" Gay or straight, the issue remains: Austin is severely deficient in viable and safe hang-out options for older kids. So you can imagine that for young people who identify as GLBTQ or their allies, that field narrows almost as much as the minds that keep them marginalized. Luckily, our town is blessed with Out Youth. OY counselors are on hand three afternoons a week, to help kids deal with day-to-day issues ... or to simply play a game of Pictionary, order some pizza, plan a day at the park, or hang out and lend an ear. The drop-in center at Out Youth is a safe haven of self-expression, allowing the fierce flow of freedom in its finest, truest, most intended form: Freeeeeeee.

Out Youth House
909 E. 49th, 512/419-1233
www.outyouth.org