The Alliance for LGBTQ Youth

Our Vision:

We endeavor to unleash the innate, internal power of LGBTQ youth to be leaders in their own lives and in their communities while living an authentic, full, and liberated existence. The Alliance for LGBTQ Youth's core objectives are to support LGBTQ young people in developing their self-agency; to inform and shift systems that impact the lives of LGBTQ youth to ensure affirming environments that are responsive to the experiences and needs of LGBTQ youth; and to cultivate LGBTQ youth leadership.

Mental Health: 

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Confidential, one-on-one, affirming therapy tailored to the individual needs of LGBTQ youth.

GROUP COUNSELING
Supportive community-based, therapeutic groups for LGBTQ youth throughout Miami-Dade County. This is a confidential and safe space for youth to discuss experiences, feelings, and ideas with their peers in affirming environments. Groups are also available to families of LGBTQ youth in need of peer support.

FAMILY SUPPORT
The Alliance offers support to families of LGBTQ youth through psychoeducation and therapeutic interventions. Psychoeducation support allows families to learn about their young person’s identity, rights, and ways to create an affirming home for queer youth. The Alliance utilizes Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) to improve interpersonal problem-solving, emotion regulation, and caregiver-child attachment. We acknowledge youth increase their ability to thrive past survival when they come from spaces of affirmation and care.

CARE COORDINATION
One-on-one intervention to help LGBTQ youth navigate a range of challenges on their way to healthy adulthood or assist families in need of support understanding their child's sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Care Coordination helps identify existing strengths in order to help youth or families build upon what is working for them and become more resourceful through Individual & Holistic Guidance, Education & Prevention, Critical Linkage & Referral Services, Advocacy.

Advocacy:

Are you a community organization or school in Miami-Dade County? We provide LGBTQ youth-centered trainings and education tailored to your specific needs! Community training topics include: Gender and Sexuality 101, Cultivating Gender Conscious Classrooms, Enhancing GSA Support, and brief trainings on how school personnel and community organizations can refer LGBTQ youth and families to our services. These are just a few examples. 

We’d love to hear from you to learn more about your team’s learning needs. 

Youth Leadership: 

CHANGEMAKERS - LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
ChangeMakers provides youth with the opportunity to develop as leaders, critical thinkers, and community activists. ChangeMakers is designed for young people who are interested in participating in a progressive, youth-led social justice movement. Youth learn about LGBTQ history, systems of oppression, different organizing strategies, and increase their political consciousness to better understand local, regional and state policy priorities. Youth also develop advocacy projects specific to their community.