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  • SMYAL Taps Sultan Shakir

    By on July 31, 2014

    The Board of Directors of Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL), an organization dedicated to working with and empowering LGBTQ youth, announced early...

  • Young Pioneers

    By on April 24, 2014

    Spring, despite its lingering chill in 2014, is a time to think of birth, of growth, of renewal. That means youth – LGBT youth, in...

  • City Fund Takes Flak

    By on April 22, 2014

    A coalition of LGBT advocacy groups and service organizations released a statement Monday evening expressing their disappointment that no LGBT-specific groups were named among 58...

  • Andrew Barnett

    Andrew Barnett’s Goodbye

    By on March 27, 2014

    After nearly a decade, Andrew Barnett is bidding the organization he has worked for goodbye. The 31-year-old Barnett, who started as an intern and later...

  • BHT Offers Cash and Kudos

    By on January 30, 2014

    Brother, Help Thyself Inc. (BHT), a local LGBT organization offering support to local nonprofits for the past 36 years, awarded more than $75,000 in grants...

  • SMYAL's Seasonal Cheer

    By on December 10, 2013

    Supporting and Mentoring Youth Advocates and Leaders (SMYAL), a support group for LGBT and questioning youth in the D.C. area, will bring together more than...

  • BHT Grantees Include SMYAL, Gay Men's Chorus

    By on February 1, 2013

    Brother, Help Thyself, a local grassroots group that provides financial support and resources to assist local nonprofit organizations for the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities in...

  • Service with SMYAL

    By on December 26, 2012

    A board member of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the District's only organization dedicated to addressing the needs and concerns of LGBT youth,...

  • D.C. Council Taking Steps for Homeless Youth

    By on November 29, 2012

    Members of the D.C. Council are trying to expedite the passage of a bill that would reform services for LGBT homeless youth before the next...

  • Introduction to SMYAL [video]

    By on October 7, 2012

    Video produced by Metro Weekly and presented at the 15th Annual SMYAL Fall Brunch at the Meridian Oriental Hotel in Washington,

  • Danielle Moodie-Mills Named 2012 Honoree of The Root 100

    By on September 21, 2012

    “It’s an honor to be recognized alongside such an esteemed group of black leaders and trailblazers who help to shape our culture and our political...

  • Disparity Dialogue

    By on June 21, 2012

    A group of about 20 LGBT community members and advocates gathered in the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington June 14 to listen to local experts...

  • When did you come out?

    By on April 26, 2012

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  • GLAA Celebrates 41st Anniversary

    By on April 19, 2012

    The Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, D.C. (GLAA), the nation's oldest continuously running gay rights advocacy organization, will mark its 41st anniversary with...

  • SMYAL to host discussion panel on factors leading to LGBT youth suicides

    By on April 12, 2012

    The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), the D.C. organization advocating for sexual-minority youth, is partnering with ''1 Lyfe @ A Time'' to host a...