"The youth of this state offer the one true hope that the change we seek will happen and be sustained for the long term," said Andie Lyons, program manager for Rainbow Alley, the GLBT Community Center of Colorado's youth drop-in center and one of the organizing sponsors of the summit.
The summit will bring together LGBTQ and allied youth ages 12-24 from across the state for workshops including safer sex, leadership, race and the LGBTQ movement, interpersonal relationships, spirituality/religion, social change, art, and more.
A collaborative group of organizers came together in early 2009 to engage youth in working toward societal change and LGBTQ equality. They created the first Queer Youth Summit in February 2009, with more than 130 youth participating.
