Drop~in Center Hours: Monday - Wednesday - Thursday 2:30 - 7:30 p.m. JANUARY 2015 GLYS is supported by the NYS Dept. of Health, United Way/SEFA/CFC donor choice options and individual and corporate donors. 371 Delaware Avenue (under the blue~green awning) 855.0221 www.glyswny.org Monday Wednesday Thursday 1 Drop-In Center FYI: If the Buffalo Public Schools CLOSE due to weather the Drop-In Center will also be CLOSED! 5 Eh If we close it will also be on Channels 2-4-7 and our website! 12 CLOSED New Years Day 7 8 5:30 Enjoy a Support Group Peer SALADw/ Mike & Khyrs today!!! 14 Writer~in~Residence 3:00~5:00 4:00 15 “Kinky Boots” Poet Sherry Robbins 4:00 CaReeRs R Us The movie! Enjoy pizza after the movie! w/ guest Chris S. 5:00 Sandwich Volunteerism SOY: Spotlight On Youth Open Mic 19 21 22 6:15 - 8:00 p.m. Drop-In Center CLOSED MLK Day 26 SALAD DAY!!! 4:00 Peer Support Group w/ Mike & Robin Just Buffalo Literary Center upstairs in the WNYBAC Building 468 Washington @ Mohawk Enter under the red JBLC awning! Providing an opportunity for youth 12-21 to share their talent: poetry rap song music artwork & more! Careers & TRAVEL! w/ guest Joe O. O SOY!!! P E N 2:30 till we leave for SOY 28 Writer~in~Residence 29 3:00~5:00 Poet Sherry Robbins 5:00 p.m. thuRsdays R for Relationships w/ Ryan & Michael JANUARY BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATE!! CELEBRATE!! GAY & LESBIAN YOUTH SERVICES (GLYS) of WNY ▼ JANUARY 2015 GLYS Drop~In Center hours during the school year: Mondays - Wednesdays - Thursdays 2:30~7:30 p.m. phone: 855.0221 address: 371 Delaware Avenue/Buffalo 14202 (in Trinity Church) website: www.glyswny.org e~mail: [email protected] Please note that GLYS Staff is in everyday. If you call, please leave a message if we do not answer. We may be out doing workshops, etc. Coming in 2 7th Annual WNY GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE CONFERENCE March 25, 2015 - hosted by the Hamburg High School GSA! Does your school have a GSA? If so, are your advisors on the GLYS advisor emailing list? If not, ask him or her to contact Marvin at GLYS ASAP! ([email protected]) EQUALITY & JUSTICE DAY TRIP to Albany - for Trans Youth & parents/guardians 0 1 5 Tueday, April 28, 2015 tentative = pending Legislative action re: GENDA Interested? Contact GLYS now. . . PRIDE PARADE & MARKETPLACE Sunday, June 7th, 2015 - Parade steps off at 1:00 p.m. Watch our website for more information as the date gets closer. . . The 3rd annual DIVERSITY PROM Gay & Lesbian Youth Services presents Friday, June 12t 7:00 - 11:00 p.m. Asbury Hall $10/person for LGBT youth & allies 14-20 years of age During 2015 the monthly GLBTQ Peer Support Group will meet from 5:30~7:30 p.m. in the cafetorium at the GA Learning Center (200 Gustavus Avenue) on these Wednesdays: GSA/Jamestown January 14, 2015 February 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 GLBTQ youth and their friends - from GA and the community - are welcome. GLYS has a referral therapist in Jamestown. If you are a young person or an adult working with a GLBTQ youth, please call our Buffalo office (855.0221) for information or a referral. NEW! We can also connect you or your parents with PFLAG (Parents Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) in Chautauqua County. Jamestown area high schools and public libraries have books for youth that were donated by GLYS. Most have GLBT main characters, but some focus on straight youth dealing with a parent who is gay or lesbian or a friend who comes out.