🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Uplifting LI's LGBTQ+ Community since 1993!✨
In 1993, Long Island Crisis Center started Pride for Youth at a time when support and outreach to LGBTQ+ youth on Long Island was virtually non-existent. Pride for Youth has grown to encompass multiple services addressing many of the needs of LGBTQ+ youth and their families. Pride for Youth created the Coffeehouse program in 1995 – the first suburban coffeehouse for LGBTQ+ youth in the country. We began airing public service announcements on MTV in the mid 90’s - one of the first mass media outreach strategies for LGBTQ+ youth nationwide. In 2001, Pride for Youth launched an action research project, which documented that 94% of Long Island students are exposed to homophobia in their schools and one in ten have been victimized because of their perceived sexual orientation. With the new millennium’s startling HIV resurgence among young gay and bisexual men of color, Pride for Youth led the way to building a healthier generation of young people through its culturally-sensitive Young Men’s Program, initiated in 2003
Pride for Youth seeded and stewarded Gay-Straight Alliances in several high-need Nassau County school districts from 2004 through the present. In 2006, working with corporate partners such as CMP Media, Pride for Youth launched an employment mentoring program for LGBTQ youth. In 2009, transgender teens found their own place to share their specific concerns and build pride through Pride for Youth’s Trans Support Group. In 2014, PFY implemented Long Island's first and only CBO based PrEP/PEP program, expanding this program to Queens in 2015.
11/06/2025
We are celebrating parents of trans children and parents that are trans today.
We appreciate all of the parents out there that have grown in love with their children, accepted new truths about themselves and their families.
We all deserve to have healthy and loving families, but we may not all receive that. PFY is a safe place for youth and adults to come to and find community and support. Come to our Pride for Parents programs and events to find out more. Follow the link in the bio for more information about what we do and who we are.
11/05/2025
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Suffolk PFY 628 Long Island Ave, Deer Park FREE groups to bring friends or make friends!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
💜 Tues - Generation Proud! (LGBTQ+ 45+)💜 🧡 Mièrcoles - ¡MpowerVIDA! (Latinos gay\bi\q***r y trans 18-45)🧡 💙 Thurs - Mpowerment! (gay\bi\q***r men 18-30)💙 ❤️ Fri - Coffeehouse! (LGBTQ+ youth & allies 13-20) ❤️
11/03/2025
🍁🎃 Are you LGBTQ+ or an ally aged 13-20? You’re invited to Coffeehouse! Every Friday 7pm-11:30pm. Come through for our fall festivities! Make friends, bring friends - it’s a fall party🍁🎃
11/03/2025
Mpowerment Suffolk Event of the month 🧚🤩
11/03/2025
Mpowervida Suffolk Eventos de el mes 🎨🙃
11/01/2025
We are honoring Transgender Awareness Month with reflections on those of our community that we love and remember fondly. You'll see more of our events and remembrance posts to come. As always stay safe, stay protected.
Estamos honrando el Mes de la Concienciación Transgénero con reflexiones sobre aquellos de nuestra comunidad que amamos y recordamos con cariño. Verán más de nuestros eventos y publicaciones en memoria que vendrán. Como siempre, mantente seguro, mantente protegido.
11/01/2025
🎃👻HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Coffeehouse Suffolk!! Every Friday for + youth ages 13-20 7pm-11:30pm!👻🎃
10/31/2025
Testing Services will be open at 3pm today @ our Suffolk location!
10/30/2025
👻🎃 ¡MpowerVIDA Suffolk todos los miércoles de 5pm - 9pm! 628 Long Island Ave, Deer Park🎃👻 🧟♂️🧛¡MpowerVIDA Nassau todos los jueves de 5pm - 9pm! 2050 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore🧛🧟♂️
10/29/2025
The heauxing hour is soon upon us 💅 ⏰ 🪦 Join us ‼️THIS SATURDAY‼️ at PFY Bellmore for “A Haunted Haus Party”
7-11pm! 🎃🦇🎉
Ages 18 - 30🔞
A q***r friendly costume party where the best dressed will be the BOO of the ball 👻👑
Costumes! Candy! Punch! Prizes! 🦸🏾♂️🧟♂️🍬🍫🥤🤫🎁
If you require transportation to this event, scan the QR code! 📲🚐 💨
SEATS ARE LIMITED SO ACT FAST❗️
10/26/2025
We are bringing awareness to our community each day! Today we are bringing focus upon intersex individuals on this day! ❤️💛💚💙💜
10/25/2025
Yesterday’s Halloween party at Coffeehouse Nassau was boo-tiful! Thanks to everyone who showed up and showed out 👻🏳️🌈💜
Coffeehouse is for LGBTQ+ youth ages 13-20 on Friday nights from 7pm - 11:30pm.
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In 1993, Long Island Crisis Center started Pride for Youth at a time when support and outreach to LGBTQ youth on Long Island were virtually non-existent. Pride for Youth has grown to encompass multiple services addressing many of the needs of LGBTQ youth and their families.
Pride for Youth created the Coffeehouse program in 1995 – the first suburban coffeehouse for LGBTQ youth in the country.
We began airing public service announcements on MTV in the mid 90s – one of the first mass media outreach strategies for LGBTQ youth nationwide.
In 2001, Pride for Youth launched an action research project, which documented that 94% of Long Island students are exposed to homophobia in their schools and one in ten have been victimized because of their perceived sexual orientation.
With the new millennium’s startling HIV resurgence among young gay and bisexual men of color, Pride for Youth led the way to build a healthier generation of young people through its culturally-sensitive Young Men’s Program, initiated in 2003
Pride for Youth seeded and stewarded Gay-Straight Alliances in several high-need Nassau County school districts from 2004 through the present.
In 2006, working with corporate partners such as CMP Media, Pride for Youth launched an employment mentoring program for LGBTQ youth.
In 2009, transgender teens found their own place to share their specific concerns and build pride through Pride for Youth’s Trans Support Group, this group is later developed into TransAction.
In 2010, Pride for Youth launched the first and only chapter of Mpowerment on Long Island. The main objective of this program is to help young gay and bisexual men stay HIV and STI-free in the midst of the ongoing epidemic. This group later became the MpowermentLI Project with locations in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
In 2014, “Pride for Parents Night” began as a monthly educational and supportive space for parents and adult family members of LGBTQ-identified youth to come together and learn how to best support their children.
A support group for young gay and bisexual men, as well as transgender individuals living with HIV began in 2014. This group has developed into Mpower+, a space for individuals to speak openly about their status without the fear of stigma, and learn how to maintain their sexual health.
Pride for Youth began collaborating with Northwell Health in 2013 in order to launch multiple sexual health programs including in-house HIV testing, a comprehensive PrEP and PEP program, and the groundbreaking on-site sexual health medical services offered through Project PUSH.
2018 – PFY: Linda Leonard Center opens in Deer Park offering PFY’s life-saving services in Suffolk County. The site opened in July 2018, housing Suffolk based MpowermentLI and MpowerVIDA programs along with PrEP/PEP, HIV Testing, STI Screening and Counseling services.
