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ALL TEXAS, NO BULL! Fashion Show Benefiting YFT
Friday, 21 Sep, 2012 – 17:35 | No Comment

 
 

 

Designers Bill Peck and Cara Noggle present All Dallas No Bull in support of YFT
The event will be held at the F.I.G Dallas located in the heart of Downtown Dallas on Thursday, October 4, 2012 …

Barefoot Wines and Van Gogh Vodka sponsors 2012′s All Dallas, NO BULL! Fashion Show.
Thursday, 20 Sep, 2012 – 14:17 | No Comment

 
 

 

Designers Bill Peck and Cara Noggle present All Dallas No Bull in support of YFT
The event will be held at the F.I.G Dallas located in the heart of Downtown Dallas on Thursday, October 4, 2012 …

YFT Homework/Study Group
Wednesday, 19 Sep, 2012 – 13:03 | No Comment

Come join the YFT study group. The group will meet at the Dallas YFT center in the boardroom every Wednesday from 4:30pm-6:00pm. Steven Richmond and Joshua Marsh will be available to answer questions regarding mathematics …

WePay Campaign Launched
Friday, 14 Sep, 2012 – 21:59 | No Comment

In an effort to simplify donations to Youth First Texas– We have joined WePay– whether it’s a one time donation to support YFT or if it’s a sustaining donation please use the button below to …

Chicken Fried Pride a Youth First Texas Tradition
Thursday, 9 Aug, 2012 – 18:39 | Comments Off

If you can chicken fry it we’re making it. We also have enough gravy to paint a barn.
 
Youth First Texas celebrates it’s 12th year of Dallas Pride with the revival of Chicken Fried Pride.  Pride …

THIS AIN’T YOUR GRANDPARENT’S SPRING FORMAL
Friday, 25 May, 2012 – 11:51 | Comments Off

YOUTH FIRST TEXAS presents…
1st Annual Spring Formal
Dress to impress and you could be the queen and king– queen and queen, king and king– or gender neutral royalty of the evening!  Join us as we celebrate …

YFT Youth to Lobby in Austin with Equality Texas and Texas Freedom Network
Friday, 25 Feb, 2011 – 17:49 | Comments Off

Youth First Texas has partnered with Equality Texas and the Texas Freedom Network to advocate for important issues coming before the Texas legislature that effect LGBT youth.   Representatives from Youth First Texas will be traveling …

Love Conquers All Ball
Tuesday, 8 Feb, 2011 – 23:19 | Comments Off

This year’s Valentine season will be an inclusive one in North Texas. While high school student councils are busy planning their dances, Gay Straight Alliances in Dallas and Collin County are coming together for the first-ever “Love Conquers All Ball,” being hosted by LULAC 4871 – The Dallas Rainbow Council and Youth First Texas on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The Past Is the Past by Sydney Aslynn Green
Friday, 10 Dec, 2010 – 19:42 | Comments Off

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Sydney Aslynn Green, and I am a transsexual woman. I’ve lived full time ever since I left Texas a few months ago.
It was a …

A Name Is Not a Number, But Another in an Epidemic
Friday, 8 Oct, 2010 – 20:36 | Comments Off

The original posting may be found here.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones…”
We can all finish the rhyme. We can say that we believe “words will never hurt me,” but the problem is that words …