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Spring Formal Ball a Huge Success
Saturday, 26 May, 2012 – 20:47 | No Comment

 In the absence of the annual Gayla Prom, Youth First Texas hosted its Spring Formal Ball last night on May 25th, 2012.  An outpouring of community support helped ensure that the event was free to …

TGRA Awards Youth First Texas $4900
Sunday, 20 May, 2012 – 1:35 | No Comment

In a distribution ceremony held Saturday May 19th at the Hidden Door– The Dallas Chapter of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association awarded Youth First Texas with a check for $4900.  Throughout the year the association …

Consultants working for Deloitte Reach Out to YFT
Saturday, 19 May, 2012 – 12:17 | One Comment

Geoff Clemm of Deloitte recruits his fierce allied coworkers to complete a project management workshop for Youth First Texas after Friday Family Dinner

 
 
 
Consultants from a local Deloitte office came to Youth First Texas to help …

1st Annual Spring Formal
Saturday, 12 May, 2012 – 11:50 | No Comment

First Annual Youth First Texas Spring Formal
Friday May 25th 2012, 7pm to 12am
Youth First Texas’ Drop-in Center
In the absence of the Dallas Resource Center’s annual Gayla Prom.  Youth First Texas has launched its first Spring …

Black Tie Dinner 31- Declines Youth First Texas Application
Tuesday, 3 Apr, 2012 – 0:16 | One Comment

A message from the Chair of the Board of Youth First Texas Chris-James Cognetta:

Youth First Texas will not be a beneficiary of the Black Tie Dinner this year. Competition in this post-recession economy is stiff …

YFT Names Amie McNamara as Interim Youth Program Coordinator
Saturday, 21 Jan, 2012 – 22:08 | Comments Off

Late last fall, Youth First Texas announced that it would be seeking to fill a staff position for a Youth Program Coordinator, a newly created part-time role designed with an emphasis on programs coordination, community liaisoning and …

Hey LGBTQ Youth – Speak Out About Your School Experiences!
Saturday, 11 Jun, 2011 – 16:45 | Comments Off

Help GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) inform education policymakers and the public about what’s really going on in our nation’s schools by completing the 2011 National School Climate Survey, GLSEN’s seventh national …

Within the Mind of a Poet by Liam Cambridge
Saturday, 11 Jun, 2011 – 16:37 | Comments Off

In the midst of April, National Poetry Month, the youth of Youth First Texas began sharpening their pencils and preparing for the Poetry Contest. Each youth was asked to submit at least …

YFT Upgrades Phones and Internet
Sunday, 22 May, 2011 – 0:04 | Comments Off

Youth First Texas recently learned that the rolling blackouts in late February damaged our telephone system, causing us to miss some calls and preventing us from retrieving any voicemails left in the system.  This combined …

Looking Back on Lobby Day 2011
Thursday, 21 Apr, 2011 – 19:58 | Comments Off

On Sunday, March 6th, 11 youth, accompanied by two volunteers, made their way down to Austin to participate in Lobby Day 2011. Their goal was to talk with as many legislators as possible about the …