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YFT in the News
Sunday, 13 Feb, 2011 – 20:23 | Comments Off
YFT in the News

The past few months has seen Youth First Texas and several of its members featured in the Dallas Voice newspaper.  If you did not get a chance to catch the articles they are linked below:
Gay DISD …

Wintery Weather at YFT
Thursday, 3 Feb, 2011 – 13:38 | Comments Off
Wintery Weather at YFT

Following the lead of most school districts, many colleges and a number of area businesses the Board of Directors has determined that the Youth First Texas center in Dallas will be closed for the safety …

Green Line Means Go! by Fabian Figueroa-Sepulveda
Saturday, 22 Jan, 2011 – 20:46 | Comments Off
Green Line Means Go! by Fabian Figueroa-Sepulveda

Fabian Figueroa-Sepulveda during the Day of Silence Flash Mob
On December 6th, the long-awaited Green Line finally opened with 15 new stations from North Carrollton/Frankford to Buckner Station in Pleasant Grove on the far-east side of …

Terrorists Manipulate Fear as Indispensable Weapon by Aaron Barnes
Thursday, 23 Sep, 2010 – 18:52 | Comments Off
Terrorists Manipulate Fear as Indispensable Weapon by Aaron Barnes

When you exercise your many freedoms today, remember those who earned them for you. And more importantly, remember this: Anyone can be a terrorist. Any age, any race, any gender, any face, any dress, any …

Dallas Voice: Dumont leaving YFT
Friday, 18 Jun, 2010 – 12:10 | One Comment
Dallas Voice: Dumont leaving YFT

Movin’ on up | Judith Dumont has been director of youth services at Youth First Texas for 2 1?2 years. She will continue to work with LGBT youth in her new position at Eastfield College. …

YFT: making safe space safer
Thursday, 10 Jun, 2010 – 10:31 | One Comment
YFT: making safe space safer

YFT: making safe space safer
By TAMMYE NASH | Senior Editor (Dallas Voice)
May 20,2010
Agency for LGBTQ youth moves to new, larger location, institutes code of conduct for youth, volunteers

SURFING SAFELY | Sam Wilkes and Judith …

An Audience with the Queens by Victoria Fitzgerald
Monday, 31 May, 2010 – 10:32 | Comments Off
An Audience with the Queens by Victoria Fitzgerald

Ms. Pandora Boxx poses with Victoria Fitzgerald.
Good things happen to those who wait. I never quite understood this quote until recently when I received a call with an invitation to meet some of the cast …

YFT Makes International Headlines with Day of Silence Flash Mob!
Friday, 16 Apr, 2010 – 19:39 | Comments Off
YFT Makes International Headlines with Day of Silence Flash Mob!

Article and Photo By Tracy Nanthavongsa
DALLAS  – Gay and lesbian youth from Youth First Texas  demonstrated at a silent flash mob Friday at the Rosa Parks Plaza to  honor the National Day of Silence.
With their …

YFT Youth Help Launch Bully Suicide PSA
Friday, 11 Dec, 2009 – 17:50 | Comments Off
YFT Youth Help Launch Bully Suicide PSA

Youth members of YFT are not keeping silent about the experiences they have had in school where they were bullied, harrassed, and treated as outcasts. In a partnership with Campus Harmony Inc. and Tracy Nanthavongsa …

Six local youth headed to National Equality March, thanks to chamber dinner attendees
Friday, 25 Sep, 2009 – 13:12 | Comments Off
Six local youth headed to National Equality March, thanks to chamber dinner attendees

INSTANT TEA – Official Blog of the Dallas Voice – http://www.dallasvoice.com/instant-tea
September 22nd, 2009.

Last night during the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce’s Pride Dinner at the Warwick Melrose Hotel, keynote speaker Cleve Jones issued a …