NAGLY (North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ+ Youth) is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that provides peer support, drop-in services, programs, leadership development, and community education for LGBTQ+ youth on the North Shore. The organization operates a central youth center in Salem and multiple satellite sites, and its stated mission is to honor, respect, educate, and empower LGBTQIA+ young people.
Advocacy for LGBTQ+ youth rights and inclusion, school-based anti-bullying and safe-schools policies, access to youth mental health and sexual health supports, legal assistance for name and gender marker changes, and local anti-discrimination and youth services funding.
Primarily individual donations, community fundraising and events, philanthropic foundation grants, and local/state program grants and contracts.
Northeast Legal Aid (legal clinic partner), Demakes Family YMCA (host of Lynn site), North Shore LGBTQ+ Network, local school and municipal partners, and NAGLY board and program leadership.
Non-profit organization (youth-serving LGBTQ+ community organization)