You should have on your radar a most worthy LGBT event that’s now less than a week away: The Young Trailblazers 8th Annual Gala, which is April 27 at the Chelsea Art Museum. It’s a benefit for the nonprofit Live Out Loud, an amazing organization that’s dedicated to hooking up LGBT youth with queer adult role models. It also honors a few gay-activist high-school seniors each year—out gay teens, think about the bravery involved there—by presenting them with scholarships at the Trailblazers gala.
We had the opportunity to chat with two of this year’s honorees, and were blown away by their coolness and confidence. Below, meet Nick Garafola, talking about the difficulty of establishing a Gay Straight Alliance in his New Jersey high school, and Emily Raimondo, telling us about how she co-organized “Ally Week” with the GSA at her Staten Island High School. Here’s to queer youth!
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