Queer Youth Leadership Awards set for Saturday

Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 05/09/2013 | Terri Morgan

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WATSONVILLE -- Dolores Huerta, an activist for social justice issues for more than 50 years, will provide a pre-recorded introduction for the 16th annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards that will be held Saturday at Pajaro Valley High School.

Organizers of the event, whose goal is to increase positive awareness of queer youth leadership, filmed Huerta's message of support earlier this week.

This year's program includes a community resource fair, a dinner, a dance and an awards ceremony for youth, allies and organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ) youth in Santa Cruz County.

The event will also include the premiere of a video titled "It Gets Better." The public service announcement was filmed by Community TV of Santa Cruz County and features all five county supervisors voicing their support for the LGBTIQ youth in the community.

"The Board of Supervisors value lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and we want to show our support for young people and let them know that the community supports them," said Supervisor John Leopold in a statement. "We want to tell LGBT youth that they are important members of our community and we want them to have great success in life."

[sasquatch]

Leading from behind??

[Sender]

There are more letters than that in some places. People so confused that they are asexual or omnisexual or who have always thought they were born a squirrel trapped in an alien pod body.

[rfreedom4u]

16th annual Queer Youth Leadership Awards

Soooo...when is the Annual Straight Youth Leadership Awards?

[Vaduz]

No wonder they have earthquakes,it’s earths way of telling them get off of me.