Jqyouth

jqy supports and empowers lgbtq children, teens and young adults in the jewish community, with a special focus on those from orthodox, chassidic, and sephardi/mizrachi homes. jqy promotes the mental health, emotional well-being and physical safety of these individuals by providing national crisis, communal, and advocacy resources, as well as in-person support programming in new york. we envision a reality in which lgbtq youth from all jewish communities have access to resources that allow them to feel safe, welcomed, and celebrated. we dream of a world where no young person, regardless of the religious affiliation of their upbringing, suffers from rejection, isolation, or shame.