When I was in high school, growing up as a gay black man in the Boston area BAGLY was a place I would go to every week to hangout with LGBTQ youth and learn about the community I was becoming a part of.

They offered me and other LGBTQ youth invaluable resources like HIV testing, sexual health resources, an LGBTQ prom, counseling, and an affinity space every Wednesday.

BAGLY gave me a safe space to be queer and meet other people like me, some of which are my closest lifelong friends to this day!