Gay Lesbian Youth Services of Southeast Minnesota Welcomes you to our web site.

GLYS has been supporting the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth of Southeastern Minnesota since 1992 in a confidential and nonjudgmental atmosphere that allows them to be themselves. The youth come from Lanesboro, Spring Valley, Zumbrota, Lake City, Plainview, Saint Charles, Winona, Cannon Falls, Stewartville as well as Rochester.

While the main object of GLYS is to provide support we have other activities such as volleyball, picnics, dances, bowling, coffee night, game board night and movie night.

Check out the links and news & events pages for scholarship and upcoming Q-Quest conference information.


"GLYS has provided me with a sense of Communuty; a pride that comes from knowing I am not the only gay youth out there."


"to be open and free with other teens is the same as discovering life"


Love & Lies by Ellen Wittlinger Marisol Guzman returns in this companion novel to Hard Love, a 2000 Lambda Literary Award winner and a Michael L. Printz Honor Award winner. In the year before starting college, Marisol wants two things: to write a novel and to fall in love. Can she make it happen?

Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Education and Confronting Homophobia
edited by Frances Rooney A remarkable range of social, cultural, economic and racial backgrounds are represented and a wide spectrum of gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, transsexual, and questioning experiences are presented in this collection of 20 stories.

Absolutely, Positively Not Written by David LaRochelle
David LaRochelle's first novel is a riotously funny look at the life of a regular boy who's fnding out what it takes to be a real man.


Aug. 28, 2010: La Crosse, WI Pride La Crosse Pride takes place at the Southside Fest Grounds. Our theme is "One Heart, One World, One Pride." Come join us for a celebration of our community. $5 advance tickets & $10 at the gate. For more info goto: http://www.7riverslgbt.org/lacrossepride/index.html

Sat, Sept. 4 & Sun, Sept. 05, 2010: Duluth Superior Pride! Duluth Pride kicks-off Thur, Sept. 2 at the Mayor's Reception. Fri, Sept. 3: Poetry Slam. For more info: http://www.dspride.com/

Thursday Nights
The GLYS support and discussion group meets each week, Thursday evenings from 5pm to 7pm at 1500 First Avenue NE.

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