Youth Outlook

Youth Outlook provides safe, supportive and respectful environments for adolescents who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning (GLBTQ); through wellness education, leadership development, drop-in centers and community education in DuPage, Kane, and DeKalb, Illinois counties.

Drop In Centers in Naperville, DeKalb, Sterling & Aurora provide safe social settings for youth to meet weekly to support each other and discuss topics of interest to participants.

Youth Leadership Program provides opportunities to help run drop-in centers, assist with volunteer training, organize special projects, participate in community education and advise the agency board through the Youth Advisory Board.

Transcend, a weekly program for transgender youth, provides a forum to discuss issues such as gender identity, hormone injections, legal issues, etc.

Community Education on LGBT youth issues, development and current trends offered statewide