🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️Uplifting LI's LGBTQ+ Community since 1993!✨
In 1993, Long Island Crisis Center started Pride for Youth at a time when support and outreach to LGBTQ+ youth on Long Island was virtually non-existent. Pride for Youth has grown to encompass multiple services addressing many of the needs of LGBTQ+ youth and their families. Pride for Youth created the Coffeehouse program in 1995 – the first suburban coffeehouse for LGBTQ+ youth in the country. We began airing public service announcements on MTV in the mid 90’s - one of the first mass media outreach strategies for LGBTQ+ youth nationwide. In 2001, Pride for Youth launched an action research project, which documented that 94% of Long Island students are exposed to homophobia in their schools and one in ten have been victimized because of their perceived sexual orientation. With the new millennium’s startling HIV resurgence among young gay and bisexual men of color, Pride for Youth led the way to building a healthier generation of young people through its culturally-sensitive Young Men’s Program, initiated in 2003
Pride for Youth seeded and stewarded Gay-Straight Alliances in several high-need Nassau County school districts from 2004 through the present. In 2006, working with corporate partners such as CMP Media, Pride for Youth launched an employment mentoring program for LGBTQ youth. In 2009, transgender teens found their own place to share their specific concerns and build pride through Pride for Youth’s Trans Support Group. In 2014, PFY implemented Long Island's first and only CBO based PrEP/PEP program, expanding this program to Queens in 2015.
12/02/2025
PFY is participating in today! is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world! Today is your chance to support PFY, a non-partisan charity that addresses the needs of the LGBTQ+ community! Please consider making a donation today at https://tinyurl.com/pfygivingtuesday
¡PFY está participando en hoy! es un movimiento global de generosidad que desata el poder de las personas y organizaciones para transformar sus comunidades y el mundo. ¡Hoy es tu oportunidad de apoyar a PFY, una organización benéfica no partidista que atiende las necesidades de la comunidad LGBTQ+! Por favor, considera hacer una donación hoy en https://tinyurl.com/pfygivingtuesdayhttps://tinyurl.com/pfygivingtuesday
12/01/2025
❤️❤️ PFY is here honoring World AIDS Day with incredible organizations across Suffolk County
The powerful stories shared today remind us we are not alone.
DM us, stop by, or call us to get connected to FREE PrEP, PEP, HIV care, testing, condoms, l**e, and community ❤️❤️
12/01/2025
Tis the season of giving🎄🎁🍗
PFY at Bellmore would like to let our community know that both our food and toiletries pantries are open and freshly stocked! 🩵🩷💜
All joy and love to those who have donated to our cause. Without you, we cannot continue the good and necessary work we do. ❤️🖤💚
12/01/2025
🕰️✨ PEP can’t “wait a clock tick”! ✨🕰️
Just like in Wicked, timing changes everything - and when it comes to HIV prevention, every moment counts.
PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) can prevent HIV after a potential exposure, but you must start it within 72 hours - and it’s most effective within the first 36.
This isn’t something to put off until tomorrow. If you think you’ve been exposed, act now.
📞 Call PFY at (516) 679-9000 to complete a FREE PEP screening. Our team will help you assess your risk - and if you meet the requirements, we can even go with you to get PEP.
⏱️ Outside of PFY’s business hours? Head to your local emergency room and ask for HIV PEP.
Your health is too important to wait another tick. 💚🖤
12/01/2025
World AIDS Day is today!! We've made breakthroughs in treatment, identification, and continued care. In spite of funding cuts and social approval, we have progressed in treatment and support. Our resilience is undeniable, and we are honored to support our community. We continue to offer connection to our HIV/syphilis testing throughout the week at both of our sites.
HIV IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE. HIV IS NOT A GAY DISEASE. HIV ENDS WITH ME.
You can live a wonderful life after getting diagnosed, and treatments today are covered by insurance or are covered by state programs in NY to keep HIV-positive people healthy regardless of their residency and immigration status. This is all done to keep loved ones healthy and stable so they can have minimal change to their lives.
¡El Día Mundial del SIDA es hoy! Hemos logrado avances en el tratamiento, la identificación y el cuidado continuo. A pesar de los recortes de financiación y la aprobación social, hemos progresado en el tratamiento y el apoyo. Nuestra resiliencia es innegable, y nos sentimos honrados de apoyar a nuestra comunidad. Seguimos ofreciendo acceso a nuestras pruebas de VIH/sífilis durante toda la semana en ambos de nuestros sitios.
Puedes vivir una vida maravillosa después de ser diagnosticado, y los tratamientos hoy en día están cubiertos por el seguro o por programas estatales en NY para mantener a las personas VIH positivas saludables, independientemente de su residencia y estatus migratorio. Todo esto se hace para mantener a los seres queridos sanos y estables, para que puedan tener un cambio mínimo en sus vidas.
12/01/2025
🎉☃️ Bring a friend, make a friend at Coffeehouse Suffolk every Friday 7pm-11:30pm! We have lots of activities planned so don’t miss out! Open to + youth & allies ages 13-20 ❄️🏂
12/01/2025
🎉☃️ Bring a friend, make a friend at Coffeehouse Suffolk every Friday 7pm-11:30pm! We have lots of activities planned so don’t miss out! Open to LGBTQ+ youth & allies ages 13-20 ❄️🏂
12/01/2025
Mpowervida Suffolk Eventos de el mes 🎄🎅
12/01/2025
Mpowerment Suffolk Event of the month 💕🧚
12/01/2025
Did you know PFY’s Out & About Mobile Testing Unit is parked outside all our events? 🎉🚐
Even if you’re not in a party mood, you can swing by for quick, confidential HIV & Syphilis testing and get your status updated on the spot.
Can’t fit testing into your schedule? No problem - PFY can come to YOU.
🏡 Home
🏢 Work
🏘️ Community spaces
We’re breaking down barriers and making knowing your status easier, faster, and more accessible than ever.
💬 DM us to find out more or to schedule a visit!
12/01/2025
Ruby Red Ball 🌹 is happening now at Lizard Lounge 🔥 Come party with us!
12/01/2025
✨🎉 The Ruby Red Ball🎉✨
Doors are NOW OPEN and the party is just getting started here at Lizard Lounge (aka Circus Bar in Bohemia) - and you do not want to miss this energy! 🔥❤️🔥
💃 Free performances all night
🎁 Free prizes & giveaways
🧪 Free HIV & Syphilis testing
💊 Free PrEP & PEP screenings
✨ Entry is FREE - stay as long as you like!
Help PFY bring the ballroom back to Suffolk County and observe World AIDS Day with our community!
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In 1993, Long Island Crisis Center started Pride for Youth at a time when support and outreach to LGBTQ youth on Long Island were virtually non-existent. Pride for Youth has grown to encompass multiple services addressing many of the needs of LGBTQ youth and their families.
Pride for Youth created the Coffeehouse program in 1995 – the first suburban coffeehouse for LGBTQ youth in the country.
We began airing public service announcements on MTV in the mid 90s – one of the first mass media outreach strategies for LGBTQ youth nationwide.
In 2001, Pride for Youth launched an action research project, which documented that 94% of Long Island students are exposed to homophobia in their schools and one in ten have been victimized because of their perceived sexual orientation.
With the new millennium’s startling HIV resurgence among young gay and bisexual men of color, Pride for Youth led the way to build a healthier generation of young people through its culturally-sensitive Young Men’s Program, initiated in 2003
Pride for Youth seeded and stewarded Gay-Straight Alliances in several high-need Nassau County school districts from 2004 through the present.
In 2006, working with corporate partners such as CMP Media, Pride for Youth launched an employment mentoring program for LGBTQ youth.
In 2009, transgender teens found their own place to share their specific concerns and build pride through Pride for Youth’s Trans Support Group, this group is later developed into TransAction.
In 2010, Pride for Youth launched the first and only chapter of Mpowerment on Long Island. The main objective of this program is to help young gay and bisexual men stay HIV and STI-free in the midst of the ongoing epidemic. This group later became the MpowermentLI Project with locations in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
In 2014, “Pride for Parents Night” began as a monthly educational and supportive space for parents and adult family members of LGBTQ-identified youth to come together and learn how to best support their children.
A support group for young gay and bisexual men, as well as transgender individuals living with HIV began in 2014. This group has developed into Mpower+, a space for individuals to speak openly about their status without the fear of stigma, and learn how to maintain their sexual health.
Pride for Youth began collaborating with Northwell Health in 2013 in order to launch multiple sexual health programs including in-house HIV testing, a comprehensive PrEP and PEP program, and the groundbreaking on-site sexual health medical services offered through Project PUSH.
2018 – PFY: Linda Leonard Center opens in Deer Park offering PFY’s life-saving services in Suffolk County. The site opened in July 2018, housing Suffolk based MpowermentLI and MpowerVIDA programs along with PrEP/PEP, HIV Testing, STI Screening and Counseling services.
