Where LGBTQ+ Youth Thrive

OUT MetroWest builds communities where LGBTQ+ youth thrive. Our free programs connect LGBTQ+ youth with supportive peers and LGBTQ+ adult role models.

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Upcoming Community Events

Annual Birthday Party – March, 2025

Trivia Night & Spring Auction – April, 2025

More details and specific dates to be announced soon. To learn about sponsoring these events, email mel.pace@outmetrowest.org.

Our Youth Programs

Elementary Age Programs

Shine is our program for gender expansive young children, Pre-K through Grade 5.

Glow is our program for LGBTQ+ young children, Pre-K through Grade 5.

Please sign up for our newsletter to receive program times and location!

Middle School Age Programs

Umbrella is our program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning middle and high school youth. Schedule: Every Wednesday (except holidays), 6:45-8:30pm

Nexus is our program for LGBTQ+ middle school youth in grades 6 through 8. (Queer history fact: Nexus was the first community program specifically for LGBTQ+ middle school youth in Massachusetts!). Schedule: Every Tuesday (except holidays), 6:30-8pm

Drop-in is our unstructured program for LGBTQ+ middle school and high school youth. Join us for board games, music, books, movies, and videos in our center. Come hang out with friends and mentors! Schedule: Every program night, 6pm until the start of programs.

We host Satellite events for middle and high school age youth around MetroWest, in rotating locations. Please check out our calendar and join our newsletter for the most up to date information.

High School Age Programs

Umbrella is our program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning middle and high school youth. Schedule: Every Wednesday (except holidays), 6:45-8:30pm

Prism is our program for LGBTQ+ youth in grades 9 through 12. Schedule: Every Monday (except holidays), 6:45-8:30pm

Drop-in is our unstructured program for LGBTQ+ middle school and high school youth. Join us for board games, music, books, movies, and videos in our center. Come hang out with friends and mentors! Schedule: Every program night, 6pm until the start of programs.

We host Satellite events for middle and high school age youth around MetroWest, in rotating locations. Please check out our calendar and join our newsletter for the most up to date information.

Young Adult Programs

Nova is our monthly program for LGBTQ+ young adults ages 19-29.

Youth who attended programs at the high school age or younger are considered “Alums” of OUT MetroWest after high school. The Alum Program offers periodic events, in-person and virtually, to stay connected with your OUT MetroWest community.

December Newsletter: A glance back at our year

Dear OUT MetroWest community, As 2024 draws to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible impact we’ve made together this year for LGBTQ+ youth – and share my deep gratitude to each of you for the ways you show up for queer and trans young people every day.  Having […]

Year In Review, July 2023- June 2024

A Message from our New Executive Director Hello OUT MetroWest community, My name is Mel Pace (they/she), and I am thrilled to be OUT MetroWest’s new Executive Director! I joined the team in May 2024, just in time to connect with many of you at tabling events and speaking engagements during Pride month. In my […]

Come OUT and Celebrate with us on November 7th at Jack’s Abby in Framingham!

Get ready for a night of fun and inspiration! Enjoy a drag performance, music and dancing, a photo booth, raffle, and more. We hope you will join us this November and help us reach our goal of raising $150,000! ALL funds raised at this event go directly toward our life-changing LGBTQ+ youth programs – offered […]

We have LGBTQ+ youth covered – with YOUR support!

This past year, it hasn’t just rained; it’s poured. And though it has been one of the wettest years on record in Massachusetts, I’m not just talking about the weather–I’m talking about relentless attacks on the health, well-being, and mere existence of LGBTQ+ youth. We are all aware of the incomprehensible number of national- and […]

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