Overview
OUT MetroWest offers free programs for LGBTQ+ and allied youth ages pre-K through age 29. Our programs connect youth with supportive peers and LGBTQ+ adult role models. Our programs are held outside of school hours and provide social connection, emotional support, and resources that meet the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth. Youth may join our programs at any time during the year.
- Shine: our program for gender expansive children and their allies ages pre-K through grade 5
- Glow: our program for LGBTQ+ children and their allies ages pre-K through grade 5
- Drop-in: our casual ‘hangout’ time before structured* programs
- *Nexus: our structured program for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in grades 6-8
- *Umbrella: our trans-facilitated structured program for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning youth in grades 6-12
- *Prism: our flagship structured program, for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in grades 9-12
- Not-Just-a-Book Club: our youth-led ‘queer media’ club for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in grades 6-12
- Satellites: our same programs, located throughout MetroWest at partnered organizations for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in grades 6-12
- Nova: our program for LGBTQ+ young adults and their allies ages 19-29
You can access a calendar that lists our upcoming meetings and events on our calendar page.
Wellness Policy
- If you feel sick, OR have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for an illness (COVID, strep, the flu, even a common cold) in the last 5 days, please stay home! You are welcome to rejoin programs when you are no longer in a contagion window and feeling better.
- If you become sick within three days following participation in an OUT MetroWest program, please let us know (email programs@outmetrowest.org) as we will let others know that there may have been an exposure at a program. We will not share any identifying information about the youth who is sick, only that someone at the program was sick.
- If you want, a mask will be provided when you arrive.
