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- Growing American Youth is a social support organization for youth who live in or near St. Louis, Missouri, and who are 21 and under and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, or who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. Growing American Youth has been serving St. Louis area youth since 1979. The group meets Thursdays at 7 pm at Trinity Church, located at 600 N. Euclid Ave., and Tuesdays at 7 pm at the Youth in Need building in St.Charles, Missouri, located at 1815 Boone's Lick Rd. With adult supervision, attendees discuss various situations in their lives, topics in the news and government, self-acceptance, coming out, and getting along with peers. Not all of the conversations deal with LGBT issues; youth may ask for advice or bring up anything on their minds, or the advisors can suggest a topic for discussion. Straight allies are welcome to attend meetings and participate in discussions. Among other events, such as their New Year's Eve lock-ins and their annual GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Summit, the group organizes a yearly prom for youth who may not be able to go to or would rather not attend their regular high school prom due to problems with whom they want to bring or what they want to wear, or if they are having problems with fellow students at school . They are represented yearly at St. Louis PrideFest, with over 500 LGBT and allied young people marching in the 2012 parade. (en)
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- Growing American Youth is a social support organization for youth who live in or near St. Louis, Missouri, and who are 21 and under and identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, or who are questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. Growing American Youth has been serving St. Louis area youth since 1979. (en)
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