The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, known as BAGLY for short, is an organization for GLBT youth in the Boston-area. It was formed in 1980 after a number of youth broke off from the Committee for Gay Youth, due to disagreements with it's leadership.
BAGLY has meetings every Wednesday from 6:00-9:00pm at a Church near Beacon Hill.
BAGLY is free of sex, drugs, alcohol, violence, pressure, weapons, and harassment.

The Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association (MLGBA) at their 21st Annual Dinner on 5/5/2006, awarded BAGLY's founder and current Executive Director Grace Sterling Stowell the Gwen Bloomingdale Pioneer Spirit Award for her work with BAGLY over the last 25 years.

BAGLY Dances

BAGLY is well known among Boston-area GLBT youth for its dances. BAGLY hosts three dances a year centered around Halloween, Valentine's Day, and Boston's Youth Pride. BAGLY Prom is the most popular of BAGLY's dances and attracts thousands of GLBT youth to the state house every May.

Criticism

A small organized group of residents in Massachusetts with an anti-gay agenda, Article 8 Alliance ,is critical of any state funding going to organizations that support Massachusetts' gay citizens. BAGLY is an organization they target using this criticism.

External links

Official Website

Article on BAGLY

Article 8's Critism of the BAGLY prom

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