LGBT NETWORK – Be Yourself. Stay Healthy. Change The World.

Pride Patrol

Join Pride Patrol, a force of LGBT and allied community members whose goal is to promote visibility at our local school and library board meetings

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LI LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The mission of the Long Island LGBT Chamber of Commerce is to promote and foster growth for LGBT-affirming and welcoming businesses of all types and sizes, especially LGBT-owned businesses, through networking, education, and uniting the broader business community.

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LGBT Network Candidate Training Academy

RUN FOR YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND LIBRARY BOARDS Long Island and Queens need more parents, teachers, students and community members who can be the voice for equality, equity, safety, visibility and opportunity on our school and library boards! We need you to run. We need the real majority to be the voice for our youth and families!

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LGBT Network School District Ambassador

Visibility, education, opportunity, and safe schools are critical for our LGBTQ youth. Become an official LGBT Network School District Ambassador for your local community and school district and work together to ensure that every school has age-appropriate education about LGBTQ people, families and issues.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Served Since 1993

About The Network

The LGBT Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is a home and voice for LGBT people, their families, and support systems of Long Island and Queens. The LGBT Network’s community centers help LGBT people to be themselves, stay healthy, and change the world. Since 1993, the LGBT Network has been pioneering advocacy and social change to promote safe spaces where LGBT people live, learn, work, play, and pray.

Serving the Community

30+ Programs a Week

Hosting 30+ in-person and virtual programs a week to reach and impact all corners of the LGBT Community from Long Island, Queens, and beyond.

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Education & Anti-Bullying Programs

300+ Schools

Supporting youth and students in over 300+ school districts throughout Long Island, Queens and New York City.

Safe Schools

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LGBT/LGBT-friendly Affordable Senior Housing and Community Center

We are excited to announce that applications are now being accepted for the LGBT Network’s LGBT/LGBT Friendly Senior Housing, featuring 75 newly constructed affordable apartments for LGBT seniors ages 55 and above in Bay Shore, anchored by a brand new 8,000 square foot LGBT community center.

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Education & Anti-Bullying Programs

CONFERENCE EMPOWERS LGBTQ+ YOUTH TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Over 650 LGBTQ and allied students from across New York City and Long Island held the largest rally in the country to denounce Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay Bill” at the LGBT Network’s 26th Annual LGBT Youth Conference at Citi Field on March 16th. LGBTQ students, their allies, and local leaders showed support and solidarity, by proudly proclaiming and chanting “WE SAY GAY” so loud that it could be heard all the way down South.

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NEWS & MEDIA

WATCH NEWS12: LGBT Network President, David Kilmnick speaks with News12 about protests to ban LGBTQ books in Elwood School District.

“We can’t keep this bullying in the closet, you can’t keep LGBTQ in the closet,” said president of LGBT Network Dr. David Kilmnick. “Reading about this won’t make anyone LGBTQ – I thought we were way past that. What it will do is open up the eyes and see that we need to treat people fairly and equally.”

WATCH NEWS 12: LGBT Network President David Kilmnick leads protest outside Norwood Ave Elementary School

“They’re the ones indoctrinating our kids and our communities with hate and that is not OK and we’re not going to allow it,” says David Kilmnick, President of the LGBT

WATCH FOX 5 NEWS: Our President David Kilmnick Spoke With Fox 5 News On Anti-LGBT Graffiti Found In Long Island School District

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The LGBT Network relies on the support of their many volunteers to serve Long Island and Queens LGBT communities. As a volunteer, you will join the ranks of other kind, compassionate, generous, hardworking individuals who have affected tremendous and far-reaching change for our community.