FPY supports LGBTQ youth and encourages its partners to include recognition and awareness of issues that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in programs for youth.

Here are some local LGBT resources:

Equality Fairfax
Works to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the county of Fairfax, Virginia.
Contact:
http://www.equalityfairfax.org/about/

GLSEN – Northern Virginia
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.
Contact: Info@GLSENNorthernVirginia.org
http://chapters.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/northernva/home.html

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Resources, George Mason University
Contact: Ric Chollar, 703-993-2702, rchollar@gmu.edu
http://lgbtq.gmu.edu/

Orion Program
The ORION Program provides sustained peer-led and peer-facilitated HIV and STD prevention education and outreach to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth. ORION works with teens to develop peer group norms which support healthy behaviors and ultimately decrease participants' risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Contact: Ignacio Aguirre,703-533-5505 x25, iaguirre@novam.org