Our Story

 

We started small. Just a few teenagers and parents noticing a lack of spaces available for LGBTQ+ teens. With help of local community members, they banded together to create the space they wanted to see in Gallatin Valley. With a lot of hard work, and a fair bit of paperwork, Pride House was born.

Pride House is a space for young people to gather safely to learn about LGBTQ+ identity, receive guidance, and relax. It is a youth-led, adult-supported space focused on education, resource gathering, safety, and acceptance… a space where young people can interact without fear of being outed or criticized. Safe, reasonable, and communal, Pride House is a home for LGBTQ+ young people to build a network of support.

We do this in the following ways:

  • Providing space for young people to be themselves and access appropriate supplies (food, company, quiet homework space, etc.)

  • Facilitating allyship through trainings and education

  • Supporting students in crisis with resources they may struggle to access (healthcare referrals, housing support, food insecurity, etc.)

  • Guiding community-building among the local LGBTQ+ young people

Our Mission

Pride House provides an affirming, youth-centered and youth-empowered space that allows LGBTQIA+ kids to grow and thrive in a supportive and compassionate enviroment

Non-Discrimination Statement

Pride House does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.

Pride House currently operates as an all-volunteer organization. If, in time, Pride House is operationally able to hire employees, we will operate as an equal-opportunity employer. We shall not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, Board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.

Further, Pride House celebrates safety, inclusivity, community, and growth as part of our lived values. We seek out the perspectives of a diverse pool of stakeholders and seek to include those perspectives in our planning and decision-making. Recognizing our continual capacity for learning and growth, we welcome  new and different lived experiences into our community with a lens strictly on the safety of our volunteers and participants when addressing community concerns.