“It’s great to meet other people who are like you, so you don’t feel as alone. And it’s nice to have a place where you feel like you belong, especially being in a marginalized community,” Ayden said. I’m very, very excited because I’ve met a lot of wonderful people through this program. I’m also staying on for next year, so I will be doing the same thing next June. “It’s the first year that this has happened. Photo by Joanne Beck.Īyden Carlson admitted to being pretty excited Thursday, minutes before speeches, proclamations, brief history lessons and a flag-raising ceremony to kick off PRIDE Month.Īyden, a soon-to-be senior at Batavia High School, is the game coordinator and a youth leader for the LGBTQ outreach agency GLOW OUT and the youth league ACT OUT, which is part of new summer initiatives funded by the state Office of Mental Health, led by Executive Director Sara Vacin. Genesee County Legislative Chair Shelley Stein, center, presents a proclamation for PRIDE Month to Ayden Carlson, a junior at Batavia High School, during a flag-raising event to kick off the month Thursday at the War Memorial in Batavia.
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