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Queer Prom 2025
May 3, 5:00-8:00 PM
Community Life Center
401 Bridge St, Salem
NAGLY is thrilled to be hosting its second Queer Prom for our LGBTQIA+ community! Ages 14-23 are welcome to attend. This will be a chance to celebrate a sense of togetherness and community, in a safe and inclusive setting.
Come walk the red carpet, get your professional photos taken, dance, enjoy performances by the Hometown Queeros, and of course food!
Formal attire is encouraged but not mandatory. Please see the guidelines on the signup page (linked below) to learn more.
You must register to attend. For more information and to register, click below.

The SCENE Program
SCENE: Space for Creative Exploration, Narrative, & Expression!
The SCENE program at NAGLY in Memory of Eric B. Frishman.
A 6-session workshop series, April 26-July
Select Saturdays from 4:00-6:00 PM
NAGLY Salem
Open to LGBTQIA+ youth ages 14-23
Each session will focus on the performing arts and with identified, paid youth leaders to maintain and run the program through summer.
Please click below for more information, exact dates, and to express your interested in participating.

New! STI/HIV/HCV Testing at NAGLY
For ages 14-23: First Tuesday of every month, 4:00-7:00 PM, NAGLY Salem
For all ages: Fourth Thursday of every month, 5:30-7:30 PM, NAGLY Salem.
NAGLY is partnering with ONESTOP, A North Shore Health Project Program, to provide free and confidential HIV/HCV/STI testing to both youth and adults in the community. Testing will be available on a drop-in basis.
For more information click below or email Tony@nagly.org or Husher@healthprojects.org.

New! Fashion & Textiles Club
Saturdays (starting May 24), 2:00-3:30 PM
NAGLY will provide the teaching and the materials. Participants will use sewing machines, practice hand sewing, and re-use and upcycle materials from our gender-affirming boutique. No experience is necessary.
Ages 11-23 are welcome.

Youth Film
Workshop Series
Mondays, May 5- August 4, 4:00-6:00 PM
NAGLY Salem
"Lights, Camera, Action" is a youth workshop that aims to introduce young participants to the fundamentals of filmmaking, from brainstorming and writing to filming and editing short films. Participants will learn essential skills, such as storyboarding, scriptwriting, camera techniques, and the process of creating a short film. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have developed a short film of their own, gaining hands-on experience in the world of film production.
Each session will be a different workshop! Check out the NAGLY Calendar for specific topics.
We are partnering with Peabody Access TV and will be using their equipment and their expertise!
If you can attend, please fill out the interest form linked below.

Photo Voice
Workshop Series
Tuesdays, May 6-June 24, 4:00-6:00 PM
NAGLY Salem
Photo Voice uses images as a tool to identify problems by posing meaningful questions in a community to find solutions. For NAGLY Youth, Youth will be tasked with the question:
What does Pride mean to you?
During this 6-week workshop series, you will be tasked with taking photos that activate your voice through photography! Each week we will go out in the community and take 5-6 photos. We will then come back as a group and discuss. By the end of this journey, each youth will choose one of their photos to get professionally printed and displayed both at NAGLY and other art galleries, if approved.
Open to LGBTQ+ youth ages 14-18
If interested, please RSVP below.

Baking Class
May 14, 5:00 PM
NAGLY Salem
Whether you're a novice baker eager to get started, an occasional baker trying to master a particular skill or recipe, or an experienced cook convinced you don't have what it takes to be a good baker, we're there for you. Two Desserts Baking is here to get you past the intimidating reputation and learn to love baking as much as we do!
Open to LGBTQ+ youth ages 11-23
Upcoming Events
- Make Up Night (Teen Group)Tue, Apr 29
- Drag Session: Rehearsal & PrepFri, May 02
- Transness in Horror (Transcendence)Fri, May 02
- Queer PromSat, May 03
- Mental Health: Coping StrategiesMon, May 05
- Sex Ed for Queer Teens (Teen Group)Tue, May 06
- Improv Night (Middle School Group)Mon, May 12
- Baking ClassWed, May 14
- Queer Adulting at the CastleTue, May 20
- Game Night (Teen Group)Tue, May 20
- NAGLY Is ClosedMon, May 26
- Movie Night (Transcendence)Fri, May 30
- Drag Session: PerformanceThu, Jun 05