A Pride Month Welcome from Preston
Dear PYC Friends, Happy Pride Month! Pride season is personal to each of us; it recognizes the urgency of our activism today while celebrating the beauty, strength, and love within ourselves and our journeys. I grew up in Lancaster County, in green hills and small towns steeped in the sweet […]
Preston Heldibridle Named Next Executive Director of PYC!
Dear Friends, I am thrilled to share that Preston Heldibridle will be the next Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Youth Congress. It has been the honor of my life to support our strong community advocacy work throughout the commonwealth these past ten years. We’ve helped empower hundreds of effective young […]
State LGBTQ Youth Organization Responds to Press Conference Attacking Transgender Children and Youth
The Real Story is the Growing Support and Understanding of Young Transgender Pennsylvanians HARRISBURG, Pa. — On Monday, April 5, 2021, five state Representatives will lead a press conference promoting their introduction of a dangerous bill targeting transgender children. The Pennsylvania Youth Congress unequivocally opposes this legislation, which would ban […]
Chyna Carrillo Murdered in New Wilmington
Young Transgender Woman of Color Killed in Western Pennsylvania, Assailant Shot and Killed by Police NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress mourns the death Chyna Carrillo, 24, in Lawrence County yesterday. The Pennsylvania State Police have released her name and a police report detailing more information this afternoon. […]
PYC Statement on Historic Nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine
President-Elect Joe Biden Nominates High-Level Out Transgender Public Official for Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress congratulates Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on her historic nomination to become Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Biden Administration. If […]
PYC Statement on the Insurrection in the US Capitol
Yesterday, insurrectionists incited by the President and spurred by legislators spreading false election fraud conspiracies broke past scant lines of police and smashed their way into the US Capitol building. The expressed purpose of the breach was not to simply occupy the building, but to stall proceedings, seize ballots, and […]
Gettysburg Unanimously Adopts an LGBTQ-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Ordinance
ICONIC AMERICAN TOWN IS THE NEXT PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY TO PROTECT LGBTQ PEOPLE GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress is thrilled to share that at their December 14, 2020 meeting, Gettysburg Borough Council unanimously voted to adopt an LGBTQ-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance. Gettysburg becomes the fourth small town PA community and […]
First-Ever Pennsylvania LGBTQ Legislative Agenda Released by PYC
PYC Issues a Bold Roadmap for LGBTQ Equality, Equity, and Inclusion for the General Assembly HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Youth Congress has released a first-ever statewide LGBTQ legislative agenda that calls for the enactment of over a dozen laws by the General Assembly. The organization will support the introduction […]
PYC Condemns Horrific Anti-LGBTQ Comments from Sullivan County School Board Member
School Board Member Compares an LGBTQ Educational Display to Holding a KKK Month or a White Supremacy Month LAPORTE, Pa. — During a Sullivan County School District meeting on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, school board member Timothy Nitcznski called for the removal of a display featuring LGBTQ pride flags defining […]