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Title: NAGLY provides gay teens with ways to get involved
Post by: Shana A on June 03, 2008, 06:31:02 AM
NAGLY provides gay teens with ways to get involved

By Thor Jourgensen / The Daily Item

http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2008/06/03/news/news04.txt (http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2008/06/03/news/news04.txt)

LYNN - Chris Peatridge was a student at Salem High School when he acknowledged his bisexuality and subsequently came out of the closet as a gay teenager.

The revelation cost him friends, but it also led him to the North Shore Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth. Like Peatridge, Jill Dion found a roomful of teens with stories similar to hers when she attended her first NAGLY meeting.

"It provides a safe, understanding environment. NAGLY is your stability," said Dion, a Lynn native who grew up in Peabody and Beverly.