Our Vision:

See The +

We offer social and service programs that promote Self-Acceptance, Intentional Compassion, and Unconditional Leadership.

Our MissioN

Our Mission at OUTspoken Leaders is to serve, empower, and amplify the voices of all LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. We offer social and service programs that promote self-acceptance, intentional compassion, and unconditional leadership.

We envision a world where everybody can “See The +.” From our fist meeting in 2019, to every email we write, and every social media post we post one thing has always remained consistent. Any time we talk about the LGBTQ+ community, we make sure to include the + in LGBTQ+. At first, admittedly, there was no rhyme or reason to it, it was just what we did. Then in January 2019 we hosted a support group with the topic being “Explore the Plus.” During this meeting we talked about the evolution of the LGBTQ+ acronym, but one of the participants brought up something very interesting. We explored the concept of the acronym LGBTQ+ being all inclusive some day very soon. This conversation with a participant made us come back and meet with the board of directors and from that moment forward we have been intentional of including the +. We envision a world where everybody can come together as a human species and live their truest most authentic life without fear of judgement. We envision a world where everybody loves one another regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, nationality, etc. We envision a world where everybody can “See The +”

Our Partners

From our inception, we knew that we could only grow with the love and support of other organizations. Together with these organizations, we are able to keep serving the LGBTQ+ community

Our Impact

Since our beginning in October 2019 we had a dream of offering a weekly support group for the LGBTQ+ youth and young adults of Wheaton, Illinois. We quickly realized we were not dreaming big enough. We have since offered multiple support and discussion groups weekly, as well as becoming one of the only LGBTQ+ resources in Wheaton and surrounding Chicagoland suburbs.

Our Team

Our team from the people working day in and day out to our volunteers make all of this possible.

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