Live Out Loud
Leo Preziosi Jr. is the founder and Executive Director of Live Out Loud, a nonprofit organization focused on improving the well-being of LGBTQ+ youth, a position held since January 2001. Prior to this, Leo Preziosi Jr. served as the Special Events & Marketing Manager at Felissimo from April 1994 to August 1999. Leo Preziosi Jr. holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design, having studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology from 1982 to 1984 and previously at LIU Post from 1980 to 1982.
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Live Out Loud
For 20 years, Live Out Loud has been in partnership with families, schools and communities to provide LGBTQ+ youth with resources, role models and opportunities to help them discover their own voice and become leaders of change. Live Out Loud’s Purpose • Help LGBTQ+ youth build healthy relationships, environment, family life. • Give a sense of hope that they can live happy, healthy, fulfilling lives. • Realize their goals: education, careers, personal relationships • Connect LGBTQ+ youth to their shared history, larger LGBTQ community, and connection of LGBTQ rights to wider human/civil rights. Who We Serve • LGBTQ+ youth & allied youth in middle & high schools, primarily in NYC. • In underserved communities where LGBTQ+ youth are most at-risk of being marginalized, discriminated against, and unsupported whether by their schools, families, or communities. • Adult LGBTQ community to help them connect to younger generation. • Teachers, counselors, and advisors in schools to reach LGBTQ+ youth. • Across the country, high school students through return of alumnae/i to share their stories.