   The American Pride Association was founded on June 1, 2011. The APA is committed in helping  LGBT youth who are struggeling with their sexual identity. We want to help the LGBT youth and  inform them that their lives matter. Not only are we concerned about their sexual identity,  but their overall health and knowing they are safe. We hope to encourage everyone to join  and make the public aware of the struggles LGBT youth face. Our other purposes are to advocate  equality and hope that someday it will become a reality for all LGBT's. Our social network is  important for anyone to join who care deeply about LGBT  people and hope to spread awareness.      P.R.I.D.E. Life is our organization that follows the same guidlines as our social network,  but our goal is to spread this organization across North America. We want to encourage and  help the LGBT in anyway and what we hope is that one day we can start a program called Youth  P.R.I.D.E. where this will help teens be able to help other teens. Youth P.R.I.D.E. will  be a huge part in school districts and hopefully this can become an important aspect of  decreasing the suicide rate among LGBT youth. Our goals are going to provide the most basic  support to our LGBT youth, but we hope to spread the word of acceptance along the way. If you  would like further information please go to .