Note: This holiday season, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift guide, we’ll be featuring a different LGBT organization each day for our “30 Days Of LGBT Giving.” Check back tomorrow for a look at another incredible group that’s working tirelessly on behalf of the LGBT community.

In the summer of 1980, a group of LGBTQ youth saw a need for a support and social group that would be run by youth and for the youth and they started BAGLY — The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth — which has been serving greater Boston’s LGBTQ community for more than three decades.

Today, BAGLY continues to be youth-led with support from encouraging, affirming adults, and is Massachusetts’ oldest LGBT organization and one of the nation’s longest running, as well. The organization provides a variety of services and programs, some of which include leadership development opportunities, through its highly involved Youth Leadership Committee, and health awareness and risk reduction groups. BAGLY also operates a clinic that provides HIV, hepatitis and STD tests two days a week.

“Without BAGLY, I don’t know how I would be today,” said Dishon Liang, a member of the group since 2002. “BAGLY had such a huge impact in everything. BAGLY is what got me learning about safer sex and learning about HIV and learning about STDs. It was so a part of my life that all my friends were a lot like a family so that would be like saying, ‘How would I be like without my family?'”

Want to learn more about BAGLY and how you can help out? Check out their website and visit them on Facebook and on Twitter @BAGLYinc.

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  • Family Equality Council

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/family-equality-council-30-days-of-giving_n_2199307.html”>You can learn more about them here. </a>

  • Gay Men’s Health Crisis

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/gay-mens-health-crisis-new-york-city_n_2200414.html”>You can read more about them here.</a>

  • Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/gay-and-lesbian-victory-fund-and-institute_n_2204946.html”>You can learn more about this great organization here. </a>

  • The Trevor Project

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/the-trevor-project-holiday-giving_n_2206659.html”>You can learn more about this amazing organization here.</a>

  • New Alternatives

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/new-alternatives-new-york-city-lgbt_n_2205671.html”>Learn more about them and how to get involved here.</a>

  • Howard Brown Health Center

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/howard-brown-health-center-chicago-lgbt_n_2219881.html”>You can learn more about this organization and how to get involved here. </a>

  • National Center for Transgender Equality

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/national-center-for-transgender-equality-donations_n_2213750.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Learn more about the National Center for Transgender Equality and how you can help. </a>

  • Ali Forney Center

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/07/ali-forney-center-holiday-giving-homeless-lgbt-youth_n_2205215.html”>To read about the Ali Forney Center and how you can help, click here.</a>

  • PFLAG National

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/08/parents-families-and-friends-of-lesbians-and-gays-lgbt-giving_n_2205991.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Learn more about PFLAG National by clicking here and see how you can help. </a>

  • Services & Advocacy For GLBT Elders (SAGE)

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/services-and-advocacy-for-glbt-elders-holiday-giving_n_2231741.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Learn more about this great organization by clicking here.</a>

  • The Family Acceptance Project

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/family-acceptance-project-lgbt-families-holiday-giving_n_2212615.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Learn more about this wonderful organization by clicking here. </a>

  • Center on Halsted

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/12/center-on-halsted-chicago-lgbt-community-center-donations_n_2219246.html”>Read more about the Center on Halsted in Chicago. </a>

  • GroundSpark

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/groundspark-films-san-francisco-donations_n_2211923.html”>Click here to learn more about GroundSpark. </a>

  • The Montrose Center

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/17/the-montrose-center-houston-texas-lgbt-holiday-giving_n_2232064.html”>Click here to learn more about this amazing organization in Houston. </a>

  • GSA Network

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/gay-straight-alliance-network-lgbt-schools-donations_n_2293316.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>To learn more about the wonderful GSA Network, click here. </a>

  • Whitman-Walker Health

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/whitman-walker-health-clinic-center-lgbt-donations_n_2294118.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Click here to learn more about this amazing organization in our nation’s capitol. </a>

  • API Equality

    <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/asian-pacific-islander-equality-lgbt-donations_n_2295105.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices”>Find out more about this amazing organization by clicking here. </a>

  • Lost-N-Found Youth, Inc.

    Find out more about this organization by <a href=”http://www.lost-n-found.org/”>clicking here.</a>

  • OutServe-SLDN

    Find out more about this organization by <a href=”http://www.sldn.org”>clicking here.</a>

  • Affirmations LGBT Center In Detroit, Mich.

    For more information about this organization and how you can help, <a href=”http://www.goaffirmations.org”>click here.</a>

  • Kulia Na Mamo Transgender Organization

    For more information on this organization, <a href=”http://kulianamamo.org”>click here.</a>

  • The Pride Center

    For more information on this organization, <a href=”http://www.pridecenterflorida.org”>click here.</a>

  • OUTreach Resource Center

    For more information on this organization, <a href=”http://www.ogdenoutreach.org”>click here.</a>