Chad Leat is an active member of the LGBTQ community and is a passionate advocate. In addition, he is also a member of the board for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an organization that believes all young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment to achieve their full potential.
Created for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth between the ages of 13 and 24 and their families, the Hetrick-Martin Institute seeks to foster healthy youth development. The staffs of the Hetrick-Martin Institute seeks to promote excellence in the delivery of youth services and uses its expertise to create innovative programs that other organizations use as models.
The Hetrick-Martin Institute is proud to be the nation’s oldest and largest organization helping gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to reach their full potential. Emery Hetrick, a psychiatrist, and Doctor Damien Martin, a professor at New York University, established the Hetrick-Martin Institute in 1979, after learning the heart-breaking story of a homeless 15-year-old boy who had been beaten and thrown out of his emergency shelter because he was gay.
These pioneers were so moved by the boy's experience that they gathered a group of concerned adults and created what was originally called the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth (IPLGY) to assist young people in desperate need of support. In 1988, the organization was renamed the Hetrick-Martin Institute in honor of its founders and their lifelong commitment to service.
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