D'Angelo Keyes, who was a member of Youth Pride Center ( YPC, which focuses on LGBT teens and young adults of color ) when he lived in Chicago, has won the Collin Higgins Youth Courage Award.
Youth Courage Award recipients receive a grant of $10,000 and will be honored at The Trevor Project Gala in New York City June 28, 2011. The awardees will also receive an all-expense-paid trip to attend the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, presented by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in February.
Keyeswho is currently an activist in Philadelphia dedicated to providing education and working to break down stigma with LGBTQ youthis the second YPC-connected award recipient in three years. Perre Shelton, a student at Harold Washington College, won the honor in 2008.