[1] SOY gets support and involvement from local youth and adults that volunteer their time to help improve each other’s lives.
SOY’s main focus points are helping the youth create healthy arts, recreational spaces, culture, supportive housing, and employment.
After conducting a six-month study to determine the needs of the queer community, the Supporting Our Youth project was launched in April 1998.
[3] As well, SOY offers a Monday Night Drop In for social activities; the Bill 7 Award, an academic scholarship for LGBTQ university students; Click, a mentoring program;[7] Shift, a photography project; Fruit Loopz, a youth-oriented arts and music event held at Buddies in Bad Times as part of Toronto's Pride Week;[8][9] and the Pride Prom, held in conjunction with the Triangle Program as an annual prom for LGBT high school students.
[10] The group was consulted in the creation of Sprott House, Toronto's first dedicated homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth.