QNEST

07/02/2026

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Month Recap
What an incredible month! Pride Month gave QNEST the opportunity to connect with our community and raise awareness about the urgent need for safe, affirming housing for LGBTQIA+ youth.
Throughout June, our volunteers tabled at events across the Greater Boston area, meeting thousands of people, sharing our mission, and connecting with folks who want to help make our first home a reality. Every conversation helped spread the word about the challenges LGBTQIA+ youth face when they experience family rejection and homelessness. 💛
One major highlight? Participating in the Guinness World Records event celebrating Boston's largest soccer ball! ⚽ We were honored to receive a FIFA soccer ball signed by the official Guinness World Record certifier.
🎉 Now, we're raffling off this one-of-a-kind signed soccer ball to celebrate Pride Month and support our mission! Every donation is an entry for your chance to win and helps QNEST create safe, supportive homes where LGBTQIA+ youth can thrive.
🎟️ Raffle Tickets:
2 tickets – $10
5 tickets – $20
50 tickets – $100
Simply go to qnest.org/donate to be entered into our raffle.
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, shared our story, volunteered, or donated. Together, we're building a future where every LGBTQIA+ young person has a safe place to call home. 🏳️‍🌈🏠

06/03/2026

This Pride Month, many LGBTQIA+ people continue to face discrimination, marginalization, and hate.

It's easy to feel powerless in the face of these challenges, but support comes in many forms. Shop at LGBTQIA+ owned businesses. Speak up for inclusion. Volunteer your time. Donate to LGBTQIA+ nonprofits working to create change.

At QNEST, we're building toward long-term, affirming housing for LGBTQIA+ teens who have experienced family rejection. Every act of support helps.

Small actions matter. Together, they create lasting change.

04/28/2026

Join us this Wednesday at 5:00 pm for Coping Through Books, a book discussion series Teen Central 700 Boylston St Boston. A cozy space to connect, share, and find comfort through stories. All teens welcome. See you there!

04/16/2026

Momentum is building at QNEST!
LGBTQIA+ teens need places where they can simply be themselves, no explanations, no performance, no fear. That’s what our peer support groups are becoming.

We’re growing. We’re now hosting regularly at BAGLY (next meeting: May 7) and expanding to new partners across Boston. On April 24, we’ll host a group with Boston GLASS, and on May 1, another at Children’s Services of Roxbury.

We’re also launching something we’re especially excited about: Coping Through Books, a new series with Boston Public Library Teen Central starting April 29. These are facilitated conversations inspired by LGBTQIA+ stories and themes, because sometimes the right book opens a door that nothing else can. Details are on our website.

As Pride Month approaches, we’ll also be part of upcoming community events - more to come soon.

These groups are how we show up now: building real connection and support while we raise funds to open our first home.

If this resonates, share QNEST with someone who should know about it. And if you’re able to give, every contribution - of any size - moves us closer to opening our doors.

Thank you for being part of this.

04/08/2026

Continuing our support groups!

04/03/2026

03/18/2026

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03/10/2026

Coro Allegro, Boston’s LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus led by David Hodgkins, presents And Still They Vanish, a powerful meditation on memory, identity, and injustice.

The program features a single work performed without intermission: Annelies by James Whitbourn, a moving oratorio based on The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Through Anne’s words, audiences bear witness to both unimaginable cruelty and enduring hope.

Soprano Sonja DuToit Tengblad takes on the role of Anne in this urgent and resonant performance, transforming testimony into an act of moral remembrance and resistance.

📅 March 15, 2026
📍 First Church in Cambridge

BOSTIX DEAL
Discounted tickets available.

03/04/2026

Thank you to Last Minute Productions for featuring us on their One Big Boat podcast!

QNEST founder, Sarela Bliman-Cohen, volunteers with various nonprofits in the Boston area. Through the years, she witnessed and learned of the challenges fac...

02/19/2026

We’re grateful to share that QNEST received a grant from the Boston Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA2S+ Advancement (MOLA).
This funding allows us to offer our peer support group at BAGLY's location in Boston.
The group is centered on:
• Exploring identity and self-expression
• Building healthy coping strategies
• Connecting with peers in a supportive space
• Celebrating q***r joy
For many LGBTQIA+ youth, safe spaces aren’t guaranteed. This grant helps ensure that access to community, affirmation, and belonging is.
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