Victoria Pride Day Festival 2011

Janice and Carla, RCY staff, at the Representative for Children and Youth booth at the Victoria Pride festival, July 10, 2011.

The Representative for Children and Youth's booth at the Victoria Pride festival, July 2011, featured free face-painting for kids.

A little super-hero shows off his face-painting from the Representative for Children and Youth booth, at the Victoria Pride festival, July 2011.

Happy kids show off their new face-painting looks, courtesy of the Representative for Children and Youth booth, at the Victoria Pride Festival, July 2011.

RCY staff are all smiles at the 2011 Vancouver Pride Festival, July 31. Outreach at such events is an important part of the RCY's advocacy work with youth. GLBTQ youth are a particularly vulnerable group. The Adolescent Health Survey by McCreary Centre noted worrisome trends in the lives of both rural and urban GLBTQ youth, noting higher rates of suicide, abuse, harassment and discrimination than their heterosexual peers.