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The article tells about 2 trans-students conflict in using their bathroom of choice. 1 of the students was nearly expelled for using a bathroom that may not have lined up with her biology.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2011/11/transgender-students-in-colorado-warned-not-to-use-restrooms/
Slowly schools are trying to incorporate a more LGBT positive message. Unfortunately, the message has not reached far enough to help trans-youth.
At my university, each dorm has a gender neutral restroom specifically for this reason. A trans-student can use one of these restrooms free from judgment. And besides, who doesn’t mind a single …
Hello Everyone!
I am a new member of Youth Resource!
I had a great time at the Urban Retreat in DC and I am pumped to be working with my peers and the rest of the advocates staff.
Don’t ever be scared to SHINE!
-Shaily…
"Be yeast and rise and expand the world that you are in," Deb Hauser the Executive Vice President and incoming Executive Director of Advocates for Youth stirred the crowd this rainy morning here at the Washington Court Hotel as youth from across the world gather…
The Urban Retreat 2011 is open and in full effect! All of the groups, Youth Resource, Young Women of Color Leadership Council, CAMI: SC, FL, OH, TX; Campus Organizers; Contraceptive Access; IYLC, iYSO, and iGLBTQ… Deb has said hi, three amazing youth brought hellos …
At Advocates for Youth I had the wonderful opportunity and honor to help the Elton John AIDS Foundation organize 250 LGBT youth and their allies from 20 different organizations around the New York and New Jersey area to attend the hit Broadway play, The Normal Heart. The play, written by Larry Kramer, chronicles the rise of the AIDS crisis in the 80s specifically in New York. Though the Broadway play has ended just yesterday I recommend anyone and everyone to go see this intense, emotionally-moving performance when it hopefully …
I’m extremely excited to be able to share some of WV FREE’s (a reproductive justice organization in West Virginia) new youth resources on Amplify’s blog. With so much misinformation, outright lies and superstitions surrounding sexuality and safe sex, WV FREE has decided to devote our new mini-site www.wvfree.org/getaplan entirely to reproductive health & options for teens in West Virginia.
On our “Get a Plan” page you’ll find accurate information about safe sex, contraceptive effectiveness, and a full-range of pregnancy options.
The next page, “Know Your Rights, Know the Facts” …
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