Best Practices for Youth Friendly Clinical Services (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
This paper provides research-based information on youth friendly clinical services – specifically for family planning clinicians and other professionals who provide health care for youth – and offers an overview of the recent medical and public health literature regarding key components of youth friendly clinical services. It addresses confidentiality, respectful treatment, integrated services, culturally appropriate care, free or low cost services, and easy access.

Serving Youth of Color (Transitions) (Order publication - see order form for pricing)
This publication compiles information about issues faced by youth of color, including HIV-positive youth and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth of color. It considers how concepts of masculinity contribute to young men's sexual risk behaviors and their problems in intimate relationships. It discusses the interplay of cultural competence and social justice and how to create culturally relevant programs. It discusses barriers to health care and arts programs that promote young people's sexual health and provides links to national and online resources.

Tips and Strategies for Addressing Harassment  (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
Provides solutions for youth-serving professionals to stop verbal and physical harassment, especially of GLBTQ youth.

Tips and Strategies for Creating a Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
Creating a “safe space” is vital to working with GLBTQ youth. This document provides recommendations toward creating a safe space, including creating a declaration of values, empowering youth to ask difficult questions, dealing with hostile or exclusionary behavior if it arises, and dealing with outside organizations such as funders and other youth-serving organizations.

Tips and Strategies for Creating Inclusive Programs  (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
Whether or not you know of any GLBTQ youth in your program, it is essential to create a safe space for young people who are, who believe that they might be, or who have friends or family members who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or questioning. This document provides guidance for creating programs that are inclusive of GLBTQ people and sensitive to GLBTQ issues.

Tips and Strategies for Meeting the Needs of GLBTQ Youth of Color  (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
GLBTQ youth of color face stigma related both to race/ethnicity and to sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Most models of homosexual identity development are based on the experiences of white, middle- and upper-middle class lesbians and gays; while programs for youth of color may not yet acknowledge the presence and needs of GLBTQ youth among those they serve. This document provides strategies for effectively meeting the needs of GLBTQ youth of color.

Tips and Strategies for Meeting the Needs of Transgender Youth  (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
In recent years, many programs for GLBTQ youth have witnessed an increased presence of youth who self-identify as transgender. Transgender youth are increasingly claiming their right to define and express themselves in new ways. These new ways include—but are not limited to—hormone treatment, gender reassignment surgery, name change, and cross-living. Respecting transgender youth means taking responsibility for providing them with a safe and supportive environment. These tips can help youth-serving professionals support the healthy development of transgender youth.

Tips and Strategies for Taking Steps to Cultural Fairness  (From Research to Practice) (available online only)
Understanding cultural differences and striving for cultural competency are vital skills for youth serving professionals. This document provides steps for assessing one’s own cultural influences and biases, and provides tips for dealing with all people of different cultural backgrounds and specifically for working with GLBTQ youth.

Working with GLBTQ Youth  (Transitions) (Order publication - see order form for pricing)
The June 2002 issue of Transitions offers factual information about the lives of and risks to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLTBQ) youth, as well as personal observations of young activists in the field. It provides criteria for successfully serving GLBTQ youth, GLBTQ youth of color, HIV-positive youth, transgender youth, and young people who question their sexual orientation.

A Youth Leader's Guide to Building Cultural Competence (Report) (Order publication - $10.00)
This resource is designed to help youth leaders meet one of the most difficult challenges of sexuality education in general, and of HIV/AIDS education in particular: working with teens and families who come from backgrounds that are different from your own and from each other's. Those differences can be related to any number of factors, including race or ethnicity, socioeconomic class, religion, gender and sexual orientation. This manual provides a four-step model for working effectively and respectfully with youth from a variety of backgrounds.