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August 2007
YouthResource and GLBTQ Initiative e-News Update
Feature: Perpetual Fear - How Society Makes Queerphobia Acceptable and Everlasting
About a year a young man approached me at a conference for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth and their allies. While he wasn't much younger than me he freely admitted he was new to queer activism and had a lot to learn. But I understood his confusion at first encountering these complex issues. I realized the depth of his question and all of the ways in which an immediate "just because" wouldn't suffice. But I knew I had to answer reasonably and quickly in order to keep his interest. The short answer to his question was "it's theoretically all the same."; That is, homophobia and transphobia stem from the same source: the gender binary.
Continue reading this month's feature at http://www.youthresource.com/living/trans/queerphobia.htm.
Announcements
Creating Change is 20
That's right, it's that time again! The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Creating Change Conference is the nation's preeminent political, leadership and skills-building conference for the LGBT movement. During the past two decades, Creating Change has been the place where thousands of committed people have developed and honed their skills, celebrated victories, built community, and been inspired by visionaries of our and other movements for justice and equality.
Join the Task Force in celebrating 20 remarkable years of training activist leaders and nurturing community. The deadline for submission of workshop proposals September 30, 2007. The conference registration deadline is January 15, 2008.
LGBT YOUTH! SPEAK OUT ABOUT YOUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCES!
Help GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) inform education policymakers and the public about what's really going on in our nation's schools by completing the 2007 National School Climate Survey, GLSEN's fifth national survey about the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in school. The National School Climate Survey documents the problem of anti-LGBT bias in K-12 schools across the nation.
If you attended a U.S. high school or middle school sometime during the past school year (2006-2007) and are at least 13 years old, tell us about your experiences in school. (If you did not complete the entire school year you are still eligible.) The survey is completely anonymous.
For more info and to complete the survey online, visit: http://www.glsen.org/2007survey
Advocates Is Seeking an International Policy Manager
The International Policy Manager at Advocates for Youth promotes U.S. foreign policies that will improve adolescent access to comprehensive reproductive and sexual health information and services in developing countries. The Manager acts as the organization's voice on these issues on Capitol Hill and international agencies. The Manager develops policy and education materials for policy makers and the media.
For more information, please click here.
New Publications
The Facts--The History of Federal Abstinence-Only Funding
The Facts--The Truth About Abstinence-Only Programs
Policy Brief--Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs: Ineffective, Unethical, and Poor Public Health
Got questions about sexual orientation, gender identity, or sexual health?
Ask one of your peers!
Our online peer education program, YouthResource, offers peer-to-peer support. Through brief bios from peer educators of diverse backgrounds, Web site visitors can select an online peer educator that they would feel comfortable communicating with. Online peer educators answer questions posed by visitors and point them to appropriate resources but online peer educators do not provide medical advice.
Meet our 2007 Peer Educators...
Jesse, Johanna, Lauren, Marika, Michael, and Taryn
Visit http://www.youthresource.com/peer/index.htm to learn more about them.
You can help Advocates for Youth with a contribution today. To donate, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/donatetoday.htm
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