Issues
Transgender Youth Health and Rights
Transphobia continues to be a dangerous reality in many states, with 26 states banning gender affirming care. Other states have laws in place that ban books, force teens to be outed to their parents against their will, and ban all mention of trans identity in schools. Advocates for Youth works directly with trans youth activists who are fighting for their rights and those of all gender expansive young people, and with educators and youth serving professionals working to create inclusive environments for trans young people.
Trans-Affirming Schools Project Resource Guide (TASP)
A guide for youth-serving adults in schools to help transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive young people find their way to safety, and hopefully to a joy-filled life.
Featured Campaigns
“I’m a Black and Puerto Rican, working in the deep south to make sure every trans and gender expansive person knows that joy is possible.”
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Support and Solidarity for Trans Youth
- I think I might Be LGBTQ
- Kikis with Louie
- Amaze – Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Policy Priorities
Advocates champions policies that expand protections, resources, and support for transgender young people, including working to stop the villainization of trans folks, reverse bans and criminalization of healthcare, and end attempts to drive transgender people out of public life.
Advocates for Youth fully supports trans young people’s right to participate in the sports and activities aligned with their gender identity. We have consistently fought back against federal efforts to ban the participation of transgender youth, especially women and girls, in sports.
For Adult Allies
Trans Affirming Schools Project (TASP)
The Trans Affirming Schools Project (TASP) is proud to offer a series of trainings to create safer schools! Finally Enough Love is a professional development series designed to build capacity for adults working with Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender-expansive (TNGE) youth in schools. Throughout four, 90-minute sessions, participants will learn foundational knowledge around identities, how to support TNGE youth in hostile learning environments, and practice using the TASP Resource Guide – a comprehensive, up-to-date tool for supporting TNGE youth. Contact us.
Queer and Gender Equity Project (QGEP)
The Queer and Gender Equity Project (QGEP) provides education, healthcare, and community-based organizations with education, research, professional training, and technical assistance to increase their support for LGBTQ youth of color and youth living with HIV. For more information contact Armonte Butler at [email protected].
The All Students Count Coalition
The All Students Count Coalition (ASCC) is a network of national, state, and community organizations led by Advocates for Youth. We believe in a world where all students have access to learning in welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environments that lead to academic success. By collecting data measuring aspects of young people’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE), state and local education agencies, along with their health and community partners, will be better positioned to build inclusive learning environments that offer school programming, policies, and systems inclusive of the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning (LGBTQ+) and nonbinary young people.
Featured Resources
Stand up for transgender youth and join youth activists and youth allies working to create a world that is just, safe, and healthy for all.
Rights, Respect, Responsibility, a K-12th Grade Comprehensive Sexuality Education Curriculum.
This K-12 comprehensive sex education curriculum is fully mapped to the National Sexuality Education Standards, covers all 16 topics deemed essential by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is LGBTQ-inclusive, trauma informed and culturally responsive. Over 13,000 educators have downloaded 3Rs. 3Rs has been adapted for use in 13 states and more than 500 school districts across the country, reaching millions of young people with sex education that meets the National Sexuality Education Standards.
Virtual PD
Virtual PD is a simulated environment (classroom, health care exam room and office) where professionals can practice with youth avatars using short scenarios and support from an instructional coach, so they can quickly learn and master the skills they need to be effective.
AMAZE
Advocates for Youth is the lead partner on AMAZE, a YouTube channel and educational website filled with short, animated videos and other resources designed to provide adolescents around the globe with medically accurate, age-appropriate, affirming, and honest sex education they can access directly online—regardless of where they live or what school they attend. AMAZE has 300+ videos on topics such as contraception, menstruation, deciding when/if to have sex, building healthy relationships, mental health and anxiety, and more common topics around puberty.
Trans-Affirming Schools Project Resource Guide
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Youth Abortion Support Collective
Youth Abortion Support Collective
A nationwide network of young people committed to being abortion access resources in their communities and supporting folks getting the care they need.
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The Busybodies Club
The Busybodies Club
Introducing The Busybodies Club: a national long-term campaign to educate young people on sexual health and reproductive rights topics.
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Save HIV Funding
Save HIV Funding
Advocates is one of many organizations working to ensure vital HIV funding isn’t cut from the federal budget.
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SexEducate Us
SexEducate Us
Sex Educate US is a grassroots movement of youth in Minnesota, Alabama, and Nevada advocating for accurate and inclusive sex education. Young people have the right to lead healthy lives. We need s…
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Route 2 Repro
Route 2 Repro
Youth activists in Brownsville, Texas, are working to fund fund a ride-share program that gives free transportation to clinics offering birth control, STI testing, prenatal care, and more.
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MuslimAnd
MuslimAnd
#MuslimAnd is a campaign that expands common ideas of who Muslims are in schools and communities, and on social media.
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Hope in a Box
Hope in a Box
We equip K-12 educators with LGBTQ-inclusive curricula, training, and mentorship. Together, we use literature to cultivate empathy and ensure every LGBTQ student feels safe, welcome, and included at s…
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NYHAAD
NYHAAD
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD) is commemorated annually on April 10th to urge policymakers and the public to take action regarding the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people.
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Young Women of Color Leadership Collective
Young Women of Color Leadership Collective
The YWOC Leadership Council is a powerful group of young women and nonbinary organizers of leading the fight to ensure reproductive freedom for all people.
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Youth Testify
Youth Testify
Youth Testify, a partnership between Advocates for Youth and We Testify, is a group of young people who share their abortion stories to fight for access, build empathy, and end stigma.
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Act Out
Act Out
A national network of young people fighting back against LGBTQ attacks.
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My Story Out Loud
My Story Out Loud
A digital storytelling project dedicated to uplifting the narratives of LGBTQ+ youth of color and young people living with HIV
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The Youth Activist Collective
The Youth Activist Collective
Youth Activist Collective is a network of thousands of young people across the country who advocate for inclusive sex education, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, & more. You can sign up at any time.
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Know Your IX
Know Your IX
Know Your IX is youth- and survivor-led project of Advocates for Youth empower students to end gender-based and sexual violence in schools.
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Free The Pill
Free The Pill
Youth activists are working so that all young people have affordable, accessible contraception.
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EC Access Network
EC Access Network
Join a national network of college students working to get young people the emergency contraception (EC) they need.
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Abortion on Campus
Abortion on Campus
Activists leading the Abortion On Campus project on their campuses host abortion speakouts, lead public education campaigns and work with campus, local, and state officials to strengthen young people’…
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The Condom Collective
The Condom Collective
Condom Collective members give out one million+ Trojan™ Condoms on college campuses across the United States.
