All the happenings of 2020 at Advocates for Youth!

This Toolkit highlights challenges faced by LGBTQ youth, offers insight on how they thrive, and enhances the awareness among healthcare staff, educators, and additional youth-serving professionals about the existing disparities in order to provide safer spaces.

PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. It is an HIV prevention method in which young people that are not living with HIV take medicine on a daily basis to reduce their potential exposure to HIV.

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD), annually on April 10th is a day to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people.

HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It is the virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), if not treated. HIV attacks the body’s immune system, specifically CD4 cells (aka T cells), which help the immune system fight off infections.

Bills which prohibit gender affirming medications to minors are not based in concern for child welfare, but rather in fearmongering and transphobia.

The majority of states – thirty-six as of June 2019 – currently enforce laws that require a young person to notify or obtain consent from one or both parents before they can receive abortion care.

Also known as the Health Care Rights Law, Section 1557 is a part of the Affordable Care Act that protects people, including LGBTQ youth, from discrimination.

A Resource for Trans Muslim Youth

The new Youth Activist Toolkit was developed with youth writers and activists to be a detailed guide to help young people develop a plan, organize a coalition, and define and implement strategies to achieve measurable social impact goals.

Questioning your sexuality can be difficult to navigate as a young Muslim. This resource is for young Muslims who want support around their various complicated identities, from religion to sexual orientation and gender identity.