Transitions
Volume 14, No. 4, June
2002
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Table of Contents
This 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. It
addresses the chilling effect of abstinence-only-until-marriage education and
the need of lesbian and bisexual young women for access to emergency contraception.
Throughout the issue, GLBTQ youth give glimpses of their lives, perceptions,
personalities, and experiences.
Advocates for Youth's Online Interventions by Youth for Youth
- YouthResource (www.youthresource.com)
is created by and for GLBTQ youth ages 13 to 24 and takes a holistic
approach to sexual health by offering support, community, resources,
and peer-to-peer education about issues of concern to GLBTQ youth.
- Ambiente Joven (www.ambientejoven.org)
is a Web site for Latino/Latina YMSM and GLBTQ youth and provides
information on safer sex, HIV/AIDS, and mental and sexual health
through peer educators based in the United States and Latin America.
- MySistahs (www.mysistahs.org)
is created by and for young women of color and provides holistic
sexual health information.
Resources
- An Emergency
Option for Preventing Pregnancy after Sex. Advocates
for Youth, 2001.
- HIV/AIDS
and the Young African American Woman. Advocates for
Youth, 1999.
- Gelperin N. Teaching
with SEX, ETC.: Articles & Activities. Network for
Family Life Education, SEX, ETC., 2002.
- Young Women Who Have Sex with Women:
Falling through Cracks for Sexual Health Care. Advocates
for Youth, 2001.
- I Think
I Might Be Bisexual, Now What Do I Do? Advocates for
Youth, 2001.
- I Think I
Might Be Gay, Now What Do I Do? Advocates for Youth,
2001.
- I Think
I Might Be Lesbian, Now What Do I Do? Advocates for
Youth, 2001.
- I Think I Might Be Transgender, Now What Do I Do? Advocates for Youth, 2004.
- Resources
for Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Youth. Advocates for
Youth, 2001.
- Guide to Implementing TAP (Teens
for AIDS Prevention): A Peer Education Program to Prevent HIV
and STI. 2nd ed. Advocates for Youth, 2002.
Films
by Teens for Teens
Scenarios USA is
a program for teenagers to get them thinking about their choices and decisions
around important issues that affect their lives, such as HIV/AIDS, unwanted
pregnancy and violence. Teens, ages 12 to 22, address these issues by writing
stories for the Scenarios contest, What's the Real Deal.
Winners get to make their stories into short films in their hometown, working
with a professional filmmaker and crew. The finished products are high-quality
short films that educators can use to spark discussion on important issues.
The films have been shown on MTV, PBS and NBC affiliates, Oxygen, at film
festivals and on the Internet as well as on ABC's World News Tonight and
NPR's On the Media.
Scenarios USA introduces a new film in the series. Lipstick is
a story about a group of teenage best friends, the courage of one girl
to express who she is, and the struggle of another to accept and understand
difference. Together, the four friends confront fears and prejudice, and
friendship prevails. Lipstick deals forthrightly and understandingly
with sexual identity, self-expression, and acceptance.
Lipstick is available for purchase beginning mid-June 2002 for
$15.00. To order, contact Scenarios USA, 110 West 18th Street,
6th Floor, New York, NY 10011 or phone 646.230.7677.
Transitions (ISSN 1097-1254) © 2002, is a quarterly publication of Advocates for Youth—Helping young people make safe and responsible decisions about sex. For permission to reprint, contact Transitions' editor at 202.419.3420.
Editor: Sue Alford
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