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Advocates for Youth is a nonprofit organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., United States, dedicated to sexuality education, the prevention of HIV and of sexually transmitted disease, teenage pregnancy prevention, youth access to condoms and contraception (including emergency contraception), equality for LGBT youth, and youth participation.
Advocates for Youth, an online activism and resource portal for all youth, emphasizes initiatives for LGBT youth. [30] One of its segments is Youth Resource, a website "created by and for gay, lesbian, transgender, and questioning young people" which encourages online peer educators to create an inclusive space.
Advocates for Youth states on their website that a safe-space is "A place where anyone can relax and be fully self-expressed, without fear of being made to feel uncomfortable, unwelcome or challenged on account of biological sex, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, cultural background, age, or physical or mental ...
In 2017, Arshad was working at Advocates for Youth as their Associate Director for International Youth Health and Rights. [7] That same year, she launched the Muslim Youth Leadership Council, a support group for LGBT Muslim youth and their supporters. [6] She is the senior program manager for LGBT issues at Freedom House as of 2021. [11]
BAGLY provides a variety of weekly meetings and drop-in workshops to address the intersectional needs of youth in the Greater Boston area. [8] Meetings and workshops are held in the community center, which also serves as a safe place for LGBTQ+ youth to work on schoolwork, socialize, and relax.
A youth advocate is a person who acts in the best interests of the youth that they are working with. The overall purpose of a youth advocate is to ensure that youth maintain their human rights while aiding in skill development in all areas of life such as education, health, housing, employment, relationships, etc. A youth advocate aims to ...
NN4Y members work with their neighborhood youth, adults, associations, and regional and state networks of youth workers to provide street-based services, emergency shelter, transitional living programs, counseling, and social, health, educational and job-related services to over 2.5 million youth each year.
Advocates for Informed Choice, dba interACT or interACT Advocates for Intersex Youth, [3] is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advocating for the legal and human rights of children with intersex traits. The organization was founded in 2006 [4] and formally incorporated on April 12, 2010. [5]