Transgender Youth

Giving Young People a Seat at the Table: The Advocates for Youth Experience

By NWHN Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | Comments Off on Giving Young People a Seat at the Table: The Advocates for Youth Experience

I became a part of the Advocates for Youth family when I was 16. Advocates had organized a lobby day in Montgomery (AL) to support changing the state’s homophobic sex education laws, and I was excited to lobby for the first time and tackle change in my home state.

Transgender Youth: Providing Medical Treatment for a Misunderstood Population

By NWHN Staff | Jul 24, 2015 | Comments Off on Transgender Youth: Providing Medical Treatment for a Misunderstood Population

Because of society’s lack of awareness of a simple, yet complex part of human identity — gender — transgender children and teens are deeply misunderstood.