Self-Made Men
“I just wanted to hurry my transition to male — forget that I was ever female and lose the transgender label all together.”
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Generation Lockdown: Growing Up In The Shadow of Gun Violence
Gun violence is in the national spotlight again in the wake of a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California yesterday. While mass shootings make up most of the headlines, Youth Radio’s Nila Venkat looks at the many other gun incidents fly under the national radar.
Teens And Guns In America
Explore Youth Radio’s special coverage of the impact of guns on the lives of teens.
Why I Stopped Playing Football
They had us constantly working: testing us on the playbook, running hour long agility drills and even quintupling our protein powder intake.
The Trade-offs I Made To Play High School Football
My dad was a wide receiver in high school. My older brother was MVP. And when I joined the team my freshman year, my teammates and coaches had high expectations. But my play was not MVP material.
The Real Teenage Dream: More Sleep
I have about four to five hours of homework a day, which generally leaves me five to six hours of sleep a night. It is nowhere close to enough.
Trans Teen Considers Future Fertility
Most healthy 18-year-olds out there don’t have to make major decisions about their future fertility. But as a transgender male about to start hormone therapy, Youth Radio’s Cole Carman found himself in that exact position. Cole shares his story, as one of the first transmale teens in the country to freeze his eggs pre-transition.
Teen Appeals to Father, “Stop Smoking For Me”
I always wondered if I wasn’t good enough for him to stop. Why he couldn’t he give it up for me? Finally, three years ago, my dad’s doctor told him he needed to quit or else.
I’m A 16-Year-Old Insomniac
When I lie down at night, my mind doesn’t feel like sleeping. Instead it wanders and I feel restless.