The Downside Of Looking Older
Sexual harassment starts young. It’s hard being a teenage girl who looks older than she is. #MeToo
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Youth Radio Podcast: Healthcare
Young people are often thought of as the healthy ones, but healthcare matters to us too. Obviously!
Youth Radio Podcast: Abortion in Texas
In this week’s podcast, Maya Cueva travels to McAllen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley, to learn about what the only abortion clinic in the entire 1800 square mile region means for the community and activists on both sides of the abortion debate.
A Face to Face With Trans Teen Advocate Gavin Grimm
As it turns out, dealing with a nationally watched court case doesn’t mean you get to escape the normal stresses of being a teenager.
Youth Radio Podcast: Transgender Rights
In the podcast this week, we tackle the state of transgender rights. Where do we stand? What has changed? And how do young people feel about it?
Queer Students Open Up About Politics, Gender, Bathrooms
“It kind of brought back all the butterflies about using the bathroom period and kinda that feeling of nervousness about which bathroom do I use? How are people going to perceive me when I go there? That same kind of anxiety that leads me to avoiding the bathroom altogether.”
Transgender Law Center Talks Bathrooms, Title IX And Legal Updates
To help understand what kinds of legal protections trans and gender non-conforming youth currently have, we talked with Sasha Buchert, a staff attorney at the Transgender Law Center.
Meet Two Women Who Switched Sides in the Abortion Debate
Mercedes Soto, 32, is praying outside Whole Woman’s Health, in McAllen, Texas. It’s the last remaining abortion clinic in the…
Asthma as a Disability: A Family’s Struggle With Chronic Illness
About one in 12 Americans suffer from asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For black youth, that rate doubles to one in six. Diamond Eugene is more than just a statistic. This is her story.