Want to – or are you already – get involved with creating positive change in some arena of sex, sexuality, sexual health, relationships or other related areas? We’ve been doing this a long time and are glad to share what we know with you about becoming or being an activist in this arena.
Activism
Articles and Advice in this area:
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- Heather Corinna
- s.e. smith
This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible. ― Angela Y. Davis Take your own safety and the safety of…
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- Sam Wall
Sometimes you meet an activist who is so dang cool you want to tell the whole world about it. We’re lucky to have two such folks who agreed to a Scarleteen interview: Luna Merbruja and Lexi Adist! Luna is the author of Trauma Queen, a member of the 2014 Trans 100 List, international performance…
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- Heather Corinna
Sade is 17 and works as a youth activist for YWCHAC, a program for and by young women of color that helps foster their development in advocacy training while providing them with the skills to be effective peer-educators to youth on the subject of sexual health. Their mission is to address the increasing rates of HIV infection in young women of color ages 13-24. I got the chance to ask Sade about what she does, why she does it, and what she thinks about some of the issues that impact HIV and young women.
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- Heather Corinna
Want to step up and start standing up for the issues most important to you? Here’s a few basics on how young activists can get started.
