Transgender youth articles
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Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker had given him just two hours to pack his bags before they drove into the night from a short-term shelter in South Texas to a nondescript building in...
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A crisis call line run by Native youth, for Native youth
WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — Rosanna Jackson, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs here, counts herself as one of the resilient ones. Her childhood in the 1970s and 80s was tough. Home didn’t always feel like a safe place to be. There’s a stigma that leads to people “not talking about their […]
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Ghana Grows Programme empowers Ghanaian youth through Youth Policy Dialogue
In a remarkable display of youth leadership and engagement, the Ghana Grows Youth Policy Dialogue has empowered over 2,100 young voices – a blend of 200 in-person attendees and 2,000 virtual participants – from the community, district, and national levels across Ghana on Saturday, April 20 at the Ho Technical University. The Ghana Grows Programme […]