ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH

Serving Youth of Color
A Special Issue of Transitions

Volume 15, No. 3, January 2004

This issue of Transitions compiles information about issues faced by youth of color*, including HIV-positive youth and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (GLBTQ) youth of color. It considers how concepts of masculinity contribute to young men's sexual risk behaviors and their problems in intimate relationships. It discusses the interplay of cultural competence and social justice and how to create culturally relevant programs. It discusses barriers to health care and arts programs that promote young people's sexual health. Stories by youth of color underscore the importance of the Rights. Respect. Responsibility.^® paradigm, and a lesson plan provides opportunities for young people to improve communication skills related to sexual risk reduction. Finally, this issue provides links to national and online resources.

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Table of Contents

• Youth of Color—Rights. Respect. Responsibility.®: A Strategy to Promote Sexual Health
• Living with HIV
• Meeting the Special Needs of GLBTQ Youth of Color
• Masculinity—Contributing to Health Disparities for Young Men of Color
• Partner Communication
• Asian and Pacific Islander Youth: Diverse Voices, Common Challenges
• Latino Adolescents and HIV/AIDS
• Cultural Competence and Social Justice: A Partnership for Change
• Creating Culturally Competent Programs
• Barriers to Health Care for Youth of Color
• Innovative Strategies—Prevention through the Arts
• National Resources
• Lesson Plan—Negotiating Sexual Risk Reduction
• The Facts—Youth of Color—At Disproportionate Risk of Negative Sexual Health Outcomes
• Activist Youth Speak Out
  • The Badge of Activism, by Carlos, Peer Educator and State Organizer
  • D'Angelo's Story, by D'Angelo, Former Peer Educator with YouthHIV
  • Finding My Voice, by Megan, Online Peer Educator with MySistahs.org
  • My Honor Is to Serve, Chanel, Peer Educator, Advocates for Youth
  • Opening My Eyes and Questioning the American Dream, by Shajine, Member, Young Women of Color Leadership Council, Advocates for Youth

Youth of Color Projects of Advocates for Youth

• Spanish-Language Media Initiative—working with the Spanish-language entertainment industry to encourage the inclusion of sexual health messages into television programming
• AmbienteJoven (www.ambientejoven.org)—by and for Latino/Latina GLBT youth and for young men who have sex with men (YMSM)
• MySistahs (www.mysistahs.org)—by and for young African American/black, Latina/Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Native American women ages 13 to 24
• The Young Women of Color Leadership Council—diverse young women of color from across the United States coming together to fight the disproportionate affect of HIV/AIDS on their communities
• The Youth of Color Initiative—a partnership of Advocates for Youth and national minority organizations and their affiliates to provide technical assistance and training on HIV/STI and pregnancy prevention for youth of color.

* Throughout this issue, youth of color includes African Americans/blacks, Asian and Pacific Islanders (A&PI), Latinos/Hispanic youth, and Native Americans or American Indian/Alaska natives.

Transitions (ISSN 1097-1254) © 2004, is a quarterly publication of Advocates for Youth—Helping young people make safe and responsible decisions about sex. For permission to reprint, contact Transitions' editor at 202.419.3420.

Editor: Sue Alford

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