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I'm excited to be returning to the community -- Amplify -- that helped foster my voice as an emerging blogger! (My only regret is that it's been so long since I've been active with you all!)
Still, I'm hoping you will welcome me back and help me with my request.
Here's the story: On November 27th, I will head to Strasbourg, France where I will be representing CLPP at the forum, “LGBTQI young people at the doorstep of health care: Understanding obstacles and increasing access”.
I'll be spending a week with 29 fellow queer youth activists from European Union countries and from around the world. Together, we will be building a shared understanding of our many contexts, the specific needs for the health of LBGTQI young people, barriers that LGBTQI young people face in our many health care systems, and how to successfully create change.
I bring my personal experience as a young queer femme, my work with local youth in Western Massachusetts, my work with Translate Gender, and all of the amazing resources and experiences I've gained from the New Leadership Networking Initiative and the CLPP annual activist conference, From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom.
I'm committing to documenting the international collective work and experiences during my time in France. Please check CLPP’s Facebook and Twitter for live-updates November 27th through December 5th.
But, in order to do this, I need your help in making sure that I can – to the greatest extent possible – represent the various United States contexts in which LGBTQI youth access health care.
Please share your stories and resources:
- What are your experiences, as queer and trans youth accessing health care?
- What laws and policies further your ability to access health care? Or prevent you from accessing healthcare?
- Who is providing you medical services?
love and organizing,
lani
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