Queer youth identities

Young people today are embracing a wide range of terms to describe their
sexuality: straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, two-spirit,
questioning pansexual, down low, along with reclaiming formerly pejorative
terms like dyke and queer. They are changing the way that society thinks
about sexual orientation and gender identity.

On this edition of Making Contact, in a collaboration with KPFA's Full
Circle Apprenticeship Program, we'll examine how queer identity intersects
or collides with racial identity in the activist community. We'll also take
a look at the fluidity of identity, from labels to families.

Featuring::

N'Tanya Lee, Director of Youth Development, Coleman Advocates for Children
and Youth; Jose Ramirez, Health Education Coordinator, NCLYN; Kohei
Ishihara, Co-Founder, PrYSM; Caitlyn Ryan, Family Acceptance Project; Ember
Cook, COLAGE; Yu Tong, gender-queer youth; Harry Hay, gay activist and
author.

Greener Magazine

For more information::

Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth
459 Vienna Street, San Francisco, CA 94112
415-239-0161; http://www.colemanadvocates.org

NCLYN (North Carolina Lambda Youth Network)
409 E. Chapel Hill Street, Durham, NC 27701
919-683-3037

PrYSM (Providence Youth Student Movement)
http://www.prysm.org

LYRIC
127 Colingwood Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
415-703-6150
http://www.lyric.org

Family Acceptance Project
César E. Chávez Institute
San Francisco State University
3004 - 16th St. #301
San Francisco, CA 94103
http://familyproject.sfsu.edu

COLAGE
3543 18th ST #1
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-861-KIDS (5437)
http://www.colage.org

SMAAC Youth Center
1738 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612
510-834-9590
http://members.aol.com/smaacyouth/index.htm