At just 16-years-old, Melanie was struggling to find housing and stability after being disowned by her family because of her sexual identity. When she arrived on the steps of AIDS Action’s Youth on Fire shelter in Cambridge, she was exhausted …
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that nearly 2 percent of high school students identify as transgender, and 35 percent of transgender students have attempted suicide in the past year. According to an …
The Fenway Institute and the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights have recognized the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) for their work to ensure that all state and provider employees create an environment that is safe and welcoming …
LGBTQ rights are under attack right here in Massachusetts. There are 2 things that you can do to take action and defend those rights:
#1: Please reach out to your legislators and ask them to support H.1190 An Act relative …
A new report from Boston Indicators and The Fenway Institute finds that young Massachusetts residents are much more likely to self-identify as LGBT than in previous generations, but they still feel many of the social pressures and discrimination of the …
The National LGBT Health Education Center at The Fenway Institute has partnered with the Gender Management Services Clinic (GeMS) at Boston Children’s Hospital to develop and deliver an innovative training program on affirming care for transgender and non-binary youth for …
A new study co-authored by Dr. Ralph Vetters, Medical Director of the Sidney Borum, Jr. Health Center, examines how family dynamics impact the mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming (TGN) youth. The study, titled Family Functioning and Mental Health …
Fenway Health and the Young Leaders Council (YLC) is excited to announce that Sophia Geffen, HIV Prevention Research Project Manager at The Fenway Institute, has been chosen to receive the Spirit of the YLC Award at this year’s YLC Anniversary …
A growing number of youth are realizing that they are transgender — a person whose gender is different from their birth sex, often called the sex that they were “assigned at birth.” For some parents and guardians, it is a
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts and Fenway Health recently were awarded a five-year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) for Integrated HIV Prevention and Care. The grant enables AIDS Action to sustain many critical areas of work …