Resources

Printable versions of the brochure: YGI Brochure INSIDE + YGI Brochure OUTSIDE

Season One: 

MYTHS vs FACTS:

  1. Oral sex and HIV: http://bit.ly/2FC85E6
  2. Stigma-busting facts HIV: https://www.them.us/story/top-10-stigma-busting-myths-about-hiv
  3. Sexual and reproductive health: http://www.ncshguide.org/resources
  4. HIV testing facts: https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/hiv-testing/learn-about-hiv-testing/understanding-hiv-test-results
  5. Misconceptions: https://www.healthline.com/health/hiv-aids/misconceptions-about-hiv-aids#4
  6. Superinfection: https://www.hivplusmag.com/treatment/2014/04/10/what-hiv-superinfection-and-how-do-i-prevent-it
  7. Myths about PrEP and condoms: https://www.hrc.org/resources/debunking-common-myths-about-hiv

Helpful articles/websites:

  1. HPV vaccines: http://www.newsweek.com/hpv-oral-sex-men-higher-risk-686645
  2. ART medication and drug testing: https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-efarirenz-atripla-16664-1570
  3. Homelessness and HIV:
    1. Article from POZ magazine: https://www.poz.com/article/a-place-to-live-daniel-tietz
    2. Housing Works: https://www.housingworks.org/
  4. Fighting stigma:
    1. The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-involved/
    2. Greater Than: https://www.greaterthan.org/talk/
  5. HIV and exercise: https://www.poz.com/basics/hiv-basics/hiv-exercise
  6. HIV and checkups: https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/staying-in-hiv-care/provider-visits-and-lab-test/seeing-your-health-care-provider
  7. HIV and disclosure:
    1. How to disclose: https://www.poz.com/basics/hiv-basics/disclosure
    2. Sharing diagnoses: https://www.avert.org/living-with-hiv/sharing-diagnosis
    3. Support from friends and family: https://apositivelife.com/your-hiv-support-team/friends-and-family
  8. HIV and support groups: https://www.hivplusmag.com/just-diagnosed/2014/03/31/hiv-101-how-do-i-find-hiv-support-groups-near-me

Season Two:

Transgender rights: 

  1. Supporting Trans individuals: http://ow.ly/SjcQ30jM79I
  2. Tips to overcome transphobia: http://ow.ly/gmBn50hjI
  3. Representation: https://www.them.us/story/pose-fx-qtpoc-representation
  4. Parenting rights: http://ow.ly/S9Fn30kfF5W
  5. Tips for allies: https://transequality.org/issues/resources/52-things-you-can-do-transgender-equality

Trans dating:

  1. Perspective from The Establishment: https://theestablishment.co/my-exhaustive-and-exhausting-search-for-the-perfect-trans-dating-app-401befabf3b
  2. GLAAD: https://www.glaad.org/amp/navigating-dating-world-trans-person
  3. Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/raquelwillis/the-transgender-dating-dilemma?utm_term=.na3mJvM39d#.wiQdP5JMyW
  4. Folks in love (from Buzzfeed): https://www.buzzfeed.com/hillarylevine/trans-love-is-love?utm_term=.lqJoL9NQ17#.akAB52x17q

Incarceration and youth:

  1. Volunteer to mentor NYC youth: http://ow.ly/buJq30jZOuk
  2. Incarcerated youth services: https://www.cases.org/youth/

HIV info:

  1. HIV and gender-affirming hormone therapy: http://ow.ly/utFI30k6MA6
  2. Pregnancy and HIV: https://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-and-aids/living-hiv/pregnancy-and-hiv
  3. Pregnancy and HIV legal rights: https://www.hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/know-your-rights-hiv-and-pregnancy-center-hiv-law-and-policy-2010

Season Three:

HIV and Pregnancy:

  1. What is MTCT? https://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-and-aids/living-hiv/pregnancy-and-hiv
  2. What is U=U? https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/hiv-u-u.page
  3. HIV meds and childbirth: https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/understanding-hiv-aids/fact-sheets/24/70/hiv-medicines-during-pregnancy-and-childbirth
  4. HIV and breastfeeding: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-special-circumstances/maternal-or-infant-illnesses/hiv.html
  5. HIV and stigma: https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-social-issues/stigma-discrimination
  6. HIV testing for newborns: https://www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids/pdf/campaigns/ottl/ottl-hiv-testing-pregnant-women-newborns.pdf
  7. Supporting a loved one with HIV: https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/making-a-difference/supporting-someone-living-with-hiv

Drug or alcohol addiction:

  1. What is a halfway home? https://www.projectknow.com/research/sober-living/
  2. OASAS: https://www.oasas.ny.gov/index.cfm
  3. Drug user health: https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/about/substance_user_health.htm

Parole:

  1. What is parole? https://www.justice.gov/uspc/frequently-asked-questions#q1
  2. Marijuana in NY: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/nyregion/marijuana-laws-new-york.html
  3. HIV criminalization: http://www.seroproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/sero_brochure_colorprint-1-1.pdf

Safe sex:

  1. Condoms: http://www.gmhc.org/prevent-hiv/condoms
  2. Safer sex: https://www.avert.org/learn-share/hiv-fact-sheets/safer-sex
  3. How to talk about testing: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/get-tested/how-do-i-talk-my-partner-about-std-testing
  4. Partner notification in NYC: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/aids-hiv-partner-notification-law.page

Season Four

Helpful sites:

  1. SAMHSA: (1-800-662-HELP) https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
  2. SAMHSA services locator: https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
  3. OASAS helpline: https://www.oasas.ny.gov/accesshelp/
  4. Where can I get tested for HIV? https://locator.hiv.gov/
  5. STD testing services locator: https://gettested.cdc.gov/

Opioid Epidemic:

  1. Drug facts: https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts
  2. How opioids affect the body: https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/effects-pain-medicine-misuse-brains-and-bodies
  3. About the epidemic: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html
  4. SAMHSA opioid overdose prevention toolkit: https://store.samhsa.gov/product/Opioid-Overdose-Prevention-Toolkit/SMA18-4742
  5. Who can addiction affect? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCMkW2ji2OE
  6. Supporting a loved one through withdrawal: https://adf.org.au/alcohol-drug-use/supporting-a-loved-one/withdrawal/
  7. What is naloxone? https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/opioid-overdose-reversal-naloxone-narcan-evzio
  8. NYS naloxone training: https://www.oasas.ny.gov/atc/atcherointraining.cfm
  9. Methadone treatment: https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/treatment/methadone
  10. Buprenorphine: https://tinyurl.com/y3mxf4zb
  11. Support for recovery:
    1. Friends and family: https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/how-can-friends-and-family-help
    2. Treatment and recovery resources: https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/where-can-someone-find-treatment-and-recovery-resources

HIV/HCV:

  1. Coinfection: https://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/hiv-hepatitis-coinfection.htm
  2. Drug use and HIV/HCV: https://easyread.drugabuse.gov/content/link-between-drug-use-and-hiv
  3. HIV and managing drug dependency: https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/staying-in-hiv-care/other-related-health-issues/alcohol-and-drug-use