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Young and Powerful with CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality

Young and Powerful & Fighting for Queer Rights with Avali Khare

July 05, 2023 • CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality • Season 1 • Episode 12

In this episode CHOICE is joined by Avali Khare, an expert on queer rights and trans rights, working for The YP Foundation in India. Avali is a young queer activist whose work focuses on engaging with young men and boys to create dialogues and actions that question norms of masculinities. Avali and Poppy (CHOICE host) discuss what queer rights and trans rights are, the importance of engaging young people of all genders and sexualities in SRHR, why queer joy is so important, and much more!

Trigger Warning:
We talk about conversion therapy and sexual assault, please take care and be kind to yourself when listening to this episode if these are triggers for you.

Acronyms used:

SRHR = Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
CSE = Comprehensive Sexuality Education
MIYP = Meaningful and Inclusive Youth Participation
SGBV = Sexual and Gender Based Violence

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