A Ms. Magazine Most Anticipated Feminist Book of 2025
This helpful how-to guide introduces the practices, history, and politics of youth movements for justice in the United States
Grounded in the struggles and worldmaking of queer and trans youth and people of color, Youth Organizing for Reproductive Justice shows us how all youth organizing is reproductive justice as young people resist systems of oppression that limit bodily autonomy and self-determination. Through case studies, activist spotlights, and organizing how-tos, this book provides a powerful tool for understanding the interconnected struggles at the center of youth activism.
From the school-to-prison pipeline to transgender youths access to gender-affirming care to support for pregnant and parenting teens, Chris Barcelos shows that reproductive justice inspires political organizing across a range of issues. This book will help mobilize scholars, activists, policy makers, reproductive justice nonprofit workers, and youth organizers toward collective liberation.
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"Barcelos has written The Guide about the organizing visions and practices of queer and trans youth of color, from whom we can all learn a thing or two. Give a copy to the young (and old!) people in your life, but read it for yourself first." * Ms. Magazine *
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Framing Youth and Reproductive Justice
1. Abortion Access and Beyond
2. The Fight for Accurate, Affirming, and Liberatory Sexuality Education
3. Depathologizing Teen Pregnancy and Abolishing Teen Pregnancy Prevention
4. Transgender Youth, Family Making, and the Livability of Trans Lives
5. Criminalized Youth and Abolition Feminisms
Epilogue: Let Them Lead the Way
Appendix: Supplementary Teaching Materials
Notes
References
Index
Chris Barcelos is Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and core faculty in Critical Ethnic and Community Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. They are author of Distributing Condoms and Hope: The Racialized Politics of Youth Sexual Health.
