Prioritizing LGBTI family planning access benefits us all

FP2030 is based on the principle that all people, no matter how they identify, should have access to a full suite of reproductive health care. Too often in the context of family planning, the LGBTI community is overlooked — sometimes maliciously and sometimes because their needs are misunderstood or ignored. But they are a key population that is at heightened risk of pregnancy, HIV acquisition, gender-based violence, and more.

News and Updates from FP2030

This last month, we’ve been celebrating LGBTI Pride as well as the second Generation Equality Forum in Paris. This is a good opportunity to recognize that the FP2030 partnership will be bigger and more inclusive, engaging partners beyond the family planning sector. People everywhere and in every body have the right to choose when or whether to have children, and they have the right to live healthy lives — and these rights are foundational to achieving gender equality. This is just one of the many ways FP2030 commitments are aligned with Generation Equality.

Family Planning is not just for “old and married people”: Reflections on the challenges and realities of misinformation around family planning and HIV from EGPAF’s Committee of African Youth Advisors

We are young people living with HIV from 11 African countries who make up the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation’s Committee of African Youth Advisors (CAYA). In our respective countries, we hold different roles such as peer educators, youth champions, and youth advocates. We also actively engage in dialogues about adolescent and youth reproductive health at national and local levels.