By: Kathleen Morrison In the United States there are a few standard paths that public school sexual health education tends to follow: strict abstinence-only education, sex education that pushes for abstinence but mentions condoms, contraception, and STI prevention, and progressive sex education that attempts to teach about all manner of sexuality-related topics in a comprehensive […]
By: Kathleen Morrison As LGBTQ activism and awareness has increasingly entered the mainstream, activists and educators have pushed for using more gender-inclusive or gender-neutral language in education, the workplace, and everyday life. For those who want to adopt this type of language, but have questions or feel unsure about how to go about it, you’ve come […]
By: Kathleen Morrison If you have experienced sexual violence and are in need of crisis support, please call the RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). Last spring the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law published a study on the act of “stealthing,” or the removal of a condom during sexual intercourse without the knowledge of the […]
By: Kathleen Morrison With rates of STDs on the rise in the US, education and prevention programs that target youth and high risk communities are more necessary than ever. Research shows that comprehensive sex education and knowledge about condoms help teens make healthier, more informed choices about their sexual health. However, not all youth have […]
Anybody who works with adolescents knows that the transition into “young adulthood” can be a time of tremendous change. Young adults move, start and finish school, gain and lose jobs. These and other life changes can trigger a loss or change in health insurance coverage (churning) for young adults. At the same time, access to […]
Here in San Francisco, we are gearing up for Pride – the largest gathering of the LGBT community and allies in the nation – which occurs at the end of LGBT History month, each year in June. The city transforms into a display of rainbows on storefronts, street displays, and buildings illuminated in color, in […]
Since our work revolves around youth health, we take pride in featuring the words of young people on our platforms at ASHWG. Today, we’ll be sharing an essay from a youth Peer Educator from Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s (PPMM) education department. PPMM is a trusted source of sexual health information that is age-appropriate, medically accurate, […]
As our work intersects youth health, we take pride in featuring the words of young people on our platforms at ASHWG. Today, we’ll be sharing an essay from a youth Peer Educator from Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s (PPMM) education department. PPMM is a trusted source of sexual health information that is age-appropriate, medically accurate, inclusive […]
California has some of the strongest laws protecting young people’s right to access sexual and reproductive health services and information. We wanted to learn more about the experiences that youth have had when accessing these services and how they think the California Healthy Youth Act, the most comprehensive sex education law in the country, will […]
This blog post is a part of the Adolescent Sexual Health Work Group (ASHWG) Subcommittee Interview Series, where we feature an in-depth Q&A with each of our organizational working groups. This first installment features the Tools and Training subcommittee, which works to identify, create and make available quality training, tools and other resources for those […]