Tag Archives: Comprehensive Sex Education
The Feministing Five: Jessica Yee
TweetJessica Yee is the Founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, a North America-wide organization devoted to reproductive justice, sexual health and youth empowerment. It’s for youth, by youth – its oldest employee is twenty-five and its youngest is fourteen. Half of America’s indigenous population is under twenty-five, and Native Americans [...]
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The Feministing Five: Heather Corinna
TweetHeather Corinna, a writer and activist, is the founder of Scarleteen, one of the internet’s best sex ed resources for young people, and the author of S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide for Getting You Through High School and College. Scarleteen, which Corinna started in 1998, tries to fill the gaps left – whether intentionally [...]
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Debunking Racist and Classist Myths about Teen Pregnancy.
TweetA study put out by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unwanted Pregnancy has found evidence that the majority of teens at risk of unwanted pregnancy are not from low income and/or single parent families. via Susan Reimer for the Baltimore Sun. According to research conducted for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and [...]
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Reminder: National Comprehensive Sex Education Call-In Day is Today!
TweetA reminder to take five minutes today between 10 and 4 to call Congress and tell them we need to cut funds for failed abstinence-only programs and fund comprehensive sex education. It’s time to take the clowns out of the classrooms and give young people accurate information about sex and sexuality. Check out this previous [...]
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National Sex Ed Week of Action: Quiz and giveaway