The push for comprehensive sexuality education has been a constant, but it is inclusivity—especially for the LGBTQ community—that has been receiving additional attention in recent years. This past summer, John Paul Brammer, a contributor to BuzzFeed, wrote a powerful personal essay on how sex ed keeps queer teens in the dark. Even before that, both… Read more »
New Means of Disseminating Sexuality Information, Plus Other News… Obama Cuts Abstinence-Only Sex Ed; School Districts Push Back In his proposed budget for 2017, President Barack Obama eliminated a $10 million-a-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services that funds abstinence-only education programs. Meanwhile, there are some states that are voting to keep abstinence-based education in… Read more »
There are times in our lives when we need a little explicit sexuality education and there are times in our lives when we need a little community education. They offer different kinds of learning, growing, and support. I learned this morning about a community storytelling event that’s happening on an Air Force base in Germany… Read more »
