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What am I going to say now instead of “safe, legal abortion ?” It’s hard to answer that question because of the avalanche of feelings its context has always brought about for me, all the more so when it has been made a national reality in my own country. It’s a brain-stopper. It’s like all the blood is rushing to my unsurprised-yet-still-utterly-gutted soul, so none of it can get to my head. When something as devastating as the Dobbs decision happens, something relevant to potentially every member of your organization and many of those who utilize your organization and its services, directors are expected to say something. All the more so when it’s someone like me, for whom abortion has been and still is a big part of my own work and life. (Sometimes I can respond in an immediate, collected way with things like this. Sometimes, I just can’t do jack, no matter how hard I try or how much I want to. Friday was like that. So was Saturday, Sunday and Monday.) One thing you’re su...

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I’ll never forget the first time I saw a same- sex couple in a movie. As a questioning eighth-grader, it felt groundbreaking to watch two girls fall in love onscreen the same way that I had always seen heterosexual couples fall in love. This feeling of being seen and valued is why I love media like movies, books and TV shows. These stories allow us to understand each other and see ourselves in characters’experiences. Indeed, representation is an impactful way to help underrepresented groups feel seen. In celebration of Pride Month, I asked teens about their favorite media—movies, TV shows, books, etc.—that depict positive and accurate representation of LGBTQ + folks and experiences. I also asked them to speak about what it’s like to feel represented. I learned a lot, including how much Heartstopper has made an impact! Why Representation Matters “Being represented makes me feel seen and ‘normal,’ if you will. It reminds me that who I am is OK and that even if not everybody acce...

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One of the trends that gives me hope for the future is seeing more and more queer media on shelves and screens. It's heartening that, even in the face of alarming and depressing times, queer and trans people still manage to make art and tell stories. Too, with the pushes to censor queer content, it's important to show authors, publishers, producers, and others involved in the creative process that the number of people who want and need these stories far outweighs the number howling for their removal. To that end, members of the Scarleteam have put together a list of some of our favorite pieces of queer media. It's mostly books (we're big readers here), and our hope is that if you're looking for queer stories to soothe, inform, or inspire, you can find some here. Books Elise Stars in their Eyes by Jessica Walton, illustrations by Aśka: This story follows queer, disabled teenager Maisie as she attends her first fanconvention (similar to Comic-Con) where she m...

I want to talk about joy. About feeling sweatily, vibrantly alive and connected and lifted up by community. I want to talk about dancing. Specifically partnered dancing, where two people dance together. Dancing is where I find sanctuary, where I celebrate the good days and find my way through the bad ones. For me, dancing is a way of living the future I want be a part of. Like sex , partner dancing requires at least two actively enthusiastic participants to work together to discover how their wants, their abilities and their bodies can create something that feels good. Like sex, the world of partner dancing can be filled with heteronormativity, rigid expectations, oppressive gender roles and unspoken expectations or assumptions about what it means to agree to something - whether a dance or a kiss. Like sex, there is another way, and progressive and queer -centred dance spaces are already showing us how much joy and freedom there is to be found in dancing minus the baggage. L...

Author:  Sam Wall Welcome to our third digital Pride, Queer Futures, of June 18th and 19th, 2022! To kick off our celebration, I wanted to share all the cool stuff we have planned for the coming weekend, and to say a few words about why we chose this theme. I'm so excited to welcome everyone to our third digital Pride, Queer Futures! To kick off our celebration, I wanted to share all the cool stuff we have planned for the coming weekend, and to say a few words about why we chose this theme. Let's start with the fun stuff. Want to know what to look forward to, and when to check out the Scarleteen site and social media channels for the events you're excited about? Here's the schedule! Saturday, 6/18 10:00 AM EST : Pride kicks off with a raffle on  Twitter  and Instagram! Tell us your vision of a queer future using either of those channels, and tag it with #ScarleteenPride for a chance to win a big bundle of goodies! 10:30 AM EST : Get pumped up wit...

Author:  Alice Rona I experienced bisexual erasure when I was a teenager. The first crushes I remember having were on boys, but I’ll never forget the first time I met a girl and felt weak in the knees. I was thirteen years old. A year later I heard the term bisexual for the first time and felt like it described me. Repeat after me: my sexuality belongs to me, it is what I feel or say it is. How I identify can change as I grow older, but whatever it is now is what it is. These are important affirmations to keep in mind to matter who you are, but particularly if you’re a a bisexual person. Like all kinds of sexual and other identities, bisexuality exists on a spectrum. There is no one-size-fits all way to identify as bisexual and there are many ways for a person to experience bisexuality. The way most people currently define it, to be bisexual just means to be attracted to more than one gender group of people. There's a lot of misinformation about what it mea...

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A lot of parents reach out to me for sex education support for their child with an intellectual or developmental disability. Disability is not my area of expertise, which is why I don’t write about … Sex education for kids with an intellectual or developmental disability Read More » The post Sex education for kids with an intellectual or developmental disability was written by Cath Hakanson appeared first on Sex Ed Rescue - A better way to talk to kids about sex from Sex Ed Rescue https://sexedrescue.com/sex-education-for-kids-with-an-intellectual-or-developmental-disability/ via https://sex2k.cc/

I receive a lot of emails from Islamic parents wanting help with sex education. (Some excerpts from the book “How to talk to your Muslim child about sex”) Parenting in the age of social media … The importance of sex education in Islam by Firoza Osman Read More » The post The importance of sex education in Islam by Firoza Osman was written by Cath Hakanson appeared first on Sex Ed Rescue - A better way to talk to kids about sex from Sex Ed Rescue https://sexedrescue.com/the-importance-of-sex-education-in-islam-by-firoza-osman/ via https://sex2k.cc/

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