If you care about LGBTQ rights... Then you should care about sex education
The first fact sheet of the If/Then series highlights that advancing sex education also means advancing the equality and well-being of the LGBTQ community at large.
The first fact sheet of the If/Then series highlights that advancing sex education also means advancing the equality and well-being of the LGBTQ community at large.
Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations, an institution that receives federal funds must ensure that no student suffers a deprivation of her or his access to educational opportunities on the basis of sex.
Over the past 20 years, the USA has seen more than its fair share of controversy with respect to education about sexuality, sex and intimate relationships. Attention has focused on content (abstinence-only vs.
Sexual health education should address age-appropriate physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of human sexuality as part of planned and sequential health education.
YTH worked with the Digital Trust Foundation and Vodafone Americas Foundation to explore the relationship that teens have with online privacy and safety.
The Ready Set Respect kit provides a set of tools to help educators at elementary (primary) level teach about respect and make the most of teachable moments. The lessons focus on name-calling, bullying and bias, and LGBT-inclusive family diversity and gender roles.
The Safe Space Kit is designed to help educators create a safe space for LGBT students. One of the most effective ways for an educator to create a safe space is to be a supportive ally to LGBT students.
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education compiled the attached examples of policies and emerging practices that some schools are already using to support transgender students.
This document provides an in-depth look at the current landscape of bias and peer victimization as reported by students and teachers from across the nation.
Objectives: Although sex and relationship education (SRE) represents a key strand in policies to safeguard young people and improve their sexual health, it currently lacks statutory status, government guidance is outdated and a third of UK schools has poor-quality SRE.