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POP This! – How did you know that your first time was the right time? Is there something you wish you knew before you had sex? In the movies, sex looks so easy and romantic. I realized my first time was nothing like the movies and television shows. My first experience was […]

POP This! – My First Time

August 30, 2016 in Peer Pressure / Relationships tagged First Time / Peer Pressure / POP This! / safe sex / sex / Teens

Sometimes I wonder why parents dread talking to their children about sex. The first time my mom talked about it, she drew what a uterus looked like on an old piece of mail and illustrated what happens when a woman gets pregnant. She felt like I wasn’t old or mature […]

The Daunting “Talk”

July 26, 2016 in Sex Ed tagged sex / sex positive / SexED / Teen / teen pregnancy / Teens

#LOVEISRESPECT No Title No Description February comes to an end, its time to recap on National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Abusive relationships have increased drastically in the last five years. It is estimated that 1 in 3 girls will have an abusive dating experience by the time she graduates from […]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness

February 27, 2016 in Equality / Peer Pressure / Relationships / Self Love tagged Dating / Love / sex / teen dating violence

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month Slavery was apart of our history, but never truly went away. It just changed into a different form which is now known as human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery that profits from the exploitation of our most vulnerable populations. Sex trafficking […]

Are You Aware?

January 7, 2016 in Prevention / Sex tagged human trafficking / Prevention / sex / sex trafficking / Youth

POP This! – The Youth Peer Educators were asked: What are your thoughts on Netflix and Chill? If you don’t want to have sex with someone, how did you or would you handle that? I feel like it’s okay to “Netflix and Chill” with someone you’re in a relationship with […]

Netflix and Chill

January 5, 2016 in Peer Pressure / Relationships / Sex tagged Ask Us / Dating / Friends / Partner / Partners / Peer Pressure / POP This! / relationships / safe sex / sex / Youth / YPE

December 1st is a day set aside to increase awareness about HIV and to encourage people to get tested and treated for HIV. This year, World AIDS Day falls on #GivingTuesday, which is a global day of giving. Hopefully you did not spend all of your money on Black Friday and […]

World AIDS Day and Giving Tuesday

December 1, 2015 in HIV and STIs / Prevention / Sex Ed tagged Giving Tuesday / HIV / sex / SexED / STD / STDs / Testing / WAD / World AIDS Day / Youth

We explored how sex changes relationships but when I saw Buzzfeed’s “What I Wish Someone Told Me About Having Sex” by Daysha Edewi I realized that there are lasting impacts of sex that are rarely talked about. Sex is physical but very emotional. We warn about the consequences of unprotected sex […]

Sex: The Emotional Side

October 28, 2015 in Relationships / Sex tagged Dating / Hook Ups / Mental Health / One Night Stand / Partner / Partners / relationships / self esteem / sex / SexED / STDs

My condom broke, what now? It is so cool that you used a condom! Unfortunately, it broke. Just because it broke, does not mean that you should give up on condoms, there might have been some other factors that caused this. Condoms are not indestructible, they can tear or rip. […]

Condom Broke! What Now?

October 15, 2015 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Prevention / Sex / Sex Ed tagged AIDS / Condom / Condoms / Education / HIV / lube / PEP / safe sex / safety / sex / sex positive / SexED / STDs / use condoms / Youth

I got the chance to talk to an awesome 5th grader about his experience in his first Sex Ed class. I wanted to see what they talked about to 5th graders and some of his experiences and expectations. I will respect his privacy and his name, along with his parents’ […]

Sex Ed: 5th Grade Edition

May 28, 2015 in Sex Ed tagged Body Image / Boys / Education / Girls / school / sex / sex positive / SexED / Youth

We are going to be talking about putting your tongue by your cheeks…the other cheeks 🙂 We’re talking about anilingus. But what is anilingus? Well, simply put, it is when you use your mouth or tongue to sexually stimulate your partner’s anus or butt. You may have heard it as […]

Tongue and Cheek

May 14, 2015 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Relationships / Sex / Sexuality tagged AIDS / Anal Sex / Condom / Condoms / HIV / Oral Sex / safe sex / safety / sex / sex positive / STDs

Let’s have fun with condoms! In a post last year, we went in depth about the different types of lube but did you know that there are so many different types of condoms out there? Let’s start with the most common condom which is latex: Latex condoms can prevent […]

Condom Fun

July 21, 2014 in Condoms tagged AIDS / Condoms / Dating / Get Tested / HIV / lube / Partner / Partners / Prevention / safe sex / safety / sex / SexED / sexuality / STDs / use condoms

National HIV Testing Day is a day where we can all encourage people to get tested for HIV! Getting tested is the first step to help prevent the spread of HIV. Once you know your status, you can seek treatment, lower the amount of virus that is in your body […]

National HIV Testing Day 2014

June 27, 2014 in Condoms / HIV and STIs / Prevention tagged AIDS / Condoms / Dating / Friends / Get Tested / Hispanic / HIV / Internet / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / NHTD / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Prevention / safe sex / safety / sex / STDs / Teens / Testing / Youth