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

HIV/AIDS affects us all, including youth. Many youth are unaware about their risks and many do not have access to testing sites or places that offer free condoms. I found this to be a problem when I was 15 years old. I knew nothing about HIV but for some reason […]

#NYHAAD – Encouraging Youth to Get Involved

April 10, 2015 in HIV and STIs / LGBTQ / Outreach / Prevention tagged advocacy / advocate / HIV / National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day / NYHAAD / Outreach / Prevention / STD / Youth

What does it mean to be a feminist? Does it mean that you have to be a woman? Does it mean that you bash on men? No to both, actually. Both men and women can identify as a feminist. Both men and women can agree to have equal rights for […]

Feminism

September 29, 2014 in Equality tagged Boys / Community / equality / Feminism / feminist / Gender / gender equality / Girls / GLBT / GLBTQ / LGBT / LGBTQ / Make a Difference / Men / Take a Stand / United Nations / Women / Youth

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

Do you know yourself? Like, really know yourself? I am not talking about what you want to be when you grow up or what type of person people think you are. I am talking about your body. Do you know your body? May is National Masturbation Month and all I […]

National Masturbation Month

May 1, 2014 in Sex / Sex Ed / Sexuality tagged Dating / Gender / Hispanic / HIV / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / Masturbate / Masturbation / Parents / Partner / Partners / Peer / Peer Pressure / Peers / Prevention / relationships / safe sex / safety / sex / SexED / sexuality / STDs / Teen / Teens / Virginity / Youth

Today is Denim Day and from denimdayusa.org, here is some history on why this day is so important to bring awareness about sexual violence: “For the past 15 years, Peace Over Violence has run the Denim Day in L.A. and USA campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Violence […]

Denim Day: Bringing Awareness about Sexual Violence

April 23, 2014 in Relationships / Sex tagged Activism / African American / alcohol / Condoms / Dating / Denim / Denim Day / Denim Day in L.A. / Friends / Gender / Get Tested / Hispanic / HIV / Internet / Italian Supreme Court / jeans / Latino / LGBT / Outreach / Parents / Party / Partying / Peer / Peer Pressure / Prevention / rape / relationships / safe sex / safety / sex / SexED / sexual assault / Sexual Assult / sexual violence / Sexual Violence Awareness / sexuality / Youth

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) are too common amongst youth. If you are unaware, April is STD Awareness Month and it is important to not only get tested for HIV but it is important to get tested for the other STDs as well. Did you know that you should consider getting […]

STD Awareness Month

April 15, 2014 in HIV and STIs / Prevention tagged Condoms / Dating / Get Tested / HIV / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / Partner / Partners / Peer / Peer Pressure / Peers / Prevention / relationships / safe sex / safety / sex / SexED / sexuality / STDs / Testing / Youth

1000 youth are newly infected with HIV per month? What is happening that is causing this to happen? Below is an interesting graphic that illiterates what states are mandated to have sex education and what states are required to give medically correct information to students. As you see there are […]

National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

April 10, 2014 in HIV and STIs / Sex / Sex Ed tagged Activism / African American / Condoms / Friends / Get Tested / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / NYHAAD / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Peer / Peer Pressure / Peers / Prevention / relationships / safe sex / safety / sexuality / STDs / Testing / Youth

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It is important for everyone, not just African Americans, to get tested and to stay in treatment for HIV. If you are unaware about the impact HIV has on this population, here is a very shocking fact – “African Americans represent approximately […]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

February 7, 2014 in Prevention / Sex tagged African American / Condoms / Get Tested / HIV / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / NBHAAD / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Peer / safety / SexED / sexuality / STDs / Testing / Youth

Don’t we all love taking selfies? NO? Uhh….Well we do! There are people out there that claim that they hate seeing selfies because it is so narcissistic, vain, conceited or just too self-absorbed. But why can’t we think highly of ourselves? Why can’t we show off our new lipstick with […]

Selfies

February 5, 2014 in Sex tagged Body Image / Peer / Peer Pressure / selfies / sex / sex positive / Youth

Hey Everyone There have been some changes in the SacPOP program so we apologize for not posting as much on the blog but I hope you have been following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram since we are still posting articles, pics and giving tips to stay safe while having […]

Back in Session!

January 31, 2014 in HIV and STIs / LGBTQ / Outreach / Relationships / Sex tagged Condoms / HIV / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / Outreach / Partner / Partners / Prevention / relationships / safe sex / safety / sex / STDs / TV/Movies / Youth

Three days ago was World AIDS Day and the whole world was bringing awareness, celebrating where we have come and remembering those we have lost. HIV is affecting us all and we need to make sure that we have an AIDS-free generation. What does it take? It takes everyone to […]

World AIDS Day

December 4, 2013 in HIV and STIs / Outreach / Prevention tagged Activism / Condoms / Friends / Get Tested / Hispanic / HIV / Latino / LGBT / LGBTQ / lube / Outreach / Parents / Partners / Peer / Peer Pressure / Peers / Prevention / safe sex / safety / STDs / Testing / WAD / WAD2013 / World AIDS Day / Youth