9/18/2023 0 Comments Sexuality blueprint![]() ![]() 4 Sex education is a logical venue to help all youth learn about sexual orientation and gender identity, and to encourage acceptance for LGBTQ people and families. Eighty-five percent of parents surveyed supported discussion of sexual orientation as part of sex education in high school and 78 percent supported it in middle school. Both public health organizations and the vast majority of parents agree and support LGBTQ-inclusive sex education. Sex education ought to help close this gap. ![]() Much of the sexual health information online is neither age-appropriate nor medically accurate, and peers may be misinformed. The research also showed that LGBTQ youth have a limited number of trusted adults they feel comfortable talking with about sexual health, so they frequently seek information online or from peers. In qualitative research conducted by Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, LGBTQ youth reported either not having any sex education in their schools or having limited sex education that was primarily or exclusively focused on heterosexual relationships between cisgender people (people whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth), and pregnancy prevention within those relationships. 2 Among Millenials surveyed in 2015, only 12 percent said their sex education classes covered same-sex relationships. The GLSEN 2013 National School Climate Survey found that fewer than five percent of LGBT students had health classes that included positive representations of LGBT-related topics. Whether legally barred or simply ignored, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education is not available for most youth. Inclusive programs are those that help youth understand gender identity and sexual orientation with age-appropriate and medically accurate information incorporate positive examples of LGBTQ individuals, romantic relationships and families emphasize the need for protection during sex for people of all identities and dispel common myths and stereotypes about behavior and identity. 1įor LGBTQ youth to experience comparable health benefits to their non-LGBTQ peers, sex education programs must be LGBTQ-inclusive. Hundreds of studies have shown that well-designed and well-implemented sex education can reduce risk behavior and support positive sexual health outcomes among teens, such as reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection rates. Sex education can be one of the few sources of reliable information on sexuality and sexual health for youth. Nowhere is this absence more clear, and potentially more damaging, than in sex education. Far too many LGBTQ youth are sitting in classrooms where their teachers and textbooks fail to appropriately address their identities, behaviors and experiences. ![]()
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