Resources

Websites

Scarleteen

A grassroots support organization dedicated to bringing inclusive, comprehensive, and smart sexuality information and help to young people.

www.scarleteen.com

Advocates for Youth

A resource to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

www.advocatesforyouth.org

Sex, Etc.

Honest, accurate information about sex by and for teens.

sexetc.org

Sex+

A frank video series about sexuality with Laci Green.

www.youtube.com/user/lacigreen

Bedsider

An online birth control support network for young women.

bedsider.org

Planned Parenthood

An organization dedicated to delivering reproductive healthcare and sex education to people around the world.

www.plannedparenthood.com

The F Bomb

An online community created by and for young people who care about women’s rights.

thefbomb.org

Teen Feminist

The blog of teen activist Jules Spector.

www.teenfeminist.com

Youth Resource

A website by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people.

www.youthresource.org

Trans Lifeline

An organization dedicated to the well-being of transgender people.

www.translifeline.org

RAINN: The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network

An anti-sexual-violence organization that offers support to victims of sexual assault.

www.rainn.org

National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)

Books

S-E-X: The All-You-Need-To-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You through High School and College by Heather Corinna (Da Capo Press, 2007)

SEX: A Book for Teens by Nikol Hasler (Zest Books, 2010)

100 Questions You’d Never Ask Your Parents: Straight Answers to Teens’ Questions about Sex, Sexuality, and Health by Elisabeth Henderson and Nancy Armstrong, MD (Roaring Brook Press, revised edition, 2013)

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Amanda Redd (Gotham, 2007)

Dating Smarts: What Every Teen Needs to Know to Date, Relate, or Wait by Amy Lang (Birds + Bees + Kids, 2014)

GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens by Kelly Huegel (Free Spirit Publishing, revised second edition, 2011)

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick, 2015)

Articles

“Teen Sex: It’s Complicated,” a series of essays by teens about sex, The Huffington Post, 2015, www.huffingtonpost.com/news/teen-sex-its-complicated.

“Safe, Sound & Sexy: A Safer Sex How-To,” Scarleteen, written 2001, updated 2014, www.scarleteen.com/article/bodies/safe_sound_sexy_a_safer_sex_howto.

“17 Lies We Need to Stop Teaching Girls about Sex” by Julianne Ross, Identities.Mic, 2014, http://mic.com/articles/88029/17-lies-we-need-to-stop-teaching-girls-about-sex.

“17 Lies We Need to Stop Teaching Boys about Sex” by Julianne Ross, Identities.Mic, 2014, http://mic.com/articles/89301/17-lies-we-need-to-stop-teaching-boys-about-sex.