Websites
Scarleteen
A grassroots support organization dedicated to bringing inclusive, comprehensive, and smart sexuality information and help to young people.
Advocates for Youth
A resource to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.
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.
Planned Parenthood
An organization dedicated to delivering reproductive healthcare and sex education to people around the world.
The F Bomb
An online community created by and for young people who care about women’s rights.
Teen Feminist
The blog of teen activist Jules Spector.
Youth Resource
A website by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning young people.
Trans Lifeline
An organization dedicated to the well-being of transgender people.
RAINN: The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
An anti-sexual-violence organization that offers support to victims of sexual assault.
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.