Sex Ed on the Net

Tuesday September 8, 2009, by Susa Nahmias

- I Wanna Know – What you wanna know about sex, sexual health, and sexually transmitted infections from the American Social Health Association (ASHA)

- MySistahs – website for young women of color that provide information and support on sexual and reproductive health issues

- Scarleteen – Sex Ed for the Real World

- Sex, etc. – Sex ed for teens by teens from Rutger University and Answer, a national organization providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education

- Sexuality and U – information for teens from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada

- StayTeen.org – Teen website of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy

- TeensHealth - sexual health information from a large health care provider - Nemours. They also have a lot of other teen health information on their site

- Teen source – information for teens from the California Family Health Council

- Teen Talk – Teen website of Planned Parenthood (used to be called Teen wire)

- Your Rights as a Minor in Georgia - from the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP)

- Youth Resource – a website by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) youth from Advocates for Youth

BOOKS can sometimes be a much simpler way of getting the information you want, however technosavvy you are.

  • Answer (the parent site of Sex, etc.) has a list with useful books that you can find at the public library or for a reasonable amount ($10-15) on Amazon .
  • Sex,etc. has books under the Resources of each TOPIC like Girls’ Health or Guys’ Health