SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change

Our sexual wellbeing is too important to be guided by info (and misinfo) through the grapevine.

💡 This #LetsTalkMonth, let's support our students and children through healthy conversations about consent, relationships, and understanding our bodies.
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The background is a warm tan decorated with an assortment of Halloween candy and a dripping deep purple melted sugar across the top. "Sex Ed Isn't Scary" is written at the center in smooth, curvy black font. The SIECUS logo is at the bottom of the image.

"Sex Ed Isn't Scary" returns with even more spooks 👻 Spoilers, these are not the fun kind... BUT unmasking these horrors bring us closer to the sex education we all deserve 🎃

Share this post and tell us what sex ed "monster" abstinence-only told you was real 🧟

A growing number of state bills target sex education, report says Of more than 650 state-level bills on the topic, nearly a quarter sought to pare back or remove access, a SIECUS report found.

A growing number of state bills target sex education, report says

Of more than 650 state-level bills on the topic, nearly a quarter sought to pare back or remove access, a @siecus.bsky.social report found.

www.k12dive.com/news/growing...

Sexual Health Awareness Month is almost over BUT you can still grab SIECUS x Maude merch 🛍️ Get yours now! 100% of proceeds go to SIECUS
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We're going live on Instagram today at 12 pm ET to talk all things sex ed with @siecus.bsky.social & @margaretgmyers.bsky.social! ASL provided. See you there?

Tomorrow at 12pm ET, I will join @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social and Sarah Wing from @siecus.bsky.social on instagram live to chat about the past, present, and future of sex ed! I hope you'll join us!

Quality sex ed keeps us all safe. Pregnancy shouldn't be the start of conversations about your options or knowing you have a choice at all. You deserve to be informed long before so you're prepared to make the best decision for you.

September 28th was #SafeAbortionDay. As states tear away our access to reproductive care, SIECUS reaffirms that the choice to have children or not belongs in our hands.

#ReproductiveJustice

Digital illustration of the faces of six people who use birth control. There are various reasons including 'managing illness, bleeding on your own terms, regulating menstrual cycles and preventing pregnancy. There's big text that reads, 'we must fight to protect our right to birth control.'

Happy #WorldContraceptionDay! At a time where fearmongering about birth control is at an all time high, let's remember there are endless reasons someone may need access to contraception.

🧡 Birth control is safe, effective and our right!

Quality sex ed means knowing your options.

#WorldContraceptionDay Fact: DYK you can get birth control pills without an Rx in the US? Opill is the first OTC birth control pill in the US–the time is NOW to tell your friends about this new option! 🥳 bit.ly/AllAboutOpillZine

#FreeThePill

Download the report for more stories on legislative victories.
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Sex ed for all means everyone has access to quality and inclusive information about their bodies, their sexual and reproductive health, and their safety and options. Florida's 2025 legislative session was a roapmap for fighting back against attacks on sex ed and LGBTQ+ youth.

25 years of youth power: Advocates for Youth celebrates milestone institute in D.C. A week of training, activism, and community brought 100 young leaders together to chart the future of reproductive and sexual health justice.

A week of training, activism, and community brought 100 young leaders together to chart the future of reproductive and sexual health justice.

Visit our If/Then Series: LGBTQIA+ Rights in partnership with the National LGBTQ Task Force
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Binary conversations about sexuality create an atmosphere of fear and silence, putting bisexual people in harm’s way. Quality sex ed drives understanding and action because it's not acceptable to erase anyone. Happy #BiVisibilityDay 🩷💜💙

Some Texas Schools Are Making Teachers Deadname Trans Students After New Bill Passed “This can’t be interpreted as anything else but an attack directly on trans kids.”

“I’ve never felt more at threat here.”

Thanks to Texas’s version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay" bill, teachers at some public schools are under pressure to deadname their students. ⤵️

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Rachel Marchand, MPH, the senior policy analyst and podcast producer for the rePROs Fight Back initiative, wrote about in Ms. Magazine.

The Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP) has been pivotal in reducing teen pregnancy nationally from 34 births per 1,000 girls in 2010 to 13 births per 1,000 girls in 2023. Now, it's under attack.

The reality that doesn't make headlines is that parents are on the frontlines speaking out against efforts to ban books, silence classroom discussions, and restrict access to sex ed.

Download the report for more stories from parents.
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Quality sex education works and it's popular 🌟 But when we think of sex ed, we often picture the ugly school board meetings because a few loud voices distort the facts and our perception.

Tradwives Use Sexism, Racism and Transphobia to Police Other Women There's a lot of talk about teen boys and the internet, but there's plenty of sexist influencers for women, too.

“There’s a lot of talk about teen boys and the internet, but there’s plenty of sexist influencers for women, too.” Read an excerpt from extremism researcher Dr. @milleridriss.bsky.social‘s new book ‘Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.’ www.teenvogue.com/story/how-tr...

Some states are pushing back. This #BisexualAwarenessWeek, SIECUS reaffirms that all young people deserve to feel safe to be themselves at school and see themselves in the materials they learn 🩷💜💙

For decades, abstinence-only has excluded and required negative portrayals of our LGBTQ+ peers. Now, the Trump Administration is threatening to gut millions in funding for sex education, HIV and STI prevention, and teen pregnancy preventions programs that include inclusive lessons.

2. Call your members of Congress. Ask them to protect funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, PREP, and CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health. You can reach the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121.

1. Support SIECUS with a donation today. Your gift powers our policy advocacy, strengthens our partnerships, and ensures we can act swiftly in this critical moment.

Together, we can ensure every young person has access to the sex education they deserve. Here’s how:

As I reflect on my first two weeks into my role as Executive Director at SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change, four words come to mind: gratitude, urgency, hope, and action.

Now, I invite you to join me and take action.

COUNTDOWN THE DAYS WITH US! In three weeks from today, our Director of Public Affairs, Alison Macklin, will be presenting at the virtual 3-day National Sexual Health Conference 🤩

Save the date 📅 October 6-8
Book your tickets 🎟️ sexualhealthconference.org

Resilience. Resistance. Celebration. 🌻

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