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Friday Night Live

Friday Night Live

Remember Baby Jessica, the little girl who fell down a well in West Texas in the fall of 1987? That was in Midland, home of George and Laura Bush. Midland also happens to be the more developed, more sophisticated big sister to my hometown of Odessa, separated by just fifteen miles, down a very dusty and very empty highway. Shortly after Jessica’s

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

Abstinence-Only a Failure, Latest Research Shows

San Francisco, September 16, 2008—As pregnant teens take the national stage and the merits of sexual education are suddenly being debated by pundits across the country, the latest research findings from the National Sexuality Resource Center’s Sexuality Research and Social Policy journal leave no room for doubt: abstinence-only

Crisis in the Catholic Church

Crisis in the Catholic Church

The sexual abuse of children by priests has been called the “greatest crisis Catholicism has faced since the reformation.” The prevalence of clergy sexual abuse and its shocking cover-up by church officials is by now well known. Less well understood, however, is the crucial role played by civil lawsuits in bringing the scandal to

Risky Lessons

Risky Lessons

It's been called "passionate", "engaging", and "intellectually thrilling". Jessica Fields' book Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality has just been released by Rutgers University Press.

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Robert Valls: What kids want to know

What do kids really want to know about sex? Who better to ask than a youth. Robert Valls, a finalist in the Fresh Focus Video Contest, tells all.         

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Sex in the Midwest. No, really!

Nikol Hasler is the host of The Midwest Teen Sex Show. She tells Bonnie why no topic is off limits on her cutting edge, sex ed podcast.

Raising Gender

Raising Gender

“Mom, when is the good fairy going to come and change my peepee?” asked two-year-old Jazz. Jazz was born male—with XY sex chromosomes and a penis—but as a toddler he already felt certain that he was really a she. By age five his parents allowed him to present himself to the world as a girl. Jazz thus became

The Real Teens of Anytown U.S.A.

The Real Teens of Anytown U.S.A.

Some adults think teens have sex constantly; others believe it’s not going on at all. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Family Matters

Family Matters

Sixteen-year-old Karina Flores knew something was wrong when she couldn’t button her size five jeans. She wiggled to peel them off her body and threw them on her bed, and opted for her size seven pair instead. As she finished getting ready for another day at school, she stared at her reflection in the mirror. Her face was rounder and less

Dude, You're a Fag'

'Dude, You're a Fag'

Though homophobia is usually thought of as fear of same sex attraction, in high school, boys? homophobia is also about policing gendered norms.