#safer sex
Dear people of tumblr over the age of 36,
What do you feel needs to be taught to adults as far as sexuality education? This includes taking care of yourself as you age, updating you on current STI and pregnancy prevention, and talking about healthy relationships. What are specific questions you have? What are topics you feel would be important to address?
Dear fellow sexuality educators,
What are your thoughts on the subject?
Since we don’t learn squat in public school about sexual safety beyond PIV, I’ve asked the queer community in WA, USA for resources. Below is a master list of the recommendations I got. Some of these do not have proper language surrounding the existence trans people. As a trans person myself, I’ve left off the ones that are particularly bad about that. It sucks that we don’t have very many good resources that take our existence into account in their language, but here we are.
Books (some have audio book formats)
Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon (not gender specific as the title suggests, according to the person who recommended this one)
I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guideby Dorian SolotandMarshall Miller (If you have a vulva or ever have sex with someone who has a vulva, then this book is for you.)
Our Whole Lives: Sexuality Education for Young Adults, Ages 18-35byMichael J. Tino,Laura Anne Stuart, and Sarah Gibb Millspaugh
S.E.X. by Heather Corinna (the founder of the Scarleteen web site in the Online Sources section below)
In-Person Resources
TheCenter for Sex Positivity puts on all kinds of workshops in the greater Seattle area.
The library at Gay City in Seattle, WA has a full section on sex/sexuality.
Classes and workshops at your local Planned Parenthood.
Online Sources
Bedsider(a resource about birth control)
Free Emotional Labor (Facebook group where you can potentially ask for resources)
Fucking Trans Women (a how-to zine)
Oh Joy Sex Toy (web comic)
Planned Parenthood (information about over a dozen different STDs) (PP still says “STD” on their web site for “Sexually Transmitted Disease” even though a lot of other places have updated to “STI” for “Sexually Transmitted Infection.”)
Primed: The Back Pocket Guide for Trans Men and the Men who Dig Them
San Francisco City Clinic (chart of how various STIs can be passed)
Scarleteen(vast resource of information recommended by multiple queers, founded by the author of the book S.E.X. as found in the Books section above)
Sexplanations(a YouTube channel run by an actual medical professional)
Trans Sexuality: A safe Guide for Trans People and their Partners
Trans Sex Zine (volumes 1 and 2)
Trans Youth Sexual Health Booklet (heads up for nude drawings as soon as you open this link)
Podcasts
