SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change

Looking for more resources? Download our policy brief with @guttmacher.org, The Fight for Facts 👇
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Are you a parent, advocate, policymaker, or just someone who cares about access to reproductive healthcare? Check out our If/Then Series: Abortion Access👇
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If you care about abortion access, then you should care about sex education 📣

Abortion is not a bad word. Treating it like one put patients and providers at risk.

#CelebrateAbortionProviders

Equity Cannot Wait: Confronting the Unequal Burden of HIV and AIDS on Women of Color National Women Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Black, Latina and transgender women bear a disproportionate share of the epidemic

Today marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

Black, Latina and trans women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic—driven by systemic inequities that shape access to prevention, testing, care and survival.

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Sex ed is your tool to separate the facts from the 🗑️

PERSISTENT LIES explores the birth control myths you wish weren't being pushed by the Surgeon General nominee.

Visit siecus.org/persistent-lies to watch the complete 3-part series!

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands

Sex education is self-defense against a system where this kind of violence has been enabled by power long before Epstein built his network. Read our blog by Director of Public Affairs, Alison Macklin 👇
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Authorities across the world are reopening investigations and survivors are standing up. The ball is in our court to respond. While the Department of Justice drags its feet, federal attention remains focused on culture-war fights over sexuality and education. This is not a coincidence.

This moment demands fierce leadership against sexual exploitation and the forces that allow it.

Learn how to protect sex ed in your school. Sign up here! Sex education is under attack in classrooms across the country. Learn what’s happening in our schools and what we can do to fight back.

SIECUS Senior Policy Analyst, Nawal Umar, and State Policy Action Manager, Miranda Estes will join Rise: Healthy for Life for a webinar hosted by @redwineblueusa.bsky.social Let's talk about what's happening in our schools and how we can fight back💡

⌚March 17, 7:30pm EST
🎟️Register now

At the upper left of the image, bold off-white text reads "The Anti-Abortion Agenda" with smaller off-white text below reading "creeping into classrooms." The background is a deep cool blue with three yellow school chairs across from each other and a table between them.

At the center of the image, a bold off-white heading "Required anti-abortion messages." Below it, the sentence continues in smaller off-white text reading "are more common as part of sex education or STI/HIV instruction than information on consent and menstrual health." The background is a deep cool blue.

Collaborating with @guttmacher.org, SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change released a policy brief examining the new frontline for attacks on reproductive anatomy: the sex ed classroom.

Download The Fight for Facts 👇
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At the center of the image, bold off-white text reads “what is romance supposed to look like?” The background is a deep cool blue with multi-color gradient hearts in the upper left and lower right corners.

At the top, a bold off-white heading reads “Romance isn’t one-size-fits-all”. Below it, a paragraph in smaller off-white text reads “Romantic attraction looks different between each person and in each relationship. "How do I figure out what's right for me?" Communication. Be open with your partner (s) about your wants and theirs.” The background is a deep cool blue.

At the top, a bold off-white heading reads “What if I'm not into romance?”. Below it, a paragraph in smaller off-white text reads “Romance is a spectrum; not everyone feels romantic attraction. From lack of attraction, to attraction only after building deep connection, to experiencing no attraction at all, aromanticism is normal and healthy.” The background is a deep cool blue.

We need to talk about romance 😘 What is it supposed to look like? What's right for me? What if I'm not into it? We got you boo

2026 sessions are starting 🏛️ Last month, SIECUS released our 2026 Legislative Look-Ahead. It maps out everything you need to know about the sex education landscape, including resources to take action 🧠

Want to learn more? Check it out 👇
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Our Director of Public Affairs, Alison Macklin, will be joining as a panelist 🎤
⌚March 27, 8am-3pm EST
🎟️ Register to attend VIRTUALLY here: tinyurl.com/rrliconference

How has young people's access to reproductive and gender-affirming care changed post-Dobbs? 💭

We'll be breaking it down with the Reproductive Rights Law Initiative at CWRU's School of Law in "The ReproCussions of Barriers to Care: Youth Access and the Fight for Bodily Autonomy".

Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

SIECUS is proud to endorse the Trans Bill of Rights, reintroduced by Rep. Jayapal and Sen. Markey. Our support reaffirms our commitment to quality and inclusive sex education and safe schools and communities for all.

Sex Educators Are Self-Censoring Online to Avoid Content Bans. Does it Work? It's called 'algospeak,' and it looks like 's3x,' 'le$bian,' and 'c00chie.' Some creators swear by it, but experts say it may increase stigma.

Sex educators are self-censoring their language online to avoid content bans on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. What do we lose when content creators rely on ‘algospeak’? @zoecunniffe.bsky.social reports:

From Native STAND 2.0 to Respecting the Circle of Life and We R Native, Indigenous educators are showing that prevention is strongest when it is grounded in tradition, storytelling, and intergenerational knowledge.

Culture is prevention. Check out SIECUS' latest blog on Indigenous leadership in sex education ✨
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It's Sex Ed Week of Action!
Comprehensive, inclusive, and medically-accurate sex ed builds so much more than knowledge. It builds a safer world with happier and healthier humans!

Plug in by following @siecus.bsky.social for some stellar legislation trackers to take action
#sexedsaveslives

SIECUS' 2026 Legislative Look-Ahead explores "Parental Rights" and more trends taking power out of young people's hands 💡
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Sex ed is self-defense. The lack of accountability and its consequences feel especially heavy right now. Education is also lagging behind.

Coming up this week 👀

Want to make change in your community? Explore SIECUS' Sex Ed and Baby Olivia Legislation Trackers.

Sex Ed Tracker 🔦
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Baby Olivia/Oliver Tracker🔦
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This week is all about impact! A snapshot of how SIECUS and partners across the United States are meeting this moment. A reflection on community, resistance, and joy. Which daily theme calls to you?

2026 SIECUS Legislative Look-Ahead: Facts Over Fear and the Movement for Inclusive, Evidence-Based Sex Ed - SIECUS The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) released its 2026 Legislative Look Ahead, wrapping up legislative, The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the…

The attacks on sex ed aren’t slowing down in 2026 — they’re getting more coordinated. @siecus.bsky.social just released their 2026 Legislative Look-Ahead to help advocates prepare.
📘 Read here: ow.ly/oIPy50Y55wJ

The Civil Rights Movement changed the world because it spoke to the truth that our struggles are intertwined. Informed by Black history, SIECUS was founded with the principle that liberation includes sexual freedom and freedom from sexual violence for all.

The Civil Rights Movement was a roar for connection against a system built on keeping those it labeled "others" down and preserving quiet over justice. Defeated but not destroyed, that system continues to erase certain leaders from the spotlight or smooth over their legacies.

#BlackHistoryMonth