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Scarleteen's Link-In-Bio

A list of recent links posted to Scarleteen's social media platforms.
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    Sex Education Could Be a Lifeline for Brazilian LGBTQIA+ Youth

    In Brazil, attacks on comprehensive sexuality education are cutting LGBQTIA+ young people off from critical resources.

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    Birth Control and Emetophobia: A Guide

    Don’t let fears of nausea and vomiting hold you back from using birth control: You have lots of options!

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    How do I move on from situationships?

    How can someone break a cycle of situationships to start making something different? It’s got a lot to do with boundaries.

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    Your Guide to Fibroids: Everything You Need to Know and Then Some

    Anywhere from 40 to 80 percent of people with a uterus have fibroids and the diagnosis might sound scary, but you have lots of options!

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    Sex When You're Homeless

    Sex while homeless isn’t always easy, but there are lots of ways you can protect yourself and your community while being sexual and building connections.

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    COCSA: What It Is, How To Know if It’s Got Anything To Do With You, and What To Do If It Does

    Here are some things — from someone with nearly 30 years of experience providing sex, relationships, and health education along with lived experience as an assault survivor — to know about child-on-child sexual abuse.

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    Care Web Toolkit

    Our downloadable and printable templates to help you keep and organize all your healthcare information.

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    From Touch to Trust: Physical Intimacy in Recovery

    Opening up to yourself and to another person physically may take time, but it is absolutely possible.

    At the Edge of the Bed: Learning to Want Again

    You may have a curiosity to see what a new existence of desire can offer you, and you may find in it a source of confidence — within yourself, and with partners.

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    Being Closeted & Joyful in a Black Household

    Nigeria is not a safe place to be queer in. But the immediate, real threat to my desire for the authenticity I felt was waiting for me on the other side of coming out was my family.