Summary
Good sex ed can be life-changing. But getting access to it often entails a fight.
— The “Our Whole Lives” program was created in partnership between the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association.
— Matt Bloom is a reporter for NPR affiliate station KUNC in Colorado. He's also worked at stations in Los Angeles and Bloomington, Indiana. You can follow his reporting on Twitter @matthew_bloom or find more work at mattbloomwrites.me.
Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Marco Trovatello ("Haunty Fourstroke"), Nctrnm ("Tethered"), Meydan ("Elk"), Against Me! (Transgender Dysphoria Blues), Kai Engel ("Cold War Echo"), and Josh Woodward ("Show Me (Instrumental Version)"). Theme by Alexander Overington.
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| 0:00.0 | Tobin? |
| 0:02.0 | Cath? |
| 0:04.0 | What are you doing? |
| 0:06.0 | Just googling old sex ad videos? |
| 0:09.0 | Lots of young people have some kind of homosexual experience in their lives. |
| 0:14.0 | It doesn't really mean anything. |
| 0:17.0 | It doesn't mean that they're gay. |
| 0:20.0 | No. |
| 0:21.0 | One never knows when the homosexual is about. |
| 0:24.0 | He may appear normal, and it may be too late when you discover he is mentally ill. |
| 0:29.0 | Good God. |
| 0:31.0 | Yeah, not good. |
| 0:35.0 | From WNYC Studios, you're listening to Nancy. |
| 0:38.0 | With your hosts, Tobin Lowe and Kathy too. |
| 0:49.0 | So, it's no secret that in a lot of places the way sex ad is taught is really bad, especially for queer people. |
| 0:58.0 | But let us imagine for a second what would happen if we gave teens comprehensive sex ed? |
| 1:03.0 | It could actually change people's lives, especially queer people who may not even know their queer. |
| 1:09.0 | Right. |
| 1:10.0 | And there are a lot of states that have started to recognize that. |
| 1:12.0 | California's Department of Education just revamped all of its sex ed guidelines to be more LGBTQ friendly. |
| 1:18.0 | In Arizona, the governor recently repealed a law that prohibited education around HIV and AIDS in public schools. |
| 1:25.0 | But getting sex ed bills past is not easy. |
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