The Sexy Times | America needs a sex ed revolution
The Sexy Times | America needs a sex ed revolution With the recent news that England now mandates sex ed that includes LGBTQ+ topics in high schools, it’s become even more prominent that America is lagging behind. Our sex education system fails all students, especially those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, and school districts and the government both fail to show any interest in changing it for the better. In high school, I had only a handful of teachers who openly discussed and encouraged discourse about the realities of sex for LGBTQ+ people. I never learned about consent, birth control options or other factors of safe sex from school-mandated teachings. All of my knowledge came from teachers who risked coming under fire for, like, not being homophobic or transphobic. The irony stings, I know. As of 2017, only 13 states require sex education to be “medically accurate.” I’m sorry — what? Shouldn’t that be the minimum requirement, that our sexual education be medically accu...
