Healthy Sex & SexualityWebsites
Scarleteen (Sex Ed for the Real World)
Scarleteen is an independent, grassroots sexuality education and support organization and website. Founded in 1998, Scarleteen.com is visited by around three-quarters of a million diverse people each month worldwide, most between the ages of 15 and 25. It is the highest-ranked website for sex education and sexuality advice online and has held that rank through most of its tenure. Scarleteen provides online content, interactive services, referrals, offline outreach and training, as well as mentorship guidance. Visit Scarleteen at www.scarleteen.com
Sex, Etc.
(Sex education website and magazine by teens and for teen). Sex, Etc. is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country! Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality Education Project developed by Answer, a national organization dedicated to providing and promoting comprehensive sexuality education to young people and the adults in their lives. Visit Sex, Etc. at www.sexetc.org
gURL.com
gURL.com is a leading online community and content site for teenage girls. It contains stories, games, quizzes and interactive content produced with an independent editorial voice. gURL is a different approach to the experience of being a teenage girl. gURL is committed to discussing issues that affect the lives of girls age 13 and up in a nonjudgmental, personal way. Through honest writing, visuals and liberal use of humor, gURL tries to give girls a new way of looking at subjects that are crucial to their lives. gURL hopes to provide connection and identification in a way that is not possible in other media. gURL content deals frankly with sexuality, emotions, body image, etc. Visit gURL at www.gurl.com
Teen Health via NYC.gov
Besider.org
Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is a free support network for birth control for women 18-29 operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. Launched in beta form in 2010, our goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively. Visit Bedsider at www.bedsider.org
Are you Under 18?If you are under 18 years old, you do not need to get permission from your parents or guardians in order to obtain birth control, STI testing and/or an abortion. You are protected in New York State by confidentiality laws that make it illegal for doctors to tell your parents if you have received sexual and reproductive health services.
If you are a New York City teen and interested in reproductive and sexual health services in NYC, please check the NYCgov website, Teens in NYC booklet. All clinic listed offer confidential and free or very low-cost sexual health services for teens. These services may include: Condoms, Birth control, Emergency contraception, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing, and Pregnancy testing.
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