Sade is 17 and works as a youth activist for YWCHAC, a program for and by young women of color that helps foster their development in advocacy training while providing them with the skills to be effective peer-educators to youth on the subject of sexual health. Their mission is to address the increasing rates of HIV infection in young women of color ages 13-24. I got the chance to ask Sade about what she does, why she does it, and what she thinks about some of the issues that impact HIV and young women.
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- Heather Corinna
No, there is not. The only thing you can do is to ask your partner -- giving you're willing to be forthright and share the same information about yourself -- and take her word for it. If you're asking this because of concerns about sexually transmitted infections, understand that knowing how many...
- Heather Corinna
Sounds to me like you have some internal conflict here...or not. What I'm really hearing you say here is that you're just not really feeling it when it comes to sex yet. Not alone, not with your partner. I'm hearing you say that you're more interested in non-sexual physical affection right now --...
- Heather Corinna
I absolutely promise you that you did not become pregnant from kissing and clothed heavy petting. I promise. So, breathe. You know your periods aren't regular, so not having one this month, especially when you have PCOS, likely has nothing to do with pregnancy. But if you're seriously freaking out...