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Articles and Advice in this area:

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  • Sassafras Patterdale

Everyone’s situation of being kicked out is going to be different, but here are ten things for anyone to do to help prepare yourself if you think or know you’re going to get kicked out.

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  • Sam Wall

Maybe you’ve noticed: there’s been a shift in how people and movements that are anti-trans present themselves. I’m going to go over some of the clues that a resource or person’s only concern is directing people away from trans-affirming care and towards harmful, anti-trans spaces or approaches.

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  • Gabriel Leão

Abortion can be hard for many adults to understand and process, let alone for kids. As with so many potentially major life events, they are often left in the dark without any comment or explanation as if nothing happened, or receive a rigid lecture from an authority figure imposing only their singular point of view. The book “What’s an Abortion, Anyway?” proposes a new, more fluid and non-judgmental way to explain this event to the small ones.

Advice
  • Jaclyn Friedman

You sound like such a thoughtful parent AND educator. I’m so glad you wrote in! I’ve got lots of practical advice for you, but before I get to it, I hope you’ll have patience while I talk a bit about a couple of crucial ideas embedded in your question. First, thank you for knowing that EVERYONE

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  • Sam Wall

The current pandemic is stressful all on its own. But for many of us – very much including young people who aren’t living independently – the stress of the situation is amplified by some of the realities of social distancing. It cuts some of us off from our support networks, from friends, from…

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  • Chanté Thurmond

Who knew a discussion with an ex-boyfriend about squirting would set Pussypedia co-founder Zoe Mendelson on a quest across the internet in search of trustworthy, fact-based sexual health information about her body that led to starting a bilingual, diverse, and inclusive digital encyclopedia? (Not Zoe!) We talked to her to find out all about this new resource and Zoe’s experience making it.

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  • Heather Corinna

A short, fast, sex ed summary about intimacy.

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

Under a Trump administration many Americans, especially the most vulnerable, are going to hurt and struggle. Many of us need to protect ourselves; all of us need to help protect and care for each other. Here’s an extensive guide to help you do both.

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When someone comes into our direct services with a pregnancy scare, there are some things that we will and won’t do. We absolutely will help users who could clearly be or may soon become pregnant: with things like how to access emergency contraception, abortion, adoption or prenatal care, how to…

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Anxiety, stress or panic are things everyone experiences sometimes, things most people can manage and cope with most of the time. But if any or all of those things: feels unmanageable for you OR keeps happening about things that aren’t based in reality OR becomes constant or chronic, rather than…