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Sex and Parent Caregivers
Depending on your disability, everything involving sex may require help – and if your parent is your primary caregiver, bringing up these topics (let alone asking for assistance with them) is not an easy task. It is possible to have a healthy and fulfilling relationship and sex life as a disabled person with a parent caregiver (or any other kind of caregiver). Here's a guide to help you out in this department.
Sexuality in Color: A Prayer for the New Year
Setting an intention together for a brighter, happier, more authentic, rewarding 2018.
Teen Access to Abortion: An Interview with Carol Sanger
Legal scholar and reproductive rights expert Carol Sanger talks about barriers to abortion access and supporting pregnant teens.
Consent Is Sexy: Sexual Autonomy and Disability
Here at Scarleteen, we love consent — but what about when your disability changes the way you interact with conversations about sex and autonomy?
Your Body is Not a Sex Object: Devotees and Disability
Some people say they're "sexually attracted to disability." That's objectifying, and you deserve to be loved as a whole person.
Judicial What? The Trials, Tribulations and Basis of the Judicial Bypass Process
In every state where consent or notification is required for a minor to get an abortion, there's also a judicial bypass option. Here's the history and mechanics of judicial bypass laws.
Scarleteen Confidential: (Better) BC Invitations
Quite a few young people have come to us with this scenario: a parent has told their child that they are open to talking about contraception. But when the young people bring this up with us, they sometimes say that even though that invitation was extended, they don't feel comfortable picking it up and asking for that help, or can't figure out how.
I absolutely see what I am sure are usually the best of intentions with this invitation. But I'd like to suggest an alternative that will probably work better.
Let's Get Metaphysical: The Etiquette of Entry
From both our personal experiences of our own varied sex lives, and in our work in sexuality with many other people, it seems pretty clear that really letting someone into an internal space in your body, or going into someone else's insides -- which we know might sound a little gross, but that is what's going on with this stuff -- is a fairly big deal for many people. So, what might make sexual entry different from other sexual activities?
What is Feminist Sex Education?
You probably know what abstinence-only sex education is, and you may also understand what comprehensive sex education is. But we feel we take it one step further around here, and aim to provide feminist comprehensive sex education, for women, men and everyone in between. So, what's that all about?