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Your voice can make a difference. You have the right to honest, accurate sex ed. Speak up for the kind of education that you want, need and deserve in your school. Your Voice, Your Rights.

Abby	Abby Female 18 years old Pennsylvania Favorite Quote My favorite quote is "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." Why? I don't know, it is just nice and sweet.

I get my information about sex from:

	Friends		Parent(s), guardian(s)		School health or sex ed programs
	TV		Magazines		Internet

Please tell us where else you get information about sex.

I get most of my information from the internet and books that I read.

In one sentence, tell us what your first time talking with your parent(s)/guardian(s) about sex was like? Who started the conversation?

I started the incredibly awkward conversation with my mother.

What do YOU think sex ed classes for teens should talk about? What was covered in your sex ed class? What do you wish was covered in your sex ed class?

covered in my sex ed:

covered in my sex ed:

• Menstruation • Abstinence • Abstinence as the only acceptable choice for teens • STDs • How to talk to your partner about sex • How to talk to your partner about birth control or safer sex • How to figure out if your relationship is healthy or not

• Masturbation • Menstruation • Wet dreams • Different kinds of sex • Issues faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or questioning people • How to figure out your sexual feelings for someone of your same gender • Fingering and hand jobs • Pregnancy options • STDs • How to talk to your partner about sex • How to decide if you're ready for sex • How to talk to your parents about sex • How to talk to your partner about birth control or safer sex • How to figure out if your relationship is healthy or not • Rape and sexual assault • How to find a clinic

The most important thing to know is the facts. Protection and how to use it as well as how your sexuality shouldn't factor into how you are judged and such.

Do you have a story that you think should be on Sex, Etc. because it would help other teens? Write it here, and you and your story may be featured on the Web site.

I don't really have a story. Maybe one day...Just not now.

If Sex, Etc. gave you $1,000 dollars to help teens get access to honest, medically accurate and balanced information about human sexuality and to help teens make responsible choices about sexual health, what would YOU do?

I would produce modern videos that would teach teens, rather than bore them to death.