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  • Anonymous

    In 1968 abortion was not legal. I was 19, wildly in love, naive and unready to have a child. An abortion was arranged with an MD.

  • Anonymous

    I started dealing with this guy when I was around 19 years old. We didn’t have sex immediately, we waited a few months but once we started we barely ever…

  • A Miscarriage of Justice in Missouri

    by Wesley Thomas, Program Coordinator for LGBTQ Health and Rights The trial and conviction of Michael Johnson is a perfect storm of ways NOT to help reduce HIV rates among…

  • Anonymous

    So I’m 30 years old, recently engaged to be married and so happy to be in love with a sweet guy. I’m pretty regular, so when my period didn’t come…

  • You Can Shape the New National HIV/AIDS Strategy

    URGENT: The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) is asking the public to vote on which strategies are the most important to reaching an AIDS-free generation. We’ve submitted a recommendation…

  • Anonymous

    I have had three abortions. I was not able to use the pill because of severe side effects, and my Dr. refused an IUD because my bleeding was already so…

  • Anonymous

    I had lost my (consensual; I hadn’t been raped) virginity to my best friend, and he to me. After that, we thought we were safe – unfortunately, we weren’t.

  • Anonymous

    When I was fifteen, I had my first real “boyfriend,” or so I thought. This man (he was 20) was homeless, so he stayed at my house.

  • Join the Sex Ed Road Trip!

    Over the past several months we have seen youth activists make their voices heard from the streets of their local communities to the steps of their state legislators offices. From…