LGBT Sex Education

LGBT sex ed - T never happened , LGB -10 (not even a 0) BTW grew up in the 70's

I did not learn about HIV until I was 23 and I was probably ahead of my peers I went on one of the first AIDS walks.

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I've been taught sex ed every year for at least the last 7 years throughout school.

My teachers have gone into very detailed teachings of heterosexual relationships, problems, etc.. but never once was I taught anything about LGBT sex or relationships, except like you said, when taught about HIV/AIDS.

I'm not sure why this is, throughout school I've learnt pretty much everything about heterosexual relationships, but not even the most basic details of LGBT relationships. Which seems unfair. In this day and age I think it would be quite easy to include at least one lesson about LGBT relationships.

I would rate my school(s) a 1, possibly a 2.

 

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I took 3 years of sex ed, it required parental permission slip each year, after that I ask my mom not to sign the slip, I got bored taking them it just kept repeating stuff. We also had non-co-ed classes, I hear they have co-ed sex ed nowadays.

 

I don't remember much about sex education outside of a really disturbing "educational cartoon" of a young couple having sex while the girl was on her period (what on earth was that all about anyways), but I am pretty sure there was no LGBT lessons, so 1. I think we only had one day of it too, so I guess they didn't have much time to put it in even if they wanted, because apparently learning to make crummy flowerpots is more important than safe sex now or something.

 

My school was more progressive than most I guess, I'd say about 9, talked about everything you could hope for along with some basic stuff like the difference between transexuals and transvestites, along with a few days spent on gender identity.

 

Well said.

And my school probably was a 1. We learned about HIV and AIDS when we did diseases in A-Level Human Biology. But it's an optional subject which few people took.

 

The only thing I remember that was LGBT related was this ONE day where we could wear a certain color to show support for LGBT people and that's it. That's pretty bad. All the sex ed classes I tried to skip because I knew they would just gross me out! For example that day where everyone was taught how to put a condom on. :eusa_sick:

 

I have never been to a sex ed. class. Well, not really. It was more like a "relationship ed.", where we had to learn how to respect privacy etc. So I just asked my parents.

I would rate my school as a 1. Never ever did they mention anything related to LGBT. And although I'm very informed now, I wish they would have said at least something.

 

Mine, probably a 2. They had the usual HIV/AIDS lesson, but not much else LGBT. Mind you, they did stress that HIV affects heterosexuals as well. But yeah, nothing actually dedicated to LGBT. Obviously I wasn't expecting them to do a whole lesson on it, but just a little nod towards other aspects of it wouldn't have gone amiss. It would probably have been much more enlightening than many other lesson topics they chose...

 

Maybe a 4, I think we went over LGBT for a few classes in 7th grade. We mainly just went over what the letters meant. Wast very inclusive but it was nothing

 

In grade seven and eight we sex ed in health class, boys and girls separated. I went to a quite progressive, inclusive school and I was quite impress particularly with grade eight (when I was first starting becoming aware of my sexuality). We learned about making healthy desicions about being sexually active or not and my teacher made a point of talking about LGBT people as much as possible (saying things like "in your relationships with boys or girl" and talking about gay and lesbian relationship some). We also talked a bit people having sex and prove they're straight and denial. In the poll I'd give my school somewhere between 7 and 9. My health teacher didn't even bat an eye when I asked how two girls have sex and they would protect themselves (I never told her about my sexuality and if she suspect based on that question she didn't let it show at the time or during the rest of the school year). Also when I was in grade seven we had a presentation from someone who worked at our local LGBT youth organization, about the different terms in LGBT, what they meant, how people know, questioning, denial, experiences that LGBT people go through and being accepting and inclusive. Sometimes we'd talk about LGBT civil and social issues in English and History class too and had a strong GSA. Overall I was very impress by the inclusiveness of my (former) school, especially from a 7-8 school. But that might be partly based on where I live (a decent-sized, politically moderate-to-liberal city in Southern Ontario, Canada).

 

Well.....the thing is, we are such an "abstinence" culture. I'm not surprised LGBT sex is excluded.

However, why can't we take into account things like oral sex? That applies to all of us. I do remember we talked about that once. I don't think we ever actually learned how to do anything - so....yeah.

 

on a scale of 1 to 10, about 0.5! Mind you, we did have our PE teacher for sex-ed for 2 years, so it wasn't particularly surprising really. PE teachers aren't the most accepting lot in the first place, so there were a lot of laughs at the expense of LGBT people!

 

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In Texas, we only go shown pictures of STDs and told abstinence is the best. The man who talked to us couldn't even tell us about what a condom was or how to use it. In his words, the state prohibited him from talking about that. If sex ed was that limited, LGBT was not even on the menu, so to speak.

 

A 2. Again only with the AIDS/HIV issue... Is bad publicity really better than none? Anyhow I do suppose theres only a small percentage of us but yeah... I'm self taught in that regard LoL

 

VOILA!

Unfortunately, I had to start the poll off by voting one. Though, in all honest, the heterosexual sex education that was offered when I was in elementary and middle school was horrific and completely unrealistic. No one took it seriously, so I can only imagine the charade that would have ensued had they have taught LGBTQ topics.

 

I would say between a 1 and 2, so I picked 2, if only because I think it popped up once(probably the HIV thing as others have said).

 

Well, I never had any school sex ed except a very brief and awkward lesson in which we discussed the fact that babies exist. I've received various safe sex talks in queer community settings, though. And if that was all I'd learnt, it would probably be enough. But of course, I already knew it all by the time these groups came around.