Teen Education and Resources

• Besider: A birth control website and support network that can help someone find a birth control method that works for them. The website also has a clinic finder to locate a nearby clinic if someone is outside the Boulder Valley.
• Your Birth Control Fact Sheet in English and Spanish from the Reproductive Health Access Project. It has pictures and short descriptions of all methods in alphabetical order.
• A one-page handout on birth control methods from UCSF Beyond the Pill in English and Spanish.

• Scarteen: A sexual health website that provides information on sexuality and relationships for teens and young adults.
• Sexetc: A sex education website written for teens, by teens.
• Go Ask Alice from Columbia University: Medically accurate information designed for young people on a wide range of health topics.
• Love is Respect: Information on healthy relationships and dating abuse.
• SPAN: Boulder Valley alliance for non-violence with local support and resources for people in abusive relationships as well as a 24-hour crisis hotline.

• The Center for Disease Control (CDC): Leading national health organization on all types of infections including STI’s.

• Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Non-binary Young People: Easy to follow resource guide.
• The Trevor Project: Resources and mental health support for LGBTQI+ youth.
• Gender Spectrum: Resources and support for gender diverse youth and families.
• Variations in Sex Characteristics Glossary: An excellent resource on intersex bodies and variations in sex characteristics.
• Gender and Sexuality Galaxies: Visual tool to explore the expansiveness of gender and sexuality and includes a glossary of terms for gender and sexual identities.
• The Gender Unicorn: One-page tool to introduce the spectrum concepts of gender identity/expression/sex assigned at birth/attraction.
• OASOS Boulder County: Hosts peer groups and connections for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) youth.
• Out Boulder: A local organization supporting LGBTQI+ communities in the Boulder Valley and beyond through education, advocacy, connection, research, and programming.
• One Colorado: Colorado’s leading organization on LGBTQI+ issues; resources for youth and families.

• Advocates Youth: Youth activists and adult allies working on sexual health, rights, and justice.
• Guttmacher Institute: A leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.
• Power to Decide: Provides research and information on sexual health, contraceptive and abortion access.

• 988 Hotline National Suicide Prevention hotline from anywhere in the U.S.
• IMatter: Connect with a therapist for 6 free counseling sessions

• Sex Positive Families Education and resources to support parents in raising sexually healthy children. Excellent resource list including books, articles and more that is searchable by age and topic.

Additional Resources for Health Educators

• Free, on-line, comprehensive sexual health curricula
  • Advocates for Youth Three R’s Curriculum
  • Adolescent Health Working Group Be Real Be Ready Curriculum
  • The Porn Conversation Curriculum