internet resources
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activism
- ACLU - The American Civil Liberties Union
- Lawyers protecting your civil rights: free speech, reproductive rights,
youth issues, race issues, etc.
- ACT UP - AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
- A grass-roots direct action organization fighting AIDS. See also ACTUP
NY.
- Choice USA
- As a national pro-choice organization, Choice USA gives young women the tools they need to organize, network, and exchange ideas to build a youth-centered pro-choice movement.
- CPS - The Coalition for Positive Sexuality
- Sex Education for Teens - we brought you this page.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- A non-profit civil liberties public interest organization working
to protect freedom of expression, privacy, and access to on-line resources
and information.
- The Feminist Majority Online
- A comprehensive array of information on all aspects of women's issues.
- Gay Men's Health Summit
- Their purpose is to bring gay, bisexual and transgender men together to celebrate, heal, strengthen, and strategize. This sight mostly exists to promote their yearly national summit and to connect people to regional summits.
- Harass the People In-Charge
- Website that provides information on current issues and legislation,
plus links to the decision-makers that need to hear your opinions. Working
Assets is a progressive organization that's working to make it easier
for people to make it easier for people to get involved in social change.
- Lesbian Avengers
- The Lesbian Avengers are a direct-action group focused on issues vital
to lesbian survival and visibility. We don't know if any chapters are
active but they have a handbook for starting your own.
- Men Can Stop Rape
- Men working together with women to stop sexual violence.
- NARAL - National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
- A Pro-choice non-profit, independent, political and educational organization.
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Washington D.C. based advocacy group for Gays and Lesbians.
- NOW - The National Organization for Women
- Our organizational purpose is to "bring women into full participation
in the mainstream of American society NOW.
- Peacefire Censorware Pages
- Info on net censorship and blocking software PLUS learn how to disable the software!
- Teen Voices Magazine
- Teen Voices is the premier magazine, written by teen women for teen
women, that covers real issues related to young women's social and economic
development.
AIDS
- AIDS Information
- A wealth of information from the Queer
Resources Directory.
- The Body
- The Body is a multimedia health information resource, somatic, mental
and spiritual. It disseminates information relevant to HIV and AIDS.
- CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse gopher
- Information from the Centers for Disease
Control.
- A Girl's Guide to Condoms
- It's just what it says it is (and girls only please!).
- NIAID gopher AIDS information
- Information from the gopher server of the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Yahoo AIDS/HIV
- A list of Internet sites from the Yahoo
index.
- Project Inform
- AIDS treatment information.
birth control
- Back Up Your Birth Control
- This website is devoted to promoting information about Emergency Contraception (EC). You can download their EC Campaign Toolkit, fact sheets, posters, and more.
- Birth Control Watch
- Monitors actions, policies and statements that threaten access to birth control in America.
- Information Just for Teens
- The Teenwire is a website for teens from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Click on Birth Control Choices in the "Do" column.
- Mexican Family Planning Association
- They provide information on birth control and emergency contraception
available in Mexico.
- Planned Parenthood's Birth Control Information
- Brought to you by the most excellent and useful organization: Planned
Parenthood!
gay lesbian bi & transgender
- Blair
- A kinda gayboy/teenage grrl oriented WWW zine (named after Blair Warner
from the facts of life, duh).
- The BLK Homie Page
- News and information about the black lesbian and gay community.
- Family Pride Coalition
- Supporting and protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
parents and their families.
- Gay Healthcare
- This site includes info ranging from Lesbian Cancer Care, Orgasms, to the best Dr. for HIV patients. It links to lots of articles about sex ed, youth sexuality and school concerns regarding sexuality and safety for queer kids.
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- GIRL
- GIRL is a private unmoderated discussion list for and about girls, grrrls, young women, lesbian, queer-girl and feminist youth, "babydykes" and "young and angrys". To subscribe, send a brief bio including your age, interest in the list, and your background to girl@uci.edu
- Hepatitis B vaccine info for gay men
- Cool page on hepatitis that gears itself particularly to gay men.
It's part of the Immunization Action Coalition.
- History of Gay Love
- The Androphile Project is an educational gay website, or: "a
comprehensive survey of male love over the centuries, weaving together
ancient art, mythology, and the history of 'gay' love into a coherent
whole."
- Lesbian Wellness Project
- This site includes a range of physical, emotional and social information for lesbian, queer and questioning women. The Well Project’s mission is to reduce the total human cost of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women.
- A site specifically for the lesbian community of Costa Rica. It includes sex education, poetry, forums, book recommendations, and more...all in Spanish!
Oasis is a zine for and by Queer youth.
- PFLAG
- PFLAG (Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends
through support, education, and advocacy. Useful info on website and
local chapters all over the US.
- Planet Out
- Online community of Gay Lesbian Bi and Trans people.
- QueerAmerica National database of lesbigay resources
- A database published by !OutProud!;
it's the largest collection of lesbigay resources in the nation and
it's searchable by area code and zip code.
- Queer Resources Directory
- The Queer Resources Directory is a massive archive of files about
everything queer.
- soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi
- A moderated newsgroup that exists to offer support, understanding,
and friendship to young people who are coming to terms with their sexuality,
which may differ from the heterosexual norm.
- Youth Assistance Organization
- An on-line service, run by volunteers, created to help self-identifying gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth. YAO exists to provide young people with a safe space on-line to be themselves.
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needle-exchange
- North American Syringe Exchange Network
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- This site includes a handful of links to websites for needle exchange across the country.
Useful E-Commerce
- Condomania
- The original condom store now online with tons of info as well as tons of latex.
- Condom Country
- Home to the largest assortment of condoms and other below-the-belt-buck'l items on the Web.
- Condom Sense
- The Web's first Discount Condom WWWarehouse.
- Good Vibrations
- Sex positive and feminist vender of sex toys and books.
- Libida
- A sex information and sex toy site specifically for women (and
their lovers).
sex & sexuality
- Advocates For Youth
- Legal information and advocacy for teen's sexual rights. Great fact sheets for those book reports!
Age of Consent- Find out if you could get in trouble becuase one of you is too young to be having sex. Laws change depending on the state you're in. Check it out.
- alt.sex FAQ
- Alt.sex is a newsgroup dealing in human sexuality. Discussions on alt.sex are often frank and honest, and the language used on alt.sex is reflected in this FAQ.
- Disabled Sexual Empowerment and Exchange of Knowledge
- Its goal is to encourage disabled people to explore their sexuality
in a healthy, responsible manner.
- Gender and Sexuality
- A section of the English Server
that publishes texts which discuss sex, gender, sexual identity and
sexuality in cultural practices.
- Go Ask Alice! about Sexual Health & Relationships
- Go Ask Alice! is an interactive feature of Columbia University's Health Education Program
- Health Care Information Resources
- Lots of links to a wide range of teen sexuality, trans, intersex,
sexuality and sexual health information. Very easy to navigate. Brought
to you by our friends in Canada.
- Queers on Wheels
- Queers On Wheels is an organization that serves the physically disabled GLBTQ (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer) community by providing literature, teaching classes and workshops, and providing networking opportunities.
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- The Safer Sex Page
- This is the largest archive of information on safe sex information on the World Wide Web.
Underground Guide To Teen Sexuality- Another great site providing positive information about sex and sexuality
to teens.
- Yahoo Sex
- A list of sex related internet sites from Yahoo.
STD's
- Fact sheet on STDs
- From the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases.
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases FAQ
- Detailed descriptions of symptoms and treatments from the alt.sex FAQ.
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- teen parenting
- Girl Mom
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- Online magazine by and for teen moms. From the folks at Hip Mama.
- Facts for Teen Parents
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- Legal and social services information for teen parents.
- National Advocates for Pregnant Women
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- Legal group that supports the rights of all pregnant women, especially women of color, low-income women, and women who use drugs.
violence/harassment/abuse
- National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Dedicated to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of women and their children.
- Sexual Assault Resources Page
- Links to sexual assault resources and organizations all over the
US provided by the Feminist Majority Foundation.
women's healthcare
- Abortion Clinics Online
- Lists abortion clinics around the US and in other countries. Clínicas de Aborto En Línea es un servicio directorio que consta de los sitios web de más de 400 proveedores de servicios de aborto y otros servicios de la salud reproductiva.
Alan Guttmacher Institute- This organizations website is focused on reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. If you're writing a book report on teen pregnancy, birth control use or abortion rights, this site is for you.
- American Pregnancy Association
- National health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness. They also give detailed info about abortion types, side effects, follow-up, and relevant state laws.
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- Emergency Contraception Online
- Information about the morning-after-pill and where you can get it in your area. You can also call their free hotline at 1-888-NOT-2-LATE
- Go Ask Alice! about Sexual Health & Relationships
- Go Ask Alice! is an interactive feature of Columbia University's
Health Education Program
National Abortion Federation- Information on abortion procedures, laws and access. Maps and links
to help you find an abortion provider in the US and Canada.
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
- Social justice organization dedicated to protecting reproductive rights for Latinas. Their website includes fact sheets and links to abortion clinics in English and Español.
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- National Network of Abortion Funds
- A network of small organizations in the US that help women needing financial aid to pay for an abortion. Information in English and Español.
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- Planned Parenthood
- Detailed information about birth control, pregnancy, abortion, and other aspects of women's reproductive healthcare. Also check out their "teen friendly" site: teenwire.com.