Jan 26 2025 56 mins
Uncomfortable as it may feel, sex education, and specifically education tailored for LGBTQ+ kids, is crucial for the overall health and wellbeing of our queer kids! Today Sara talks with special guest Emmalinda MacLean about how we provide LGBTQ+ young people with the tools they need to understand themselves, build healthy relationships, and thrive in a world that often overlooks their unique experiences.
Special Guest: Emmalinda MacLean
Emmalinda MacLean is the Director of Curriculum & Instruction and Co-Founder of More Than Sex-Ed, whose mission is to nourish healthy development through honest conversation about sex and sexuality. She leads Our Whole Lives trainings around the country, coaching new sex educators on our inclusive, values-centered approach. Emmalinda is especially proud of her work on consent education, from the creation of the bubble-wrap game to the publication of her children’s book, Everybody, Every Body! California born and raised; UCLA graduate; horror movie fan; plant nerd. Pronouns: she/her
Links from the Show:
- Circles of Sexuality: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Circles-of-Sexuality-Image-provided-by-the-Unitarian-Universalist-Association-and-the_fig2_340493152
- Our Whole Lives curriculum: https://www.uua.org/re/owl
- More than Sex-Ed resources and booklist: https://www.morethansex-ed.org/resources-for-adults
- Sex is a Funny Word: https://www.corysilverberg.com/sex-is-a-funny-word
- What Makes a Baby: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15701778-what-makes-a-baby
- Transgender School: https://transgenderschool.org/
- Okay So: https://okayso.org/about-us
- Sex, etc.: https://sexetc.org/
- Scarleteen https://www.scarleteen.com/
- Sex ed chat: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/roo-sexual-health-chatbot
- Sex ed delays sexual debut: https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(20)30456-0/fulltext
- GSAs in schools reduce suicidality: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/simply-having-gay-straight-alliance-reduces-suicide-risk-all-students-180949462/
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