Sex Education

One in five don't know they have HIV

Two years after the Centers for Disease Control recommended routine HIV testing for everyone ages 13 to 64, 20% of people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it.

 

Teen sex survey shocks

An appalling 14% of teen girls claim to have had sex while at school and one in five hopes to be a teenage mom, or so says an unscientific survey on teen sexuality produced by "The Tyra Banks Show."

The survey culled results for over a two-week period last summer, and either offers a rather revealing window into the behavior of teens, or at least those that are fans of the Tyra show.

 

Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Do Something Club: American Red Cross Club

Do Something Club: Fag/Het

Kaytee Riek

Global ACCESS gets to the root of problems with advocacy for AIDS, because it brings people together, and provides them with the tools to make change by increasing individual and group productivity. At the International AIDS Conference they trained activists in media-communications, and worked to develop a cross-cultural strategy.

Transgender teacher trouble

At Foxboro Elementary School, in Vacaville, CA, 23 students have been pulled out of a music class because of their transgender teacher.

The teacher, formerly a woman, returned to school as a man at the beginning of the year and parents feel like their rights were violated because they were not told about the teacher’s gender reassignment. The school board has said that releasing this kind of information would be an illegal violation of the teacher’s privacy rights.

 

25% of girls getting cancer vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a study claiming that 25% of girls ages 13-17 have received the new vaccine against cervical cancer. The results are based on 3,000 girls between 13-17.

 

The Presidential Candidates on Gay Rights

Obama and McCain's stance on issues of special concern to the GLBT community.

Cupertino High School Do Something Club: United Nations Association

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