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Zee Cannon's avatar

The thing I most wish I'd had (although this is a comparatively small piece of what's needed) is acknowledgement that some people don't want sex. Growing up asexual before most people (including me) even know the word meant all I got was a whole lot of, "Of course you desperately want to do this, but don't do it." The pushing of abstinence gave me a useful shield, but it wasn't worth the deep-down sick feeling of "something is very wrong with me."

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Claire Cox's avatar

Very curious if you’ve heard about the Our Whole Lives curriculum, developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association. From what I understand, it’s a comprehensive, progressive, radically inclusive sexuality curriculum for grades K-12. I didn’t have the privilege of attending OWL classes myself (it was still called About Your Sexuality in the 90s, and I didn’t have a ride to where it was), but friends who took it came away with the most extraordinary information! Now I’m looking for a local (NYC) offering for my first grader, bc he sure af won’t get anything like it at his school.

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