Youth: Health and Sexuality

Advocates for Youth champions efforts that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Go Ask Alice is the health question and answer Internet resource produced by Alice! Health Promotion at Columbia University—a division of Columbia Health.

I wanna Know  is designed to help LGBTQ youth and others learn about  sexual health in order to make good decisions. It also contains useful information for parents and educators.

Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest is a not-for-profit family planning agency that provides high-quality, affordable reproductive health care for women, men and teens, including STD testing. Their website contains all sorts of health resources, including information for LGBTQ teens and their families.

Sex Etc. By Teens. For Teens  is on a mission to improve teen sexual health across the country, including information specific to LGBTQ youth.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) believes in the right of all people to accurate information, comprehensive education about sexuality, and sexual health services and educates, advocates, and informs toward this effort.

TeensHealth from Nemours provides information for teens in English and Spanish about  body, mind, physical and emotional health, relationships, drugs and alcohol, sexuality, and many other topics.

TeenSource provides non-judgmental, accurate, and reliable sexual and reproductive health information and resources.  Though it is based in California and is intended for the state’s youth, it  provides plenty of educational materials for all teens.

Suicide Prevention Resource Center works to reduce suicide in Washington and has specific LGBTQ resources.