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False!
It’s really important when you get tested to talk with a healthcare provider about what you want to be tested for. Also, when you talk with a partner about being in a sexual relationship, you need to ask that person what they’ve been tested for, not just “have you been tested for STDs?” A lot of people believe there is one test for all STDs, so they may not know themselves!
True or False: there is one type of test that can screen for the most common STDs.
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False!
Most states have no laws that explicitly prohibit discrimination against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and no specific state agency guidance on the treatment of transgender, nonbinary, and gendernoncomforming students.
True or False: Most US states have laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and specific state agency guidance on the treatment of transgender, nonbinary, and gender noncomforming students.
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Vasectomy
It has a 0.15% failure rate, compared to “the pill” failure rate of 7%.
What contraception has the lowest failure rate? (Lowest chance of pregnancy?)
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October 11
When is National Coming Out Day in the United States?
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24 States & the District of Columbia
How many states mandate sexual education in the United States?
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Yes!
Syphilis is cured with penicillin. It’s important to get treatment as early as possible, because if left undetected, syphilis can cause damage to the body that can’t be reversed.
Can Syphilis be cured?
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False!
Michigan only has guidance on the treatment of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming students without state nondiscrimination laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
True or False: Michigan is a state with nondiscrimination laws explicitly prohibiting discrimination against students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and specific state agency guidance on the treatment of transgender, nonbinary, and gender noncomforming students.
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True!
However the male contraceptive initiative is conducting research to create an injection for people with penises so that they cannot cause a pregnancy for years.
True or false: There is currently no birth control used by people with penises other than condom or vasectomy?
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This decision mandated that states must allow same-sex couples to legally marry.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What was achieved in Obergefell v. Hodges (Supreme Court Decision, 2015)?
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Abstinence
The 1996 Welfare Reform Act added provisions for _____ education?
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Fact!
One vaccine protects against several strains of HPV that can cause cervical cancer (it can be taken by someone of any gender, even if they don’t have a cervix) and one inoculates against Hepatitis B.
Myth or Fact? There is currently a vaccine available for two STDs.
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True!
South Dakota also has this.
True or False: Missouri is a state that prohibits local school districts from having anti-bullying and harassment policies that specifically protect students on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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~ 50%
What percent of unintended pregnancies are due to errors of birth control?
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1969
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, New York, United States of America.
The Stonewall riots took place in June of what year?
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Family
Sex Education in public education was often referred to as “Life & [BLANK] Studies”.
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No symptom; burning or itching in the genitals; burning when you urinate; small bumps or sores on or around the genitals, mouth or anus; discharge from a penis or vagina
Name three common symptoms of most STDs.
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California, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut.
Name a state with a curriculum that includes visibility of LGBTQ+ communities.
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65% (as of 2018)
What percent of women ages 15-44 in the U.S. use some form of contraception?
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The Netherlands
It was legalized in 2001.
What was the first European country to legalize same-sex marriage?
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11 States & the District of Columbia
LGBTQ-inclusive sex education is required in California, Colorado, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and the District of Columbia. Five more states – Delaware, Iowa, Massachusetts, South Carolina and Wisconsin – require that sex education include information on sexual orientation and gender identity that does not affirm or discriminate against LGBTQ students
How many states require some form of LGBTQ focused education in sex education?
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There is no HPV test for a penis – a person with a penis will only know if they have it if they notice visible warts or a sexual partner notifies them of possible exposure.
HPV stands for the Human Papillomavirus. It can cause genital warts, or it can cause cancer of the cervix and many other types of cancer.
People with a cervix are tested for HPV when they get pap tests; how are people with a penis tested?
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Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi.
“No Promo Homo'' laws prohibit positive and affirming representation of LGBTQ+ identities in K-12 schools.
Name a state with “No Promo Homo” Laws.
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IUD
What is a type of birth control that has never been designed by a woman?
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1732
The term lesbian first used by William King in his book, The Toast, published in England which meant women who loved women.
When was the term ‘lesbian’ first used?
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True!
True or False? Every state had a mandate for education centered on AIDS by the mid 1990’s?
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