“ Many teens are forced to attain their knowledge of sex ed from disreputable sources, which is a major backstep responsible for harmful myths.” “Unfortunately, youth can’t make informed decisions about their bodies because of the dangerous lack of sex ed they receive in school,” Eleanor Grano, program manager for Jane’s Due Process and former advocate at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, said. As a result of SURF’s creative advocacy work, this December the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) passed comprehensive sex ed in middle school-including a medically-accurate curriculum and alternatives to abstinence-only instruction.
(Courtesy)Īfter the Minecraft protest, SURF promoted further revisions clarifying medical concepts and encouraging respect for all students regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Officers of Fort Bend SURF discuss comprehensive sex-ed with Representative Marisa Perez-Diaz over a Zoom call. They discovered Texas sex ed hadn’t been updated by the state in more than two decades, recognizing neither scientific advancements nor the realities of being a teen in the 21st century. states don’t require sex ed in schools- even fewer require a medically-accurate curriculum, leaving much up to interpretation.ĭisgruntled by the lack of proper sex ed they received in school, Phan and her 15-year-old sister, Tammy, made it their mission to find out why the program was so rudimentary. What birth control should she use? What reproductive rights did she have? She didn’t know. She didn’t feel like her Texas schooling provided her with enough information to make informed decisions about her body.
MINECRAFT SEX SERIES
This series is made possible by a grant from in support of teen journalists and the series editor, Katina Paron.īy the time she turned 17, the average age Americans lose their virginity, Ann Phan’s entire knowledge of sexual education could be summed up in two words: abstinence only. is an ongoing series of news reports by young feminists.
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