Sex Ed Rewind

In this episode I talk with Teckla Persons about church as a safe space for sex ed, bi-visibilty and bi-erasure, feeling queer enough, the cultural focus on male pleasure, masturbation with a vulva, and more.

In this episode I talk to Gene Fukui about Japanese insect-man cartoons as porn, the impacts of gender segregated sex ed, navigating sex as a multi-cultural young person, working through feelings of embarrassment about sex, the importance of teaching about anal sex, and more.

In this episode we talk about feelings circles as sex ed, toxic masculinity, navigating chronic illness, the impacts of unrealistic beauty standards, why it can be hard to advocate for your own needs, the power of creating healthy communities for young people to grow, and more.

In this episode I talk with Kamra Sadia Hakim about rejecting other peoples sexual shame, the price of a world without consent education, the importance of language in being able to tell our stories, fighting for the type of sex we want, being the sexual partner that we want in the world, turning lack into abundance, and more.

In this episode I talk with Spencer Harvey about representation of LGBTQ stories in media, how to relate to a young & closeted you, the privilege of being white and gay, the lack of HIV education in schools, normalizing conversations about all types of sex, and more.

This week we are joined by Stefani McCoy. Stefani has a masters degree from NYU in Global Affairs with a specialization in international development and humanitarian assistance. She served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Namibia working at the grass roots level to help increase business and economic opportunities, strengthen infrastructure, and improve financial security for Namibians. In her home state of California she worked on a state-wide ballot measure, proposition 15, looking to increase funding for public schools, community colleges, and local government services. Currently she serves as the Executive Director for the Peace Project Inc. an organization that seeks to empower youth through peace and education.

In this episode we talk about fear based abstinence only sex education, Planned Parenthood as a safe haven, the emotional toll erasure of identity can have on young people, coming into queerness after high school, finding community in queer black and brown spaces, and more!

You can follow Stef and her work on instagram @IamQueenStef, on twitter @StefaniDMcCoy, and online at www.peaceprojectinc.org

In this episode, I share some important contextual information about Sex Ed Rewind. I’ll walk you through what the show is and how its structured, discuss what exactly comprehensive sex education is, look at some laws in place that are currently legislating sex education in the States, and discuss the bleak consequences that these laws are having on all of us. This information is helpful to understand when listening to the show moving forward so we can all contextualize why exactly some of these sex education experiences are problematic, why they happened at all, and most importantly how to make sex education better for everyone.

I share tons of facts in this episode, and the citations are listed below. Shameless plug here, I published a piece back in 2019 all about sex education in the United States and it goes into much greater detail then I do in this episode. If you are interested in learning more, give it a read (it is the first citation below)!

• Confort, Caro. “Sex Education as a Human Right and How United States Law Is Denying Its Citizens.” Global Affairs Review, 15 Apr. 2019. https://gareviewnyu.com/2019/04/15/sex-education-as-a-human-right-and-how-united-states-law-is-denying-its-citizens/
• Galvan, Astrid. “Study Finds LGBTQ People Much Likelier to Be Crime Victims.” PBS, 2 Oct. 2020, www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/study-finds-lgbtq-people-much-likelier-to-be-crime-victims.
• Hall, Kelli Stidham, et al. “The State of Sex Education in the United States.” Journal of Adolescent Health, vol. 58, no. 6, June 2016, pp. 595–597., doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth. 2016.03.032.
• “Incidence, Prevalence, and Cost of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the United States.” Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021, https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/2018-STI-incidence-prevalence-factsheet.pdf
• Kumar, Vipan B, and Pratibha Kumar. “Right to Sexuality Education as a Human Right.” The Journal of Family Welfare, vol. 57, no. 2, Dec. 2011, pp. 23–29.
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2020). Domestic Violence. https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2497/domestic_violence-2020080709350855.pdf?1596811079991.
• Pimentel, Caetano. “The Human Right to Education: Freedom and Empowerment.” Multicultural Education, vol. 13, no. 4, 2006, pp. 2–10.
• Ronan, Wyatt. “New FBI Hate Crimes Report Shows Increases in Anti-LGBTQ Attacks.” Human Rights Campaign, 17 Nov. 2020, www.hrc.org/press-releases/new-fbi-hate-crimes-report-shows-increases-in-anti-lgbtq-attacks. 
• “Sex Education Laws and State Attacks.” Planned Parenthood Action Fund, 2018, www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/sex-education/sex-education-laws-and-state-attacks.
• “Sex and HIV Education.” Guttmacher Institute, 3 Oct. 2018,