Sex Ed
Losing Your Virginity: Real Talk About What Happens the First Time You Have Sex
From what losing virginity even means to what people wish they'd known before having sex for the first time.
By Kaitlin Menza
Gaps in LGBTQ+ Sex Education Could Force Youth to Seek Dangerous Advice Elsewhere
Experts say receiving unreliable sexual health information could be life-threatening to all youth.
By Angie Jaime
What To Know About Your First Time Having Sex, According to Experts
Having sex for the first time can be a confusing and tricky time. This list answers all your burning questions about losing your virginity, according to sex experts.
By Alexis Benveniste and Ashleigh Carter
What is a Hymen? 9 Facts about Hymens and the Concept of Virginity
Why breaking the hymen — or popping the cherry — actually has little to do with sex.
By Cheryl Wischhover and Liv McConnell
Comprehensive Sex Ed Means Including People With Disabilities
Inclusion benefits everyone.
By Shatika Turner
What Does ‘Horny’ Mean? 7 Signs You're Horny
Plus, the reasons you might be — because sometimes, horniness hits from left field!
By Gigi Engle and Liv McConnell
The Sex Ed Quiz: Find Out How Much You Really Know
Test your knowledge on sexual health and reproduction.
By Teen Vogue Staff
How The Pandemic Exposed "A Viral Underclass"
"Viruses show that we're very connected, but the way we experience them can be quite different."
By Lex McMenamin
Our Bodies Ourselves Today Is Bringing Sex Ed to the Masses
The organization launched its new website aimed at providing health information for women, girls, and gender-expansive people everywhere.
By Brittney McNamara
These Teens Got Together to Fight Their State's Abortion Ban
Now they're helping their peers get sex ed.
By Fortesa Latifi
The Ongoing Attack on an LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group for Students
GLSEN is facing harassment and complaints from anti-LGBTQ+ activists.
By Heron Greenesmith
Everything You Wanted to Know About Being Pansexual
“Being pansexual is extremely empowering as a woman.”
By Vera Papisova and De Elizabeth
The 1990s Safer Sex Parties We Can Learn From
Black queer women in the South organized these events during the AIDS crisis.
By Anna Stitt
The Roe Decision Is Making Students Rethink Their College Choices
“I would not consider going to school in a state where abortion is against the law."
By Melissa Malamut
Disabled People Need Sex Ed Too
“People are routinely shocked to learn that I’m sexually active."
By Laken Brooks
I Was Just As in the Dark About Sex as Daphne Bridgerton
No one should be able to relate to show's lack of sex ed, but that's unfortunately not the case.
By Zainab Onuh-Yahaya
How Teens Helped Secure Mandatory Sex Ed in Washington State
It was the first time sex ed was on a ballot.
By Charlotte West
23 Masturbation Stories: Girls Get Real About Self-Love
Because solo sex is totally normal and healthy.
By Vera Papisova
A Day in the Life of a Sex Ed Champion
Filmmaker, author, and advocate Liz Goldwyn takes us inside a typical workday at her company, The Sex Ed.
By Brittney McNamara