Five Tips to Maintain a Healthy Relationship Before Having a Baby
by Myrtle Valpoort Couples may begin their journey of parenthood believing a baby will bring them closer. In reality, the quality ...
How To Make Your Long-Distance Military Relationship Work
by Jackson Weiser Unlike other long-distance relationships, dating an individual in the military can bring up a host of unique cha...
Pros And Cons Of Marrying A Military Man
by Jackson Weiser If you’re a military girlfriend who’s thinking about taking the next step with your partner, there are some impo...
Common Questions Asked About Dating A Military Man
by Jackson Weiser We often get various questions about dating military men. Whether you just started dating a military man or you’...
Navigating Love and Service: Building Strong LGBTQ+ Military Relationships
by Jackson Weiser In the military, love and service go hand in hand. For LGBTQ+ individuals who serve, the journey of navigating b...
Reintegration: Welcoming Your Partner Home From Deployment
by Jackson Weiser Reuniting with your partner after a military deployment or temporary duty assignment (TDY) is an eagerly anticip...
Raising A Child In A Same-Gender Household: Parenting Tips for LGBTQ+ Couples
by Jackson Weiser Raising a child is a unique and rewarding journey that many LGBTQ+ couples may choose to embark upon. As more co...
How To Reconnect With Your Partner After Military Deployment
by Jackson Weiser Military deployments or temporary duty assignments (TDY) can have a significant impact on intimacy within relati...
How to Support Your Partner Coming Out As LGBTQ+
by Jackson Weiser and Charlotte Cremers Being in a relationship with someone who isn’t out can be an incredibly challenging experi...
Overcoming Stereotypes and Misunderstandings as an LGBTQ+ Couple
by Jackson Weiser and Charlotte Cremers It is no secret that individuals in LGBTQ+ relationships often face various stereotypes an...
Escuela de Verano Trans : Salir en citas siendo trans, claro que se puede.
Pero un miedo común y específico que identificamos entre las personas trans u otros géneros disidentes es que que nadie que querr...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Bloqueadores hormonales
Bloqueadores hormonales Dependiendo de la edad que tengas, dónde vives y otros detalles de tu situación, puedes comenzar con los ...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Estrógeno
Estrógeno Si ya estás mayor, o estás ready para la transición después de tomar bloqueadores y tu médico cree que es razonable hac...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Testosterona
Testosterona Si tu cuerpo tiene de por sí mucho estrógeno y la verdad es algo que no querías, tu médico comenzará con la terapia ...
Guía para tutores (progenitores) de chiques trans o género no binario
Esto es parte de nuestra serie para padres o tutores. Para saber más sobre la serie, haga clic aquí. Para nuestros cinco principi...
Escuela de Verano Trans: El Mundo de Transición Quirúrgica
Ya sea que seas transgénero o una persona de género no binario, es posible que estés pensando en distintas opciones cuando se tra...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Aumento de senos
Después de dos años de estrógeno, tu cuerpo prácticamente estará maximizado en el departamento de las boobs. Lo que ves es lo que...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Mastectomía simple (“cirugía superior”)
Fun fact: mientras que la cirugía superior, es normalmente descrita como “mastectomía,” en realidad esincorrecto. Muchos cirujanx...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Histerectomía
Si tienes un útero pero quisieras no tener uno, terminarás dedicando algo de tiempo personal a un cirujanx ginecológico. Si bien ...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Orquiectomía
En este procedimiento, el cirujano remueve los testículos con o sin escroto. Este procedimiento detiene la producción de testoste...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Vaginoplastia (también “cirugía inferior”)
En la vaginoplastia, que puede requerir múltiples cirugías, dependiendo de las preferencias del/la cirujanx y tu caso, tu tejido ...
Escuela de Verano Trans: Cuando Cosas van Mal
Nos gustaría decir que explorar tu género, salir del clóset, transicionar (si eso es lo que quieres), es como navegar por aguas t...
Libre como un pájaro verde: El proceso de legalización del aborto en Argentina
Author: Gabriel LeãoEn una entrevista exclusiva con Scarleteen, Mariela Belski, Directora Ejecutiva de la Amnistía Internacional A...
Seeing You With A Perpetrator Hurts. Here's Why.
Author: Grace CatanGrace is a survivor who has something to ask of you: she's asking you not to spend time with people who have ab...
A Collective Cause: Brazilian and Portuguese-language Sex Ed Resource Caos.a
Author: Gabriel LeãoCaos.a (a play with the word “Causa”, Portuguese for “Cause”) began during the early stages of the Covid-19 pa...
Your PMDD Primer: A Necessary Guide to an Under Researched Disorder
Author: Sara TraynorOther people had to have been struggling with this, right? There was no way I was the only one. But if that wa...
Youth Sexpert: An Interview with Tara Michaela
Author: Sam WallWe’re big fans of young people taking sex ed into their own hands. So, it’s no surprise we were thrilled to interv...
The State of Texas for Trans Youth and Families (And How You Can Cope or Help)
I’ve written a piece like this three times now. Every time I wrote one, I hoped with everything in me it would be the last time. ...
Scarleteen, Doing 'Queer Sex Ed For All' since 1998
In 2019, a handful of sex education organizations decided to rebrand what had previously been a month focused on teen pregnancy p...
Quintimacy: An Interview with Beck Thom
Author: Gabriel LeãoBritain’s Quintimacy is a space that intends to cultivate queer intimacy through trauma-informed and embodied ...
Transmasculine Flow: Let's Talk Periods
Author: Ellis SchwammFor all the body positivity of our modern era, we still don’t hear many public conversations about periods. I...
We're a Co-Directorship Now!
It’s been almost 25 years since I first founded Scarleteen. For all of that time, I have been our lone director. That wasn’t real...
How to Find Queer Media
Author: Sam WallA guide to finding queer media, even when it feels hard. When we talk with young people, particularly young queer...
Debunking Dilators: The What, Why, and Which of Dilation (Part One)
Author: Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT, OCSPerhaps you’ve heard of dilators — also known as vaginal trainers — before, but you weren’t sure...
Debunking Dilators: The When, Where, and How of Dilation (Part Two)
Author: Caitlyn Tivy, PT, DPT, OCSPart two of a series on vaginal trainers from Caitlyn Tivy, a pelvic health physical therapist a...
Self Reflection for the New Year
I bet you saw hundreds of memes over the years poking fun at failed New Year resolutions. I find reflections for New Year to be a ...
Why common advice on how to fix a sexless marriage won’t work
Seeking advice on what to do about sexle...
How to be vulnerable
Vulnerability is scary, which is why it is so hard to convince yourself to be vulnerable. Every instinct in your body screams: “Do...
“The Duke Who Didn’t” review by a sex coach
I was recently reading a romantic novel “The Duke who didn’t” by Courtney Milan. What stood out for me the most were sex scenes t...
Sexual polarity – a piece of sexual chemistry puzzle
Interested in getting a better understan...