Teenagers can and will have sex with eachother. In the eyes of the law that is illegal but it will happen, which is why we need better sex ed and to make sure they know what sex is because it will happen. It’s not bad or gross to acknowledge this fact, I’m 17 and lost my virginity when I was 15 to somone of similar age. It was not traumatic, I was ready, and that only because I was educated. educate the youth so they can make decisions themselves when the time comes.

shipping-isnt-morality:

WE šŸ‘ NEED šŸ‘ BETTER šŸ‘ SEX šŸ‘ EDUCATION

Education about safe sex and pregnancy prevention! Education about safe queer sex! Education about active consent and coercion! Education about physical, emotional, and sexual abuse without using scare tactics! Education about pornography!

In fact, fuck it, here’s some links if there are any teens following me:

Consent videos from planned parenthood, ft. All kinds of queer couples, roleplayed examples, and a sufficiently awkward presenter

A site that lets you find a method of birth control that works for you, and helps you obtain it

What to do when you get rejected or put off

Scarleteen, in general, is an amazing resource

Sexplanations is another one that goes more into mechanics, kink, as well as more great examples of what consent is & isnt, coercion, abuse, and real stories about these topics that don’t match what you may have seen in school or media.

the-ghost-of-keith-kogane:

i’ve said it once and i’ll say it again.Ā  queer people need to trust other queer people.Ā Ā 

don’t question someone else’s labels.Ā  TRUST that they’ve done that already.Ā  if they ask you for advice, fine, but DO NOT go in swinging.Ā  don’t go up to a straight trans man and ask why he doesn’t identify as a lesbian.Ā  don’t talk to non-binary people and tell them that their identity is a sham if they don’t transition.Ā  don’t ask bi people when they’re going to pick a side.Ā  don’tĀ assume thatĀ someone who is ace isĀ justĀ repulsed by their own internalized homophobia.

like just… have respect for your fellow lgbtq+ folks because there are so few of us in an OCEAN of hetero-cisnormativity.Ā  we don’t have to chip away at each other until only the Cardinal Few remain.Ā  there is no reason that we can’t have space for the people who question, the people who change their minds, the people who dip a toe in and pull back out.Ā  i am HERE for those people, just as much as i am HERE for the people who can write a dissertation on their attraction and knew from the moment they were born that they were Hella Gay.Ā Ā 

there is nothing simple about self-discovery and frankly, i’m not here on this earth long enough to scrutinize my fellow marginalized peoples.Ā  there’s no reason to do that shit.Ā  it does not, in fact, hurtĀ queer people toĀ be wholly acceptingĀ of any wayward identity.Ā  non-dysphoric?Ā  demi-gray-ace as hell?Ā  don’t care, as long asĀ you’re fighting on my side, because i’m fighting on yours.

inclusivity all the way, yo.