This presentation was part of Embody's Safe Healthy Strong 2015 conference on sexuality education (www.ppwi.org/safehealthystrong). Embody is Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin's education and training programs. Learn more: www.ppwi.org/embody
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Did you know that LBGT youth can be at a higher risk for pregnancy involvement than their straight
counterparts? LGBT youth are frequently excluded from pregnancy prevention messages, even though they are in need of these messages. In this workshop, we will briefly examine the statistics and research to understand why LGBT youth are excluded. We will review and discuss what safer sex methods LGBT youth need to know to prevent pregnancy. Through activities, participants will explore and practice more inclusive language and then use the inclusive language to reframe pregnancy prevention messages. Participants will leave this workshop with the tools and skills needed to help make LGBT youth feel included in pregnancy prevention programs.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS
Jessica Marquart is a Certified Sexuality Educator with Partners in Health Education and has 13 years of experience in the field, including presenting at two national sexuality education conferences. She focuses her education and training programs on inclusive safer sex, romantic orientation, healthy relationships, gender identity, and sexual health.
Leslie Montgomery is the Regional Education and Outreach Manager for Partners in Health Education. In this position, she oversees and delivers sexuality education and training services provided in the central and southern regions of Indiana. Leslie is a trained Youth Development Professional, and has used the Advancing Youth Development curriculum to train professionals in the field of youth work. She is a certified Our Whole Lives (OWL) trainer, and enjoys any opportunity to train and inform people about holistic sexuality. Leslie has over 16 years of experience in sexuality education and her particular areas of interest include providing programs for parents and professionals.
6. Our Objectives:
O Examine the statistics and research.
O Explore pregnancy prevention
messages.
O Review what safer sex knowledge.
O Explore more inclusive language.
O Practice using reframed pregnancy
prevention messages.
Who You Fall in Love With
Who you want to build a life with
It refers mainly to biology and is a configuration of chromosomes, hormones, gonads (ovaries, testicles), reproductive units (sperm, egg), and internal and external anatomy.
And while sex is often talked about as if the only two options are male and female, this two-sex system is inadequate for understanding the sex characteristics of all people.
Male, Female, and Intersex
Queer would also be an acceptable answer
sexual behavior, intercourse, outercourse, oral, anal…
Heterosexual, the majority, the “norm”
Gender identity is all about how you, in your head, think about yourself. It’s about how you internally interpret the chemistry that composes you (e.g., hormone levels). As you know it, do you think you fit better into the societal role of “woman,” or “man,” or do neither ring particularly true for you? That is, are you somewhere in-between the two? Or do you consider your gender to fall outside of the spectrum completely? The answer is your gender identity.
Pansexual, omnisexual…
Examine the statistics and research.
Explore pregnancy prevention messages.
Review what safer sex knowledge.
Like other methods of birth control, the birth control patch releases hormones. Hormones are chemicals made in our bodies. They control how different parts of our bodies work.
The hormones in the patch are the same hormones as in the birth control pill — estrogen and progestin.
The hormones in the birth control patch work by
- See more at: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-info/birth-control/birth-control-patch-ortho-evra/#sthash.JIybtbib.dpufThe hormones in the pill work by
Keeping eggs from leaving the ovaries. Pregnancy cannot happen if there is no egg to join with sperm.
Making cervical mucus thicker. This keeps sperm from getting to the eggs.
Both the copper and hormonal IUDs work mainly by affecting the way sperm move so they can't join with an egg. If sperm cannot join with an egg, pregnancy cannot happen.
For some women, hormonal IUDs may prevent the egg from leaving the ovary. Pregnancy cannot happen if there is no egg to join with sperm. Progestin also prevents pregnancy by thickening a woman's cervical mucus. The mucus blocks sperm and keeps it from joining with an egg.
Briefly cover:
2 types of condoms
How to use
Using condoms for different sexual behaviors (internal for anal sex; flavored for fellatio; make into dental dam for cunnilingus, etc.)
Dams
If participants are interested in more info or a training on how to teach about condoms we’re available
DAMS! (hold up dam)
Damns are a form of protection for anilingus and cunnilingus. Anilingus is oral sex on the anus. Cunnilingus is oral sex on the vulva/vagina.
They are made of polyurethane or latex, laid on top of the person’s body fluid membrane.
Dams are sold in stores, but you can also easily be made from a condom or glove.
The partner can lick this this (demonstrate) and have fun without exposing face to groin or groin to face.
IN-CONDOMS!
These are condoms that go inside the body. They are labeled and often called “female condoms” but anybody can use them so we like “internal condoms” or “in condoms” better.
It kind of looks like a bag. Inside it has a ring, that’s similar to the nuva ring except this one does not have hormones in it. And on the outside there is also a ring.
The way that I recommend people insert this into the vagina is to twist it into a figure 8 so you can hold on to this slippery lubricated on the inside outside condom, stick it inside the vagina, push it all the way back past the pubic bone so it holds in place (insert into closed fist, allowing the internal part to hang outside the fist so it can be seen)
And then this (outer) ring covers the vulva to protect from herpes and HPV, which are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact.
Object of insertion (use woody) goes inside the condom (demonstrate) , the person does their thing, exits.
And then to clean up, you just twist this ring, pull it out, and put it in the trash.
One of the really great things about this condom is that you can put it in 6-8 hours in advance.
You can also protect yourself as the receptive partner.
Sometimes people don’t like it because it’s noisy, but what I say is to make ore of your own noise, or know that is the sound of you protecting yourself!
This condom can also be used for anal sex, though it has not been evaluated by the FDA for that purpose.
You can leave the inner ring in for an interesting sensation, or pull it out.
And then because it’s so heavily lubricated on the inside and outside, slide it onto the object of insertion and into the rectum with less tearing. (put woody into FC). But use extra lube!
OUT-CONDOMS!
First thing you’re going to do is check the expiration date and check to see if the condom wrapper (and thus the condom) has been damaged by squeezing the middle to see you feel an air bubble. Air bubble is there? Check.
Then you’re going to open the package, being careful not to tear the condom.
And then make sure it’s going in the right direction.
You can slightly roll it down your 2 fingers, if it’s easily rolling down, you’re good. If it doesn’t, and you’ve tried it on your fingers, not to worry. There are no body fluids on your fingers so you can flip it around. But if you try it on the penis and it goes the wrong way, make sure to throw that condom away and get a new one.
Grab the excess material at the end of the condom and pinch it so that there’s no air inside, because you need somewhere for the semen to go.
Set it on the glans or head of the penis and then roll it over the corona, this ridge right here. (demonstrate) It should roll all the way down to the base.
Watch out for pubic hair and make sure that it fits properly and that there’s no air up in this portion here.
When you’re finished, the person wearing the condom pulls it off away from anyone’s body that could get pregnant or infected with a disease and slowly remove it so that the fluid does not spill out.
When you have the condom off of the body part, tie it in a knot and throw it in the trash.
Explore more inclusive language.
A couple of things to remember (use the tip sheet)
Don’t say a woman’s vagina or a man’s penis – say vagina or a person with a vagina, and penis or a person with a penis
Discuss behaviors instead of identities – there is no such behavior as “gay sex.” People of all orientations engage in every sexual behavior. Say “oral sex” or “anal sex” or “vaginal intercourse” etc. instead.
This one that I tend to struggle with often.
Let’s start with 2 of the most common things we tend to Label in our safe sex programs
Male and female condoms.
What are the sex negative problems with male/female condoms?
What are some other things we might label in our programs?
For me, I find myself often referring to the vaginal model as the female vaginal model, a habit that I am working hard to break.
After much thinking I also have discovered that I might say when a male ejaclates while doing condom demos
Object of insertion – it isn’t always a penis!
Aww, what’s wrong with both?
Binary
Both people should get tested. Both people need to…
This leaves non-binary individuals out of the conversation
We should try to avoid both, neither, either, each
And use All, every, many
I know that we can all understand the confusion here. In everyday speech these term can seem to be interchangeable, they are synonyms
What is the definition of Gender? How the individual identifies socially, behaviorally, psychologically, performance feelings
What is the definition of Sex? Hormonal, chromosomal and anatomical traits of being male, female or intersex
Why are they confused?
How can we help with that?
IDENTITY
Discuss behaviors instead of identities – there is no such behavior as “gay sex.” People of all orientations engage in every sexual behavior. Say “oral sex” or “anal sex” or “vaginal intercourse” etc. instead.
Practice using reframed pregnancy prevention messages.
Divide participants into small groups of 2-4
Using the stacks of cards for the Quick-fire challenge – pg 20 Teaching safer Sex Volume 2
Distribute a body part and identity card to each group (FACE DOWN)
2 pink and 1 yellow/orange
Give the groups 5 minutes or less come up with the safer sex methods for their combination, and an explanation as to why they choose the methods and how they will work to prevent undesired pregnancy for their card combinations