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Kids Help Phone – www.kidshelpphone.ca – 1-800-668-6868 (CANADA) Kids' Helpline – www.kidscrisis.com – 1-877-KIDS-400 (UNITED STATES)

CHAPTER 1: RELATIONSHIPS

Healthy Relationships:

Advocates for Youth – www.advocatesforyouth.org Go Ask Alice! – www.goaskalice.columbia.edu Teenwire.com – www.teenwire.com

Youth Embassy – www.youthembassy.com Youthwork – www.youthwork.com/youthinfo.html

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transexual, Two-Spirited, Intersex, Queer and Questioning Relationships:

The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth –

www.outproud.org

PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) – www.pflag.org

PFLAG Canada – www.pflagCanada.ca

Youth Resource – www.youthresource.com (Health/Sexuality/Relationships – for LGBTQ youth)

Transgender Info:

Transproud – www.transproud.com

Youth Resource – www.youthresource.com/living/trans.htm

Homophobia/Transphobia/Biphobia/Heterosexism:

Advocates for Youth – www.advocatesforyouth.org/lessonplans/activistally1.htm (Fighting Homophobia and Transphobia)

Bi Resource – www.biresource.org/pamphlets/biphobia.html (Fighting Biphobia) Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition – www.rainbowhealth.ca/english/homophobia.html (Challenging Homophobia/Heterosexism)

Gay-Straight Alliance Network – www.gsanetwork.org/resources/straight.html (Straight Allies) Trans Accessibility Project – www.queensu.ca/humanrights/tap/3discrimination.htm (Fighting Transphobia and Discrimination)

Emotional/Mental Abuse:

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/ dating.asp (Teen Dating Violence) 1-866-SAFEYOUTH (1-866-723-3968) (US and Canada) Love Is Not Abuse – www.loveisnotabuse.com

Teen Relationships – www.teenrelationships.org

CHAPTER 2: PERIODS

General Info:

Being Girl www.beinggirl.com (site by Tampax and Always)

Museum of Menstruation – www.mum.org

The Red Spot – www.onewoman.com/redspot (Periods – info, history, culture, questions answered)

Alternative Menstrual Products:

www.keeper.com , www.divacup.com , www.lunapads.com , www.gladrags.com, www.natracare.com /products/feminine_products.htm, www.seventhgeneration.com/our_products/women.php

CHAPTER 3: SEX

General:

Afraid to Ask – www.afraidtoask.com

BirdsAndBees.org – www.birdsandbees.org

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health/Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada – www.ppfc.ca

Canadian Health Network – www.canadian-health-network.ca – Select language and then click on link to Youth for relationships and sexual health

The Coalition for Positive Sexuality – www.positive.org

The Coalition for Positive Sexuality: Just Say Yes Campaign – www.positive.org/JustSayYes Feminist Women's Health Center – www.fwhc.org/teens/index.htm

Guttmacher Institute – www.guttmacher.org (Abortion/Sex/Relationships/STIs/Pregnancy)

It's Your (Sex) Life – www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/sexual_health/iysl_guide/index1.jhtml Options for Sexual Health (OPT) – www.optionsforsexualhealth.org

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. – www.plannedparenthood.org Scarleteen: Sex Education for the Real World – www.scarleteen.com (Heath/Sexuality/ Relationships)

Sex, Etc.: By teens for teens – www.sxetc.org (Health/Sexuality/Relationships)

Sexual Addiction Hotline – 1-800-310-3001 (US only)

Sexuality and U – www.sexualityandu.ca

Sexuality Education Resource Centre Manitoba Youth Site – www.serc.mb.ca/SERC/YO/WA Society for Human Sexuality – www.sexuality.org

Spider Bytes: A New Spin on Sexual Health for Teens – www.spiderbytes.ca

Teens Health – www.kidshealth.org/teen/ (Health/Sexuality/Relationships)

Toronto, City of, Public Health/Sexual Health – www.toronto.ca/health/sexualhealth/index.htm

LGBTQ:

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender National Youth Talkline -1-800-246-7743 (US only)

www.glnh.org

Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line – www.youthline.ca

National Gay & Lesbian Hotline – 1-888-843-4564 (US only)

National Youth Advocacy Coalition – (Les/Bi/Gay Youth) – www.nyacyouth.org

People with Disabilities:

Baylor College of Medicine – Centre for Research on Women with Disabilities –

www.bcm.edu/crowd/?PMID=1332

BC Coalition of People with Disabilities www.bccpd.bc.ca/s/Sexuality_Disability.asp

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health – www.ppfc.ca/ppfc/content.asp?articleid=409 (Sexuality and Youth with Physical Disabilities)

Disability Cool – Women's Stuff – www.geocities.com/HotSprings/7319/woman.htm

Queers on Wheels – www.queersonwheels.com (LGBTQ with Physical Disabilities)

People of Color:

Ambiente Joven – www.ambientejoven.org (Sexuality resource for LGBTQ youth in Spanish) GINE Web – www.unizar.es/gine/hola.htm (Spanish health site)

My Sistahs – www.mysistahs.org (Sexuality resources for young women of color)

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health – www.latinainstitute.org

National Black Women's Health Imperative – www.blackwomenshealth.org

Advocates for Youth: Info and Support for Youth of Color – www.advocatesforyouth.org /youth/info/yoc.htm

Age of Consent:

Legal Age of Consent – www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm Avert – www.avert.org/aofconsent.htm

CHAPTER 4: BIRTH CONTROL

General Info:

The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) – www.arhp.org/patienteducation /interactivetools/choosing/index.cfm?ID=275 (Interactive quiz to find method of birth control right for you)

Girl's Guide to Condoms – www.managingdesire.org/girl'sguidetocondoms.html

Lea's Shield – www.leasshield.com/index.htm

Health Canada – www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/sex/control/index_e.html

Emergency Contraception:

Back Up Your Birth Control with Emergency Contraception – www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org The Emergency Contraception Website – www.NOT-2-LATE.com

Ann Rose's Ultimate Birth Control – www.ultimatebirthcontrol.com

CHAPTER 5: PREGNANCY/MISCARRIAGE

Teen Pregnancy:

American Pregnancy Association – www.americanpregnancy.org

National Advocates for Pregnant Women www.advocatesforpregnantwomen.org

StorkNet – www.storknet.com

TeenParents.org – www.teenparents.org

Girl.Mom (support, community, and education for young mamas) – www.girlmom.com Motherisk – www.motherisk.org/women/index.jsp (Substance abuse and medical conditions during pregnancy) 1-877-327-4636 – Alcohol and Substance; 1-888-246-5840 – HIV and HIV Treatment

Miscarriage:

Richmond Health Services – www.rhss.bc.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=101-196-529 (Physical and emotional reaction to miscarriage)

Robyn's Nest: The Parenting Network – www.robynsnest.com/Books/miscarriage.htm

CHAPTER 6: ABORTION

General Info:

Abortion Clinics On-line – www.gynpages.com (US and International Clinics)

Abortion Hotline – 1-800-772-9100 (both Canada and US)

After Abortion – www.afterabortion.com (Post Abortion Syndrome)

Birth Mother.com – www.birthmother.com (for women who are considering placing a child for adoption (pre-placement), and those who have placed (post-placement))

Choice USA – www.choiceusa.org (Pro-Choice)

Exhale – www.4exhale.org (after-abortion counseling helpline – 1-866-439–4253 – English, Spanish, Cantonese, and Vietnamese-speaking counselors available)

Feminist Women's Health Center – www.fwhc.org/abortion

Indigenous Women's Reproductive Rights and Pro-Choice Page – www.nativeshop.org /pro-choice.html

NARAL – National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League – www.naral.org (Pro-Choice)

National Abortion Federation – www.prochoice.org Hotline – 1-800-772-9100 (US only) 1-800-424-2280 (Canada only)

Statistics:

Guttmacher Institute – www.guttmacher.org/sections/adolescents (Statistics about many topics including abortion) (USA)

Statistics Canada – www.statcan.ca (CAN)

CHAPTER 7: STIs

American Social Health Association – www.iwannaknow.org Health Canada – www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dc-ma/sti-its/index_e.html LesbianSTD – depts.washington.edu/wswstd

CHAPTER 8: AIDS

HIV/AIDS:

AIDS Committee of Toronto – www.actoronto.org

AIDS and Sexual Health Hotline – 1-800-668-2437, 1-416-392-2437 (Canada) Asian Community AIDS Services – www.acas.org

Avert – www.avert.org

The Body – www.thebody.com (extensive AIDS/HIV site)

Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network – www.caan.ca

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – www.cdc.gov/hiv

Health Canada – www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dc-ma/aids-sida/index_e.html

Know HIV/AIDS – www.knowhivaids.org – 1-866-344-KNOW (US only)

Motherisk – www.motherisk.org/women/hiv.jsp (HIV treatment in pregnancy)

National AIDS Hotline (US only) 1-800-232-4636

1-800-344-7432 Español 1-888-232-6348 Deaf Access (TTY)

National Minority AIDS Council – www.nmac.org

The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) – www.nnaapc.org National STD/AIDS Hotline – 800-342-2437 (800-342-AIDS) (US only)

TeenAIDS – www.teenaids.org

Safer Sex:

Public Health Agency of Canada – www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/epiu-aepi/std-mts/condom_e.html AIDS Committee Toronto – www.actoronto.org/website/home.nsf/pages/mysexlife

CHAPTER 9: SEXUAL ASSAULT

Sexual Assault:

Feminist Majority Foundation – www.feminist.org/911/assaultlinks.html

GirlsHealth.Gov – www.girlshealth.gov/safety/relationships.htm

The Network Against Abuse in Same-Sex Relationships – www.bcifv.org/resources/samesex.shtml Network/LARED Ending Abuse in Lesbian, Bisexual Women, & Transgender Communities – www.thenetworklared.org

RAINN (Rape Abuse & Incest National Network) – 1-800-656-HOPE (US only) www.rainn.org Sexual Assault Care Centre – www.sacc.ca

Sexual Harassment:

New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault – www.nycagainstrape.org/survivors_factsheet _60.html

Surviving to Thriving: Healing and Hope for Survivors of Sexual Violence – www.surviving tothriving.org/factsandmyths

Self-Defense:

Rape Aggression Defense Systems – www.rad-systems.com Wen-do – Women's Self-Defense – www.wendo.ca

Other Cool Links:

Aboriginal Youth Network – www.ayn.ca

AdiosBarbie.com – www.adiosbarbie.com (Body Image)

Canadian Youth for Choice – www.cfsh.ca/youth (Policy-Making)

The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) – www.deafqueer.org

National Organization for Women – www.now.org (Activism)

Project Respect – www.yesmeansyes.com

Radiance Magazine – www.radiancemagazine.com/issues/1999/spring99_teen_scene.htm (Body image and size discrimination)

Spank Mag! Youth Culture Defined by Youth – www.spankmag.com (forums related to sexual- ity and relationships)

Youth Action Network – www.youthactionnetwork.org (Youth Activism)