《The Little Black Book for Girlz: A Book on Healthy Sexuality》Little Black Book for Girlz Resource Guide
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We hope you find the following numbers and websites helpful. However, they are not meant to replace professional advice. Their inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by the authors or the publisher. Please also keep in mind that phone numbers and website addresses and content are subject to change.
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
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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
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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)
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