Undergraduate Research Project

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LGBTQ Inclusive Sex Education Project

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LGBTQ Inclusive Sex Education Project

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About Me

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Undergraduate Researcher

Undergraduate Researcher

Undergraduate Researcher

My name is Quinn Houlihan. I am a nontraditional student, a genderqueer feminist,  and an undergraduate researcher. I am a junior at Purdue University, double majoring in Anthropology and Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies with a concentration in Applied Anthropology and minoring in LGBTQ Studies

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My Project

Undergraduate Researcher

Undergraduate Researcher

 I am working on an ongoing and multilevel research project on why we need to build a Consent Culture and offer more inclusive comprehensive sex education in all schools. 

This part of my project is for my Feminist Theory class and will discuss the need specifically for LGBTQ inclusive comprehensive sex education.

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My Working Thesis

Undergraduate Researcher

My Working Thesis

 The application of Feminist Theory/Praxis will help support existing arguments on why U.S. Schools need LGBTQ Inclusive Comprehensive Sex Education Programs in their Curriculum. 

My Research Poster

LGBTQ Inclusive Sex Education: Viewing Through Feminist Framework

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Spring 2020

My References

  1. Alterman, A. (2018). Performing Research in the Closeted City: One Lesbian Researcher’s Autoethnographic Journey toward LGBTQ-Inclusive Sex Education in Atlanta, Georgia. Queer Cats Journal of LGBTQ Studies. 2(1). 35-57. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6t65v2fb
  2. Barrica, A. (2019). How to Make Sex More Dangerous. New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/opinion/sex-ed-children-danger.html
  3. Betz, J. (2015). Sex Ed Needs to Better Include the Issues of L.G.B.T. Students. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/28/whats-the-best-way-to-teach-sex-ed-today/sex-ed-needs-to-better-include-the-issues-of-lgbt-students
  4. Bradford, K., & Johnson, T. (2020). State policies for Sex Education in Schools. National Conference of State Legislatures. Retrieved from https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-policies-on-sex-education-in-schools.aspx
  5. Clarke, C. Lesbianism: An Act of Resistance. McCann, C., Kim, S. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, Fourth Edition. (pp. 128-135). New York and London: Routledge. (Original work Published 1981).
  6. Firestone S. (2017). The Culture of Romance. McCann, C., Kim, S. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, Fourth Edition. (pp. 122-127). New York and London: Routledge. (Original work Published 1970).
  7. Gowen, L. K., Winges-Yanez, N. (2014). Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youths' Perspectives of Inclusive School-Based Sexuality Education. The Journal of Sex Research. 51(7). 788-800. Retrieved from https://www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1080/00224499.2013.806648\
  8. Harris, B. (2015). The History of Sex Education. The National Sex Ed Conference.  Retrieved from https://sexedconference.com/the-history-of-sex-education/.
  9. Houlihan, K., Kelley, A., Mesarch, L., Couch, J. (2019). How Consent Culture and Sex Education Will Help Deconstruct Rape Culture. Unpublished paper. Purdue University.
  10. Human Rights Campaign. (2015). LGBTQ Youth Need Inclusive Sex Education. HRC.  Retrieved from https://www.hrc.org/resources/a-call-to-action-lgbtq-youth-need-inclusive-sex-education
  11. If/Then Series: LGBTQ Rights & Sex Ed. (2018). SIECUS. Retrieved from https://siecus.org/resources/if-then-series-lgbtq-rights-sex-ed/ 
  12. Inclusive Sexual Health Education for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender. (2019).GLSEN. Retrieved from https://www.glsen.org/activity/inclusive-sexual-health-education-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender
  13. Jarpe-Ratner, E. (2019). How can we make LGBTQ+-inclusive sex education programmes truly inclusive? A case study of Chicago Public Schools’ policy and curriculum. Sex Education. 20(3) 283-299. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2019.1650335
  14. Kantor, L., & Lindberg, L. D. (2020). Pleasure and Sex Education: The Need for Broadening Both Content and Measurement. AJPH. Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2020/01/pleasure-and-sex-education-need-broadening-both-content-and-measurement
  15. Koyama, E. (2017). The Transfeminist Manifesto. McCann, C., Kim, S. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, Fourth Edition. (pp. 150-160). New York and London: Routledge. (Original work Published 2001).
  16. Manduley, A., Mertens, A., Plante, I., & Sultana, A. (2018). The role of social media in sex education: Dispatches from queer, trans, and racialized communities. Feminism & Psychology. 28(1) 152-170. Retrieved from https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/full/10.1177/0959353517717751
  17. McNeill, T. (2013). Sex Education and the Promotion of Heteronormativity. Sexualities.16(7) 826–846. Retrieved from https://journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf
  18. Nash, E., Keller, L. H., Naide, S. (2019). State and Federal Lawmakers Promote Sexual Consent, LGBTQ Inclusivity in Sex Education. Guttmacher Institute. Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2019/05/state-and-federal-lawmakers-promote-sexual-consent-lgbtq-inclusivity-sex-education
  19. Prevention - STD Information from CDC. (2016). CDC.  Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/std/prevention/default.htm
  20. Sex and HIV Education. (2020). Guttmacher Institute. Retrieved from https://www.guttmacher.org/print/state-policy/explore/sex-and-hiv-education
  21. Shapiro, S., & Brown, C. (2018). Sex Education Standards Across the States. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/reports/2018/05/09/450158/sex-education-standards-across-states/
  22. Sinha, M. (2017). Gender and Nation. McCann, C., Kim, S. Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives, Fourth Edition. (pp. 254-272). New York and London: Routledge. (Original work Published 2004). 

Websites/Resources for LGBTQ Sex Ed

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Documents of Interest

https://www.ippf.org/sites/default/files/ippf_framework_for_comprehensive_sexuality_education.pdf 


 https://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/report_downloads/demystifying-data-handouts_0.pdf 

Websites / Resources

Advocates for Youth

https://advocatesforyouth.org/


Amaze

https://amaze.org/what-is-amaze/


Sexy Sex Ed

https://www.sexysexed.org/


GLSEN -Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network

https://www.glsen.org/


SIECUS - Sex Ed for Social Change

https://www.siecus.org


Women of Color Sexual Health Network

http://www.wocshn.org/


Guttmacher Institute 

https://www.guttmacher.org/


International Planned Parenthood Foundation

https://www.ippf.org/


Answer Sex Ed, Honestly and Sex, etc.

http://answer.rutgers.edu/page/sexetc

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