Reporter Kate Sosin with The 19th talks with LGBTQ+ advocates about sexual health education for an article picked up this August by Ms. Magazine.

Among the advocates Kate speaks with is Grecia Magdaleno, Policy and Advocacy Manager for Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, which made its home at PHIMC in 2019:

“Grecia Magdaleno, policy and advocacy manager at LGBTQ+ youth organization Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, has been pushing for queer-inclusive sex education in Illinois, where four transgender people have been murdered in less than two years. The state doesn’t require districts to teach sex education, and many schools emphasize abstinence until marriage, Magdaleno said. Queer-inclusive sex ed would help all students, they argue.

“’If it’s trans inclusive, that means that all students, whether they’re trans or not, are going to get information and learn about the community, and learn about that identity and the world that comes with it. And that in turn builds camaraderie,’ they said. ‘It lowers disproportionate rates of violence, discrimination and harassment against, trans and gender expansive students, especially those who are people of color.’”

Read the full article published in Ms. Magazine on August 27, 2021 here:
Could Queer-Inclusive Sex Ed Halt Trans Homicides? Advocates Say Yes

“As transgender homicides surge, experts say teaching kids that an attraction to transgender people is okay could curb the crisis.”


Read the article originally published by The 19th on May 13, 2021 here:
Could queer-inclusive sex ed halt trans homicides? Some advocates say yes.