HOW TO GET THE SEX AND BODY INFO YOU DESERVE

In classrooms across the country, facts about sex are being distorted. Here are five apps that’ll give you the accurate answers you need about everything.

- ANNAMARIE HOULIS

And while plenty of students get no sex ed at all (only 24 states and Washington, D.C., even require it), more and more are only exposed to “abstinence-focused” curricula that serve up shame and heteronormativity—and fail to provide much-needed information about sexual health, healthy relationships, consent and contraception.

The Trump administration is now trying to accelerate this trend by pumping money into abstinence programs that have been scientifically proven not to work. And what you don’t know *can* hurt you: Experts say that denying people basic information about a normal part of health and development threatens their basic human rights, by withholding information they need to protect themselves.

The truth is, at home and at school, the standard birds ‘n’ bees sex talk just isn’t cutting it anymore. Times have definitely changed—and teens need answers to all of the topics swirling in their heads, like how to navigate dealing with shifting identities and sexual orientation, managing STI risk and understanding what consent really means.

While you can always look stuff up on Reddit, YouTube and Quora, turning to strangers’ advice over the internet isn’t the safest idea when you have serious questions about your health.