A Not-So-Healthy “Health” Education by Shreya Paul

Title: A Not-So-Healthy “Health” Education by Shreya Paul
Creator: Shreya Paul
Description: In this 2019 article, Shreya Paul, a student at Stuyvesant High School in lower Manhattan, criticizes her school's health curriculum for its lack of LGBTQIA+ representation. Citing legislation in California, Iowa, Colorado, and Washington D.C. mandating LGBTQIA+ inclusive education, Paul calls for similar a state law in New York, arguing that current curricula stigmatizes non-heterosexual or cis-gender students and fails to provide them with adequate information about sexual health practices. Paul's article reflects an increasing sexuality and gender diversity among New York City teens and young adults and indicates a need for a sexual education curriculum that meets the needs of its LGBTQIA+ students.
Publisher: Stuyvesant Spectator Web Department.
Date: June 10, 2019
Type: Newspapers
Subject: Sexual health; Sex instruction; Hygiene; Students
Source: The Stuyvesant Spectator/Stuyvesant Spectator Web Department; https://stuyspec.com/article/a-not-so-healthy-health-education
Rights: Copyright Stuyvesant Spectator Web Department. Meets requirements of Fair Use.

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