Learning pathway 8 of 8
Inclusive & Affirming Sex Education
For educators who want to better serve LGBTQ+ youth, this pathway builds the knowledge and facilitation skills to deliver sex education in which every student sees themselves reflected.
Why this pathway
Too often, LGBTQ+ young people find that sex education leaves them out. This pathway helps you change that. Three self-paced courses lay the groundwork: a holistic view of sexuality and answering questions, LGBTQ+ identities and terminology, and relationships and consent. Instructor-led training then builds your skill at keeping language and learning environments inclusive and affirming, and IN·clued facilitator trainings prepare you to deliver an evidence-based program designed specifically for LGBTQ+ youth. LGBTQ+ inclusion resources and student support tools round out the pathway.
Goal
Deliver affirming, evidence-based instruction that reflects all students.
Who it is for
- Educators who want to better serve LGBTQ+ youth
- Health and sex educators
- Health center and community program staff
Time
About 12 hours over five live sessions for the instructor-led course, plus the self-paced courses and IN·clued training.
Step by step
The steps
Take them in this order. Each one builds on the one before.
Self-paced learning
Teaching Sexuality & Answering Questions (self-paced course)
Build a comprehensive, holistic understanding of sexuality and learn to create a safe space for students' questions.
Teaching from an LGBTQ+ Inclusive and Affirming Lens (self-paced course)
Learn about sexual orientation, gender identity and related terminology, intersectionality, and what teaching through an LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming lens looks like.
Teaching Relationships & Consent (self-paced course)
Explore the variety of relationships in young people's lives and learn to teach consent and clear communication in a safe, inclusive environment.
Instructor-led learning
Facilitating from an LGBTQ+ Inclusive & Affirming Lens (live training, 5 sessions)
Over five live sessions, learn key LGBTQ+ vocabulary and how language evolves, tell inclusive from affirming environments apart, and apply strategies at every level to keep your learning spaces affirming.
IN·clued Youth Workshop Training of Facilitators (live training)
This virtual training prepares you to deliver the Youth Workshop of IN·clued, an evidence-based sexual health program designed specifically for LGBTQ+ youth, with comfort and fidelity. Your organization needs the IN·clued program to take part.
IN·clued Health Center Workshop Training of Facilitators (live training)
A four-hour interactive virtual training that prepares you to deliver the IN·clued Health Center Workshop with your peer educators, so health center staff receive it with comfort and fidelity.
Resource deep dive
LGBTQ+ inclusion resources (free resource)
Resources that help keep your lessons, language and learning spaces inclusive of LGBTQ+ students.
Student support tools (free resource)
Tools that help you support LGBTQ+ students beyond the lesson itself.
Where it leads
Educators gain practical strategies and curriculum tools to create affirming learning environments.
Enroll in this pathway
Enrolling in a whole pathway at once is on its way. Until then, you can take each course on its own from the course catalog, or ask us about enrolling yourself or a group.
Keep learning
Free fact sheets, guides and tools sit in the resource library. Every course and live training sits in the training library.