We wanted to know how LGBTQ+ youth perceived school-based sex education (SBSE) as well as what strategies they were using to access their specific and evolving sexual health needs. To accomplish this, we recruited LGBTQ+ youth, ages 14-18, across Northeast Ohio to help us answer these questions.

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This study yielded some interesting results. Our participants described SBSE as "ineffective, inaccurate, biased, and shallow," to name a few things. They cited family and friends, community programming, internet, and pornography as sources of answers to their questions about sexual health.

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We concluded that there needs to be much more support for youth in developing a broad media literacy and that it's our job to make sure LGBTQ+ youth have access to good quality information.

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