Sexuality & LGBTQ

What is Gender Identity

• Derived from emotional and sexual attraction to other people based on the other’s gender. 

• Describes a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being male, female, other, or in between.

Which adolescent stage is this: Hormonal changes are generated by the adrenals and testes in boys and the adrenals and ovaries in girls, which affects brain development.

• Pre-adolescence 6-10 years

• Early adolescence 11-13 years

• Middle adolescence 14-16 years

• Late adolescence 17-18 years

In 2007 forty-eight percent of high school students ages 15-19 stated to the CDC that they had sexual intercourse.

• True

• False

 what percent of adolescents have had intercourse with four or more people during their lives?

• 15%

• 30%

What is one type of contraceptive?

Who did teens report had the greatest influence on their sexual behavior?

• Their parents

• Their friends

• The media

 Early and unsafe sexual activity can result in

• Unintended teen pregnancy

• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

• Both

What is the most common sexually transmitted disease?

• Chlamydia

• HPV

• Syphilis

When talking to young adults about sex you should engage children in open, honest discussions regarding appropriate dating behavior, emotional and sexual intimacy, sexual identity, and emotional commitment.

• True

• False