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More Sham Sex Ed Programs? Tell Congress NO!

If you entered an American sex ed class, you might be shocked at what you found: instead of contraception, they preach abstinence only until marriage. Instead of enlightened notions of equality, they promote regressive stereotypes about homosexuality and gender.

They're transporting us back in time to an era when dangerously little was known about AIDS. Sounds crazy, right? Yet, on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are poised to increase funding for these ineffective, discriminatory programs!

Join Gay Men's Health Crisis in calling for an end to this outrage.
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Dear Speaker Pelosi:

Given your record of support for HIV/AIDS prevention and equal rights policies, I was surprised and disappointed to learn that the House Labor, HHS and Education Appropriations bill increases funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs by $28 million.

Abstinence-only-until-marriage programs promote sexist, gender-based stereotypes about women and men and their roles in sex and relationships. These curricula also promote an anti-gay bias, claiming, for example, that AIDS is the inevitable result of homosexuality. We urge the House to reject bigotry and ignorance and to support public education that protects the health of our nation's youth.

How could any sex ed. program be trusted after explicitly telling children that "AIDS can be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact" or that "As condom usage has increased, so have rates of STDs?"

There was much hope that the recent change in Congressional leadership would lead to fewer anti-gay policies, and a return to science as the basis of public policy. Instead, you have proposed to increase funding for an ineffective and counterproductive program that is based on a narrow, sectarian religious ideology.

We are failing our young people in this country. Half of new HIV diagnoses are among people under 25, and a quarter occur among teenagers. Young people are sexually active, and need the information and technology to protect themselves from sexual diseases and unwanted pregnancy.

Please end federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

Thank you,

[Your name]
[Your address]

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There was much hope that the recent change in Congressional leadership would lead to fewer anti-gay policies, and a return to science as the basis of public policy. Instead, you have proposed to increase funding for an ineffective and counterproductive program that is based on a narrow, sectarian religious ideology. We are failing our young people in this country. Half of new HIV diagnoses are among people under 25, and a quarter occur among teenagers. Young people are sexually active, and need the information and technology to protect themselves from sexual diseases and unwanted pregnancy. Please end federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Thank you, [Your name] [Your address]

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