What should kids be taught about sex and relationships?
The Guardian documentary
Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling
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The Guardian documentary
Old Lesbians: reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling
Sex education is now just another political football. For the children’s sake, the adults must grow up
Gaby Hinsliff
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK politics: Starmer stands by pledges made when running for Labour leader – as it happened
Brief letters
Pa-rental guidance benefits charities
Curbs on sex education use pupils as ‘political football’, school leaders say
Age curbs on sex education topics risk making some children vulnerable
Sex education in English schools set to be banned before children are nine
November 2023
Rights and freedom
UK school pupils ‘using AI to create indecent imagery of other children’
Protection groups call for urgent action to help pupils understand risks of making images that legally constitute child sexual abuse
October 2023
Penguin Random House launches high schoolers’ award to combat book bans
The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorship
Gillian Keegan tells schools to let parents see sex education materials
Education secretary’s letter emphasises copyright cannot be used as ‘excuse’ to withhold RSHE teaching resources
‘If we don’t teach kids about consent, the internet will’: Natasha Devon on the importance of sex education
The mental health campaigner’s new book tackles sex and relationships through the eyes of a 16-year-old. In the face of a backlash against inclusive sex ed in schools she explains why we have to keep the conversation open
September 2023
Best reads of 2023
What women want when they pay for sex: ‘Just kindness’
In his four years as a sex worker, Dan Moon saw women whose needs were more than physical. He brought a listening ear – and an open heart – which led to him ‘falling in care’ with his clients
August 2023
Ask Annalisa Barbieri
Should I still see my difficult sister now our parents have died?
There’s clearly a lot of pain for both of you – and your stories need to be heard if you are to break the see-saw pattern
July 2023
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How I survived a 'sex-ed shitstorm' – video
I know what it’s like to be at the centre of a sex education shitstorm. But kids deserve open and honest information
Fiona Katauskas
School leaders frustrated by ‘squabble’ over Sunak’s promised transgender guidance
School in ‘cat pupil’ controversy given Ofsted all-clear after snap inspection
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