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Home > Student Services > Student Health and Wellness Services > Sexuality

Sexuality

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Among the students on any college campus you will find a wide range of sexual experience, attitudes, and orientation. They may choose to be intimate in a variety of different ways, ranging from holding hands to engaging in sexual intercourse. Being sexually active or remaining abstinent is the personal choice of each individual.

Your reproductive health is an important concern whether you are sexually active or not. Preventive health care, contraception, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and information are available via:

[Insert name and link of campus health clinic or other medical resource(s) available to students].

If you are feeling confused about your sexuality, or feel that your sexual behavior is unsafe, out of control, or a destructive influence in your life, you should make an appointment to talk with a counselor at:

[Insert name of student mental health services or other local resource and link to section of Index Page on less-urgent situations]

Sexuality Resources

  • Smarter Sex: Information for college students about dating, relationships, sexuality, and sexually transmitted diseases.
  • Advocates for Youth : Provides information on sexuality and reproductive health; advocates for a positive and realistic approach to adolescent sexual health.
  • Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Government site offers concise and reliable information about sexually transmitted diseases.
  • American Social Health Association: Information about sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases.
  • Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS): Website of this nonprofit educational organization offers concise fact sheets on topics related to sexual behavior, relationships, contraception, and reproductive health.
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues

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Ryan Shook, M.S.W.

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408-848-4898
studenthealth@gavilan.edu



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