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~ For GLBT and Questioning Teens: Answers to YOUR questions about healthy relationships ~
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I am not gay but would sincerely like to know how I can be of help to the gay community. I believe in letting people live their lives without judgment. Where can I volunteer?
I love this question because the answer has so many possibilities and because it shows that people like Lisa, who asked the [...]

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I hate going to school because people call me faggot, slut, whore, and accuse me of having sex with children. I don’t want to go back but I want to graduate. What should I do?
First, I want to say that I am very sorry that this is happening to you and that you do not [...]

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I know condoms should be used for oral but all my friends think this is dork. How can I be safe without using a condom?
The easiest way to answer this question is to tell you not to engage in oral sex if you want to be safe without condoms. I wish there was a different [...]

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I wouldn’t say that all people hate gays and lesbians. In fact, I would use dislike for the majority of people who have issue with the gay and lesbian community. This is hard question to answer because so many people have their reasons from religious to societal.
The main reason I would say that there has [...]

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Before I answer this question, let’s make sure everyone knows what a dental dam is. A dental dam is a sheet of latex that acts as a barrier between the vagina and/or anus and the mouth and is most commonly used during oral sex.
I really like your question. It is a great one. It hardly [...]

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My ex-boyfriend keeps posting private things about me on my Facebook page and I won’t see them until I am out of school. I take them down but I don’t know who has read them. I don’t want people knowing what we did.
While Facebook and MySpace can be a fun and healthy way to communicate [...]

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I will always answer ‘No’ to hitting, smacking, punching, kicking, stabbing, biting, shooting-well, you get the picture-etc.
I understand that sometimes the things that our relatives do best is push buttons, especially if we have a lot of them. It is up to you to decide how serious those buttons being pushed are.
Is she making fun [...]

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Joining groups, clubs, organizations and using your friends is really the best way to meet people.

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Mostly when you really love someone, you really respect him/her and wish positive, healthy things for him/her.

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If you find that you are not being who you really are both sexually and emotionally, you will prevent yourself from having healthy, honest relationships.

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…it is really none of your business and he/she will tell you if they want you to know.

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Giving them a real world example. Without prompt, ask them about their friends and every time they talk about a friend of the opposite sex, ask them if they dated that person.