What does it mean to be sex positive?

Courage to Talk about Sex, Sexuality & Consent

We’ve had so many fantastic sex positive conversations when we’ve been out and about over the last month. Thank you to everyone who said hi to us and stayed for a chat at NAIDOC events, Wollongong Youth Centre and University of Wollongong Campus East.

We are feeling inspired and energised for the next 6 months and are so excited to show you what we have been working on. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, we have collated our usual content for you. In this e-newsletter you will find free resources for Wear It Purple Day, Trauma Informed Care and Teaching Consent from our What We’re Reading library.

Our blog post this month is all about how to have sex positive conversations while our On The Couch episode will explore cultural responsiveness in relationships and sexuality education in school and community settings. And as always, find free safe sex products and merch in our free resource shop.

Hope you find something interesting and relevant to you. Please share to your colleagues and peers!

Peace, Love & Protection

This year’s Wear It Purple Day theme is Colours of Courage and celebrates the many different forms of courage shown by LGBTQIA+SB young people, allies and communities every day.

Courage can look like speaking up and creating change. It can also take quieter forms of bravery, like living authentically and proudly, asking for support and standing beside someone, and inviting people into understanding, acceptance and celebration.

It also honours the courage of generations of LGBTQIA+SB people and the strength of young people today as they continue to build community, connection and visibility.

Check out a range of free resources to help celebrate Wear It Purple Day in your school, workplace or community group.

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Talking about sexual health with young people who may have experienced trauma

With support, education and psychological guidance, individuals who have experienced trauma can have positive experiences of sexuality and sexual health.

This guiding tool aims to assist you in having discussions about sexual health with young people through a trauma informed lens. This booklet was developed in close consultation with leading Out Of Home Care and trauma informed services, and organisations.

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Catch up On The Couch

Recently released episode

Loud, Black & Pleasure-Focused

As a proud Karajarri woman and sexologist, Lauren draws on her work across prevention, education and clinical practice, to explore the importance of moving beyond deficit-based narratives. Lauren invites us to challenge our biases and embrace curiosity, connection and pleasure as foundations for wellbeing.

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Upcoming On The Couch

Join Maddy and Winnie as they chat with Karina Reeves and Leon Huxtable.

Karina is the Coordinator of Population Health and Community Development at WAAC while Leon is a Schools and Community Educator at Sexual Health Victoria.

Hear what culturally responsive relationships and sexuality education (RSE) looks like in practice with young people and adults across schools and community settings, migrant and refugee communities and second-generation migrants.  

Be part of the live online audience 11am AEST Thursday 20th August

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On The Website

Blog

The way we talk about sex, sexuality & sexual health matters. This blog post breaks down sex positivity & explores how to talk about inclusive & shame-free sex & sexuality content.

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WHAT WE’RE READING

Jane Gilmore uses stories from the consent classroom to describe how we educate young people about sex, consent, social media, porn, bullying, sexuality & gender diversity.

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Caddyshack Project Business Card (A7 size) in a selection of our five brand colours - Mystic (Pink), Marine (Blue), Desert (Mustard), Light & Dark. Maximum order of 25. Need more than that, or want to pick your cards? Let us know in the note section.

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Sticker Sheet

Sticker sheet with three sticker illustrations designed by Jeff McCann;

Caddyshack Van with Rainbow, Laptop with Blog and Banana with Condom

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Need more than that? Let us know how many in the note section on the next page & we will get in touch with you.

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The Condom Protocol

Making condoms available to young people at your service is one of the easiest and most effective things you can do to protect their health.

Play Safe Pro have developed a complete how-to guide for making condoms part of your service, legally, safely and confidently.

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We pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present, and emerging, to families, communities and Survivors, and to those that never made it home. As we share in our knowledge, teachings and our learnings, may we also pay respect to the knowledge embedded forever within the Aboriginal Custodianship of Country.