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Welcome to the Let's Talk About X Blog
Where we discuss the latest on consent and LGBTIQA+ inclusion in Australia.
If you didn't get much in the way of sexuality education during your own schooling, we've got you covered.
Check out our posts below.
- Feb 28
- 12 min
Teaching consent in secondary schools:
10 WAYS to make sure we get consent education right for high school students Consent is vital to many aspects of life, and it is...
- Jan 20
- 10 min
Respectful relationships start with making it safe to say ‘no’:
A lesson in consent for a culture that can’t handle rejection My family says that when I was very little, I used to talk to anybody. I’d...
- Dec 2, 2022
- 8 min
Consent education needs to go beyond respectful relationships lessons and resources
Mel Brush (he/they) and Eleonora Bertsa-Fuchs (she/they) are former high school teachers who now work in sexuality education. In 2021 the...
- Sep 5, 2022
- 4 min
Consent Lesson: What is congruence and how do I check for it?
So you have been practising strategies to check for consent, and you understand affirmative consent . You know you need to establish a...
- Aug 3, 2022
- 6 min
Professional Development in consent should be provided to all teachers in Australia.
Here’s why. Content warning: references to sexual assault, discussion of victim-blaming and rape culture Last year saw a landmark win for...
- Jul 27, 2022
- 4 min
But Isn’t ‘They’ Plural?
An explanation of they/them as a singular pronoun. Yesterday I was riding my bicycle when a car turning left out of a side-street nearly...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 7 min
Do you have space for this?
How to turn to people for support without adding to their emotional load. You arrive at 7:30am at the school where you teach to get all...
- Jul 1, 2022
- 3 min
A handy guide to LGBTIQA+ TERMINOLOGY
In this post, we take you through some of the most common labels people might use to describe themselves and what they usually mean.
- Jun 21, 2022
- 6 min
Affirmative consent: Everything you need to know
Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault and rape culture. You may have started hearing the term “affirmative consent”...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 6 min
How to check for consent
When should you check for consent? And how do you go about it? Read on for a definitive guide on how to check for consent.
- Jun 21, 2022
- 8 min
What is consent?
For those who missed out on a consent education during their own schooling, let’s take a look at what consent really is.
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