Resources
Sources Used for website
CDC - Gonorrhea: https://www.cdc.gov/std/gonorrhea/stdfact-gonorrhea.htm
Guttmacher - Access to Contraceptives: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/minors-access-contraceptive-services
Teen Health Source - Birth Control: https://teenhealthsource.com/birthcontrol/birth-control/
Kids Health - Talking to Parents About Birth Control: https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/talktoparents.html
Planned Parenthood - Access to Birth Control: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/ask-experts/im-16-can-i-get-birth-control-at-planned-parenthood-without-my-parents-permission
Avert - STIs: https://www.avert.org/sex-stis/sexually-transmitted-infections/chlamydia
CDC - Syphilis: https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm
CDC - Pubic Lice: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/pubic/index.html
CDC - Trichomoniasis: https://www.cdc.gov/std/trichomonas/stdfact-trichomoniasis.htm
Healthline - Hepatitis: https://www.healthline.com/health/hepatitis#treatment
Planned Parenthood - Safe Sex and HIV: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/hpv
CDC - HPV: https://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm
Teen Playbook - Birth Control: Methods - The Playbook (teenplaybook.org)
WHO - Transgender People: WHO | Transgender people
CDC - HIV/AIDS and Queer Men: HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men | HIV by Group | HIV/AIDS | CDC
Planned Parenthood - STI Testing: STD Testing Procedure | Facts About STD Screening & Tests (plannedparenthood.org)
Health Line - Vasectomy: https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy-after-vasectomy#how-it-happens
Kid's Health - Contraception: https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/contraception-condom.html
CDC - Condoms: https://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/Dental-dam-use.html
Hotlines
TEEN LINE | Teens Helping Teens​
- A nonprofit, community-based organization helping troubled teenagers address their problems. They provide personal teen-to-teen education and support before problems become a crisis, using a national hotline, current technologies and community outreach.
(310) 855-HOPE
*6 PM to 10 PM PST*
Text "TEEN" to 839863
*6 PM to 9 PM PST*
Crisis Text Line
Text HELLO to 741741
A free, 24/7 text line for people in crisis
California Youth Crisis Line
Open 24/7
Phone: (800) 843-5200
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
National Sexual Assault Hotline 24/7
1 (800) 656-4673
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Treatment Routing Service
A confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
1-800-662-4357
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Open 24/7
Phone: (800) 273-8255
Self-Abuse Finally Ends (SAFE)
800-DONT-CUT
800-366-8288
Suicide Prevention Center Los Angeles
Open 24/7
877-7-CRISIS
National Alliance for Mental Illness (Los Angeles)
Offers support groups and resources for individuals struggling with mental health
NAMILA.org
Phone: (310) 889-7200
ACCESS Mobile Response Team
Provides 24-hour mobile response for people experiencing a mental health crisis, including on-site mental health and psychiatric evaluations
Phone: (800) 854-7771
The Trevor Project
National resource for LGBTQ+ youth
Phone: (800) 850-8078
LGBTQ+ National Youth Talkline
Phone: (800) 246-7743
Website: glnh.org
California AIDS Hotline
(800) 367-AIDS
(800) 367-2437
Los Angeles Co. STD Program Hotline
(800) 758-0880
Planned Parenthood
plannedparenthood.org