Risk

Everything in life involves risk. Walking out the front door of our home can be risky. Not walking out the front door of our home can be risky. Going online can be risky. Not going online can be risky.

Relationships can also be risky. Friends might disappoint us. Boyfriends, girlfriends, romantic partners might break our heart. Sex might lead to unplanned pregnancy or STIs. Consent isn’t always respected. Some people might try to rip us off. But not having relationships can also be risky. Loneliness and isolation are hazardous to our health.

How much risk should we take? How can we figure out when a risk is worth it to us, and when it isn’t? How can we improve the odds of good things happening?

What are the risks of never taking risks? What are the risks of not having enough information to make our own informed choices? Who are the right people to ask about these things?

Let’s have a conversation!

Videos

Do you Feel Comfortable to be Alone With Someone?

When people are intimate or have sex, it usually happens in a private place when they are alone together. Deciding whether you feel comfortable and safe enough with someone to be alone with them for the first time can be tricky. In this video, people talk about how they make this decision.

Is COVID an STI?

Real Talk At Home – During Social Distancing, Your Safest Sex Partner Is You

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Guest Videos – Options for Sexual Health on Pleasure & Safety During COVID

What is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)?

How do you Know if a Relationship is Healthy?

Have you Ever Been Rejected? How did you Deal With it?

What Does it Feel Like When You’re NOT Consenting?

What Does Consent Mean? What Does it Feel Like?

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Resources

1-800-SEX-SENSE Line

A free, anonymous telephone and email info hotline where you can ask any question about sex.

Options For Sexual Health

British Columbia’s largest sexual health nonprofit, with lots of info and services on their website.

Scarleteen

A sexuality and relationships website for teens and emerging adults.

The Smart Sex Resource

A website with lots of information on safer sex and STIs, including how to get tested and treated.

Pharmacare & Contraception

If you receive disability benefits in British Columbia, you’re usually eligible for a free hormonal IUD through Pharmacare.

On the Loose

A print-based resource for folks living on their own for the first time.

Is That Legal?

A print-based, plain-language resource about online sexual harassment and your legal rights.

The Is That Legal? PDF covers all sorts of different types of online harassment, from being bullied, to being pestered to send naked photos, to being blackmailed. It talks about your legal rights and how to get support.

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Opt: Love, Sex, and Connection in the Time of Isolation

Tips on, dating, sexual pleasure, and safety during COVID.

New York Health Authority’s COVID Sex Tips

How to stay safer during sex, even if you’re not following all of Bonnie Henry’s rules…

News

UK Court Rules Support Staff May Assist People to Hire Sex Workers

May 5, 2021 | real.talk | News

A court in the UK recently ruled that a support worker who provides a client with significant assistance to find and hire a sex worker would not be breaking the […]

NPR Investigation Into Sexual Abuse – Text and Audio Formats

Teen Vogue Article on the Importance of Sex Education for Students With Disabilities

October 6, 2020

Netflix Series – Love on the Spectrum

BC Health Authority Advisory on COVID and Sex

I Overcame Domestic Violence Despite My Disability

Our Sexuality, Our Health: A Disabled Advocate’s Guide

Disability Advocate Andrew Gurza on Telling His Mum he Hires Sex Workers

September 6, 2020

Videos From Options For Sexual Health on Safety During COVID

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