Curricula

We Stand With Science.

January 21, 2025 Nyk Rayne

As a Lesbian Latina who believes that human sexuality is a basic human right, I am appalled by the hate and ignorance displayed during the new administration’s first day in office. Nothing done by our federal government on Jan 20th, 2025 will defend women, further our understanding of gender identity,…

UN|HUSHED at Home

December 13, 2024 Nyk Rayne

The political climate around inclusive, medically accurate sexuality education at school is changing and will probably continue to get worse at the federal level over the next four years. (This aim is specifically spelled out in Project 2025 (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise, notable pages include 4, 62, and 226.) And while there are…

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National rape day isn’t a thing.

April 23, 2021 Dr. Karen Rayne

Yesterday my 19 year old asked if I knew anything about April 24th – tomorrow – being national rape day. After googling, and talking with her, I was trying to figure out what to say. She suggested: Don’t make national rape day a thing thank u in advance Let’s start…

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#TBT Sex Ed History – A brief history of the publications of UN|HUSHED

October 29, 2020 Nyk Rayne

We just turned 3 years old this past Saturday AND we hit 1,000 followers on Instagram! So today’s throwback Thursday post is a brief history of UN|HUSHED’s published works. In 2017 Karen Rayne, PhD, CSE and Jessica Smarr, MPH took the curricula that our group has been teaching for over…

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Evidence Informed vs Evidence Based

February 11, 2020 Sam McAllery

A common query UN|HUSHED receives is about our reasons behind using an evidence-informed approach instead of an evidence-based approach to write our curricula. While many types of curricula are valid and have their place in sexuality education, there are specific reasons why UN|HUSHED prefers to write our curricula using an…

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