Media contact

If you're a reporter working on a story about the Healthy Youth Act, we can provide facts, current research, and expert commentary from our coalition members. Our media contact is Jamie Klufts, who can be reached by email at HealthyYouthMA@gmail.com.

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Press coverage highlights

• "The push is back on to redefine sex ed in Mass. Here’s what that would look like.", Boston.com, June 3, 2023
• "Students Rally At Mass. State House To Push Bill To Reform Sex Education", WBZ News Radio 1030, May 30, 2023
• "Shifting landscape may finally lift sex education bill, cosponsor says", The Boston Globe, May 30, 2023
  
• "Bill Pushes for Inclusive, and Consistent, Sex Education in Mass. Schools", NBC Boston, May 30, 2023
• "Supporters of sex ed bill say it's time for Massachusetts to act", GBH, May 30, 2023
• "Bill Pushes for Inclusive, and Consistent, Sex Education in Mass. Schools", New England Cable News, May 30, 2023
• "New CDC data highlights the importance of passing the Healthy Youth Act in Massachusetts", Boston University School of Public Health Viewpoint, 2023
• "The 12-year push for modern sex education", The Sun Chronicle, 2023
• "Mass. can do a better job on sex and relationship education", Commonwealth Magazine, 2023
• "Advocates say it's time MA House passes comprehensive sex ed bill," Wicked Local, July 15, 2022
• "What sex education is required in Massachusetts?" Mass Live, July 5, 2022
• "If Only Supreme Court Justices Had Better Sex Ed" WBUR, June 24, 2022
• "Massachusetts Can Lead in Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth" CommonWealth Magazine, June 16, 2022
• "Commission on LGBTQ Youth urges Massachusetts to increase sex ed in schools," Mass Live, June 14, 2022
• "For Mass. Democrats, a troubling gap between party platform and practice" CommonWealth Magazine, June 3, 2022
• "Proposed Curriculum Isn't Sexualizing Kids, Mass GOP Is," Boston Globe, May 31, 2022
• "Lawmakers need to get real about sex ed," The Boston Globe,  September 23, 2021.
• Letter to the Editor: "In support of the Healthy Youth Act," Dorchester Reporter, May 6, 2021
• "Lowell rep playing key role in push to pass sex-ed bill," the Sun, April 21, 2021
• "Sex ed advocates take efforts into second decade," WWLP News 22/State House News Service, March 30, 2021
• "Recalibrating 'the talk:' The decade-long debate on sex education in the Massachusetts classroom," Worcester Telegram, March 30, 2020
• Letter to the editor: "State should back Healthy Youth Act," the Sun Chronicle, February 24, 2021
• "Opinion: Sex education in Massachusetts needs to be inclusive and more informative," Taunton Daily Gazette, February 24, 2021
• "9 issues to watch at the Massachusetts Statehouse over the next 9 days," Milford Daily News/State House News Service, July 22, 2020
• "Sex ed ‘class’ briefs lawmakers on curriculum proposal," Worcester Telegram, February 13, 2020
• "Why hasn’t Mass. sex ed changed in 20 years?" CommonWealth, February 7, 2020
• "‘Sex ed for legislators’ aims to update statewide education curriculum," Boston 25 News, February 12, 2020
• "New sex ed bill won’t shake things up much in Somerville," Wicked Local Somerville, January 27, 2020
• "Massachusetts Passes the Healthy Youth Act," Wicked Local Needham, January 20, 2020
• "Mass. Senate Approves Sex Education Bill," WBUR/State House News Service, January 16, 2020
• "Massachusetts Senate passes bill requiring schools to use updated sex education curriculum," MassLive.com, January 16, 2020
• "It’s time to pass the Healthy Youth Act," CommonWealth, November 1, 2019
• "Majority of lawmakers back sex education bill," the Salem News/State House News Service, June 3, 2019
• "Why does medically accurate sex education matter? Look at the abortion debate," Boston Globe, May 21, 2019
• "Do You Know What Your Kids Are Learning In Sex Ed?" WBUR Cognoscenti, August 3, 2018
• "Our View: Limiting teen pregnancy with education," Eagle-Tribune, June 5, 2018
• "Massachusetts Activists Fight Battle for Comprehensive Sex Education in Schools," Rainbow Times, May 30, 2018
• "Teaching kids about healthy boundaries in the #MeToo era," PBS News Hour, May 29, 2018
• Letter to the editor: "Keep Young People Safe, Pass the Healthy Youth Act," Jamaica Plain News, May 23, 2018
• "In Massachusetts, no one wants to talk about sex ed," Boston Globe, May 8, 2018
• Letter to the editor: "Pass the Healthy Youth Act," Wicked Local Brookline, May 2, 2018
• "Youths ask Massachusetts legislators to listen," Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 23, 2018

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