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SIECUS-the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States-has served as the national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights for over 40 years.

SIECUS affirms that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one that is worthy of dignity and respect. We advocate for the right of all people to accurate information, comprehensive education about sexuality, and sexual health services. SIECUS works to create a world that ensures social justice and sexual rights.

Four Decades of Leadership

In 1964, a physician, a lawyer, a sociologist, a family life educator, a clergyman, and a public health educator came together to form a new organization dedicated to assuring that all people had access to information about sexuality.

In the four decades that followed, SIECUS has been at the forefront of efforts to promote sexuality education for people of all ages, protect sexual rights, and expand access to sexual health.

Since our founding, SIECUS has helped millions of people understand, embrace, and respect their sexuality through our work with educators, health-care providers, parents, journalists, policymakers, religious leaders, community members, and young people. This tradition continues today:

Information: SIECUS works to make sure that information, knowledge, and skills are within everybody's reach. Each year, SIECUS distributes hundreds of thousands of print and electronic resources to educators, advocates, parents, researchers, physicians, and others working to expand sexual health programs, policies, and understanding. SIECUS also offers specialized assistance to help individuals locate research, write accurate news articles, create sexual health curriculum, and build support for high quality programs in their community.

For more information, please visit our Publications and the Mary S. Calderone Library.

Education: SIECUS provides information and training opportunities for educators, health professionals, parents, and communities across the country to ensure that people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds receive high quality, comprehensive education about sexuality. We work to provide parents and educators with the information they need on important issues such as sexuality education, youth development, sexual and reproductive health, puberty, abstinence, relationships, sexual orientation, body image, self-esteem, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, unintended pregnancy, and more.

For more information, please visit the School Health Education Clearinghouse and Families Are Talking.

Public Policy: SIECUS works to secure sound public policies on sexuality-related issues by developing targeted educational resources for policymakers, providing thoughtful analysis of sexuality and reproductive health issues, and bringing together key organizations to move forward a proactive agenda on the national, state, and local levels. Through all our work, we advocate to expand sexual and reproductive health education programs, policies, funding, and rights

For more information, please visit Policy and Advocacy, No New Money, and the National Coalition to Support Sexuality Education (NCSSE).

International: SIECUS partners with organizations around the world. We provide technical assistance, specialized trainings and workshops, and program guidance to advance sexuality education, reproductive health, HIVAIDS treatment and prevention programs, and advocacy efforts worldwide.

For more information, please see International.

Media Outreach: SIECUS provides major news sources with information on advances in reproductive healthcare, family communication about sexuality, sexuality education, prevention programs, the inadequacies of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, and the many issues faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. By engaging and educating influential media outlets, SIECUS is moving the public discourse on these critical issues to be more open and honest.

For more information see, please see Media.

To get involved and help SIECUS with our important work, please see: Five Ways You Can Support Sexuality and Sexual Health Issues.