A Safe Sex Board Game made by Peer Supporters! The game pieces are different coloured condom rings. Give the game a try!

By Abby, Kyla and Tanis

Here is a close-up view showing how to put a condom on properly!

A Teen Talk Peer Support Skitz volunteer shows us how to put a condom on properly!

In this video, a peer supporter explains a bit more about “consent” and why it’s important.

In this video, two Peer Supporters explain “consent”, which means getting permission before sex or “sexy time”!

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My best friend Sable killed herself 16 days before her 16^th birthday; this is her story. Sable was the only African American person living in the small town I am from. She did not know her Dad as he was deported when she was only a few months old; she had never been in contact with him. Sable had always been the “Crazy one” in our group of friends; always the life of the party there was no doubt about that.  She loved to have fun and had many close friends; there was always kids hanging out at her house.

Sable had always talked about killing herself. None of us ever took her seriously, why would we she talked about it all the time and never tried it. She always said “there’s no point in living after your 16 anyway, i’ll have done everything by then anyways.”  We would always tell her how stupid she sounded and that she was going to move away and have an awesome life and she would agree and say she couldn’t wait to move to Winnipeg.

A few months before Sable passed away she changed. She started drink more than normal and doing drugs, she began mutilating herself. She had also began “hooking up” with random people.  These are all warning signs for suicide; but sometime people fail to see what is right before our eyes.  My best friend killed herself on May 1^st after a get together at my house. Nobody saw it coming but looking back I don’t see how we missed all of the warning signs, I guess it’s true what they say hindsight is 20/20.

When it happened my world was turned upside down I had no idea what hit me. I took me and all of my friends a very long time to get back to a somewhat “normal” life if that’s what you would like to call it. We still think about her and miss her every single day; she will never be replaced nor forgotten.

I learnt a lot of things when Sable passed away. I learnt that life should never be taken for granted, that friends are truly irreplaceable, and that the death of someone close too you changes who you are and how you view the world forever. If you ever suspect that somebody is thinking about suicide talk to them or tell someone you trust, because once they are gone you can’t get them back.

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For a pregnancy to happen, a penis has entered a vagina and ejaculated semen (which contains sperm). Then the sperm has to travel up the vagina and uterus to fertilize an egg in the fallopian tubes. The fertilized egg then travels to the uterus, attaches to its wall and a pregnancy starts. For the full run-down on how pregnancy happens, check out the internal female bodies section.

Sometimes, if someone gets turned on (horny) but doesn’t orgasm, it can feel uncomfortable. This can feel like your testicles (balls) are aching, but it doesn’t mean they will turn blue. For some folks, they won’t feel any discomfort at all.

The cure for blue balls is masturbating and ejaculating or just waiting until they will go away on their own. Remember, nagging someone to have sex because you have “blue balls” is not ok and a form of sexual coercion. A person can take care of their “blue balls” themselves.

Usually the word “horny” means feeling sexually aroused (turned on). What it’s like to feel horny can be different for everyone! Some physical signs might include heavy breathing, hot/warm skin or face, and erect (hard) nipples. Also, a vagina might become moist (wet) and a penis might become erect.

People get horny for all kinds of reasons and everyone has their own preferences; just like we all have our own favorite food. Someone could get horny from thinking sexy thoughts, seeing someone they like, touching themselves/being touched by someone else, going through puberty and more!