# How peer educators can transform sex education

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSaltLakeCity
- Speaker: Thea Holcomb
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/thea_holcomb_how_peer_educators_can_transform_sex_education)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Adult profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Where are teens supposed to learn about sex, asks student speaker Thea Holcomb. From alarmist imagery about sexually transmitted diseases? From the Internet and all its attendant judgment, bias and dysfunction? The answer, she suggests, lies with peer educators. In this talk, Holcomb explains why properly trained peer educators are the right people to disseminate both accurate information and healthy attitudes. As she says, "When you get accurate, judgment-free information from your peers, you realize that sex ed doesn't have to be scary."

## Lectures

1. [How peer educators can transform sex education](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/thea_holcomb_how_peer_educators_can_transform_sex_education/470862ac99f6), 5 min (TED's player)