Sexual Health Peers
Disclaimer and Privacy
This web site is formally a JAG85.com Subsidiary site, which means it falls under the umbrella of JAG85.com. This means it is engineered, designed by, maintained, and regulated by Jeff Ginger. Other students may play a role in updates and content management but Jeff is solely responsible for site management and organization. Jeff was previously a Sexual Health Peer but has now graduated and moved on. The Peers cannot be held responsible for or formally connected to any other material found under the JAG85.com umbrella, including but not limited to, the Feminist Majority, Editorials, The Facebook Project, New Revolutions, the Sociology department at UIUC, the AASRP program at UIUC, or any other pictures, content or site related elements not found within the bounds of the Sexual Health Peers web site. This means nothing outside of the SHP directory is related to the Sexual Health Peers. While Kim Rice (the Faculty Advisor) provides resources, education, and advice on site content design she should not be held responsible for the views or expressed opinions of students. This site is meant only to be used as a resource for information on the Sexual Health Peers and for Sexual Health Education. As a JAG85.com Subsidiary it of course falls under the disclaimer guidelines of JAG85.com.
Association to McKinley
The Sexual Health Peers are an RSO and part of the Peer Education unit of the McKinley Health Center.
Terms and Conditions of Use for McKinley Materials
The materials on this website provided by McKinley Health Center are intended only as a service for students and may be used for personal and/or informational (educational) purposes only. When you access, browse or use these materials you accept, without limitation or qualification, the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not agree to these terms, then do not use this site or download materials from it.
McKinley Health Center materials are only for your personal use. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or transmit any materials you copy from this site, including but not limited to any workshop scripts, text, images, audio and video, for any business, commercial or public purpose outside of education. All McKinley materials on this site are copyrighted and are protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. Any unauthorized use of the materials may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes.
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Workshop Confidentiality
We take issues of privacy seriously. Educational information shared in workshops is vital and should be spread to everyone appropriate in need. Personal information shared in workshops is kept completely and totally confidential and shall not be shared, expressed, or otherwise communicated with anyone outside of the workshop. No names or specific details on participants are to be spread without expressed, explicit permission (preferably written) by the individuals involved. In simple terms, what's said in workshops that goes beyond educational information (with discretion as to what is educational, clearly someone's sexual habits or preferences is considered personal) is not to be shared with the public. We are committed to protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information given in workshops and will not distribute, sell, rent or in any way make available this information to any third party without prior written consent.
Political Affiliation
The Sexual Health Peers have no political affiliation as an organization. Our members of course have their own opinions and views, which the organization as a whole should not and cannot be held accountable with any political affiliation. We are a sex-positive organization. We think sex and sexuality are positive components in a healthy life style and advocate for comprehensive and inclusive sex education for all that are interested. We feel that there are many shortcomings in Abstinence Only sex education and seek to utilize better methods of teaching in our workshops. We do not take any formal stances on abortion or complex issues such as feminism, but do seek to inform inquiring individuals of all of their options and alternatives. We do not consider abstinence a form of birth control, but instead a lifestyle and still feel that those who chose this life style should also have the opportunity to learn about birth control, STI's, sexuality, and dating. Simply put, you may want to abstain from sex, but others you know may not feel this way and it's important for everyone to be educated and healthy. So to this end we take a sex-positive and anti-abstinence only education stance, but with no associated political party or affiliation.
