Thank you for your interest in our Supporting LGBTQ Youth course!



This course will help you learn about the Understanding Self Identity LGBTQ supplement, as well as how to best support your students with more inclusive language. The course uses videos, short quizzes, mini activities, and has downloadable documents to help you learn this content.


Some information about us...


New York City Teens Connection brings together youth, parents, community-based organizations, schools, clinics, and citywide agencies in a comprehensive effort to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections and unintended teen pregnancy. NYC Teens Connection supports evidence-based sexual health programs in schools, helps link schools to nearby quality clinics for teens, and increases community awareness about teen sexual health.



A program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), we are funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs (OPA), and work closely with the New York City Department of Education (DOE). We started as a comprehensive effort in the Bronx in 2010. In 2015 we expanded to all five boroughs. Since our origin, we have provided over 75,000 youth with quality, comprehensive sexual health education.