It’s no secret that Atlanta has been susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases. AIDS, HIV and others have put Atlanta on the map in somewhat of a negative way.
In February, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published reporting about how a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report last year, ranked Georgia fifth for rates of HIV diagnoses in 2015. The high rate of sexually transmitted diseases even has some people unaffectionately using the term “AIDSlanta” on Twitter.
Both of our schools — Tucker Middle and High Schools — offer sex education. But our experiences weren’t inclusive of LGBTQ teens or HIV prevention.
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