What are some misconceptions amongst Singapore students regarding sexuality education? What is something about sex ed that you wish you had known earlier? What’s missing from Singapore’s mainstream sexuality education syllabus?

On 7 September 2022, AWARE hosted Declassify Sex Ed!, a Zoom event to celebrate the launch of our Sex Ed, Declassified online portal for teens. We dove into honest real-life Singapore experiences with sex ed—the good, the bad, the gross and everything else. The event first kicked off with a quick trivia game to test participants’ sex ed knowledge. Then, moderator Nicole Lim, host of Something Private podcast, facilitated an open conversation between Aina, Elijah and Kamalini, three students and former AWARE interns. The four talked about everything from embarrassing sex ed stories, common misconceptions amongst their peers and the things they wished they’d known at a younger age. Lastly, AWARE’s Tan Joo Hymn and Dr Angela Tan of Academy of Relationships and Sex answered attendees’ burning sex ed questions on the spot.

Couldn’t make the event? No problem—we’ve cut together a highlight reel of the panel discussion between Nicole, Aina, Elijah and Kamalini! Watch it here.