She's Allowed To Teach Kids About Sex, But It's Horrifying What She's Leaving Out

Withholding life-saving information from kids is not helping anything. This is the sort of information that makes me pace around my house and mutter the word "why" over and over.

There are some really easy solutions to prevent spreading disease: *knowledge.*

But teachers in some parts of the country aren't allowed to talk about them.

Like teachers in the states shaded red:

There's a good chance you're not allowed to tell kids everything they need to know about staying healthy.

And can someone please explain to our lawmakers that withholding information about being gay does not make people non-gay?

The places that have the highest rates of infections are the same places that hide truth from kids.

Let's allow our teachers to teach truth.

So we can keep our kids healthy and safe.

That orange area in the South? It's an HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Good thing nothing is keeping kids from learning things out of the classroom. On that note — learn more yourself in this video!

This video is from the documentary "Deep South," which will be released on Dec. 1, 2014. GIFs by yours truly.

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