September 4th, 2025

Contact: Alison Macklin

amacklin@siecus.org

WASHINGTON, DC., September 4th, 2025 – SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change appeared in an article by Geoff Mulvihill in AP News. Mulvihill detailed the Trump Administration’s sweeping attack on sex education threatening over $81 million in federal funding for sexual education materials in 40 states, DC, and five territories if they do not eliminate LGBTQ+ content.

AP News spoke with Director of Public Affairs, Alison Macklin. “This money is essential to states and territories to support sex education,” she said. “They build critical life skills for young people.”

Read the full article here.

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About SIECUS:

SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change has served as a leading national voice for sex education since 1964, asserting that sexuality is a fundamental part of being human, one worthy of dignity and respect. Through advocacy, policy and coalition building, SIECUS advances sex education as a vehicle for social change—where all people receive sex education, are affirmed in their identities, and have power to make decisions about their own health, pleasure, and wholeness.