This is the first of a 2-part story based on an interview with Sally who is profoundly deaf; how she found out about sex as a naive schoolgirl and, in part two, what impact that had on her own parenting. Sally was born into a hearing family with ’very narrow’ views. They didn’t talk much and certainly not about sex or relationships. Sex education at school consisted of a film with no subtitles, and nothing at all about the physical changes to expect. There were no books to

Rubbena, our lead Trainer attended the Sexpressions National Conference at Newcastle University Medical School. Here she had the opportunity to meet and learn with other people who are passionate about sex and relationship education. It is also an opportunity to hear from influential speakers within the sexual health community. Sexpression:UK is a medical student organisation that empowers young people to make decisions about sex and relationships by running informal and comp