Sexual Health Resources
At Vanderbilt
Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center
(615) 322-4843
316 West Side Row, Franklin
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Email: womenctr@vanderbilt.edu
Services:
Free external and internal condoms, personal lubricant, dental dams, menstrual products, and pregnancy tests. These are all located in the fishbowl in our lobby as well as in the first floor restroom.
Student Health Center
(615) 322-2427
Zerfoss Building, 1210 Stevenson Center Lane
Nashville, TN 37232
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Summer and Scheduled Breaks: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Services:
Free external condoms, well women exams, full STI screening (gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV, syphilis, and herpes), pregnancy testing, HPV vaccination, birth control options, and emergency contraceptives
Reproductive Health and Parenting Resource Coordinator
Email: reprohealthandparenting@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: 615-343-6471
Services:
The Reproductive Health and Parenting Resource Coordinator serves as the first point of contact for any individual seeking out information, support, referrals, and education about all stages of reproductive health, which includes pregnancy and parenting. The coordinator plays an active role in campus programs to educate and engage students, faculty, staff, and postdoctoral scholars on topics related to pregnancy and parenting.
In the Nashville Area
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi
(615) 321-7216
412 Dr. D.B. Todd, Jr. Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37203
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Services:
Free external and internal condoms, STI testing and treatment (bacterial vaginosis (BV), chlamydia, genital warts, gonorrhea, herpes, HIV [testing and diagnosis only], syphilis, and trichomoniasis), birth control, emergency testing, pregnancy testing, pap test and pelvic exams
Lentz Public Health Center
(615) 340-5616
2500 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Services:
STI testing for HIV, syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea
Nashville Cares
(615) 259-4866
633 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN 37204
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Services:
Free HIV testing
Learn about…
Barrier Methods
External Condom Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/EdSq2HB7jqU
Internal Condom Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJZOCdmnvmc
Dental Dam Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKaJkE04K6o
Guide to Lubricant: https://www.scarleteen.com/article/bodies/lube_101_a_slick_little_primer?language=de
Birth Control
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control
https://bedsider.org/methods/matrix
https://www.singlecare.com/blog/birth-control-options/
Emergency Contraception
Oral Contraceptives that can be used as Emergency Contraceptives:
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/morning-after-pill-emergency-contraception
STIs
Getting Tested: https://www.buzzfeed.com/caseygueren/get-tested
https://www.itsyoursexlife.com/stds-testing-gyt
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex
https://www.testing.com/hiv-testing/
STI rates in the U.S.: https://www.everlywell.com/blog/sti-testing/std-rates-by-state/
Kink and BDSM
The Mark, Nashville: https://www.themarkbycpi.com/index_files/about.htm
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom: https://www.ncsfreedom.org/
BDSM Dictionary: https://www.squidge.org/novad/Primer/Definitions.html
Sex Toys
How to Use Sex Toys: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sex-pleasure/sex/sex-toys
Safe Sex Toys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T73e1Hrvihc
Unsafe Sex Toys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vE4eCQJN5w
Sexuality and Disability
Additional Resources: https://www.scarleteen.com/article/disability_sexuality/disabled_sex_yes?language=de