Sexual Health Resources

This page offers a range of resources to support safe sex and healthy relationships. Whether you're looking for information on contraception, STI prevention, setting boundaries, or recognizing signs of unhealthy dynamics, you'll find tools and guidance to help you make informed and respectful decisions. Safe relationships are built on communication, trust, and consent, and practicing safe sex is an important part of protecting both your physical and emotional well-being. Explore the links and materials provided here to empower yourself and support others in creating safe, respectful connections.

Lehigh Valley Sexual Health Resources

• Lehigh Valley Health Network
  Lehigh Valley Health Network offers sexual health services to the Lehigh Valley area. Click on the link to find out more.
• NAMI Lehigh Valley 
  National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Lehigh Valley promotes education and advocacy for individuals with mental illness. This link provides a list of local resources for domestic violence and sexual health.
• Allentown Health Bureau
  The Allentown Health Bureau’s Office of Communicable Disease provides safer sex education, HIV/AIDS education and referrals, HIV/STI testing, partner services and notification, and PREP education and referral.
• Planned Parenthood
  Planned Parenthood’s Allentown location provides sexual and reproductive health services, and insurance is not required. Available services include sexual and reproductive concerns, pregnancy testing and planning, birth control, emergency contraception, HIV/STI testing and treatment, vaccines, wellness and preventative care, pre-natal and post-partum treatment, and gender affirming care.
• Novus
  Novus is a community-focused health organization committed to providing confidential, supportive care for all sexually active adults. Novus seeks to provide everyone with access to the care they need, free from judgment and tailored to their unique needs, regardless of financial status or minority identification. Novus is well known for its inclusive healthcare for sexual and gender minorities.
• Allentown Women’s Center
  The Allentown Women’s Center provides healthcare services to patients with diverse sexual and reproductive health needs.
• Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley (domestic violence services)
  Turning Point of the LV provides services to individuals experiencing domestic and intimate partner abuse.
• Bethlehem Health Bureau
  The Bethlehem Health Bureau promotes initiatives related to public health interests for Bethlehem residents, including STI/HIV testing, sexual/reproductive health services, and maternal and child healthcare, regardless of insurance status. 
• Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley
  Crime Victims Council of the Lehigh Valley is a nonprofit organization providing nonjudgmental support and services to victims of all violence, their families and significant others throughout Northampton and Lehigh Counties, in addition to a wide variety of prevention programs.
• St. Luke’s Hope Clinic: 
  • Hope Clinic Easton location
  • Hope Clinic Bethlehem location
  • St. Luke’s Hope Clinic provides healthcare, outreach, prevention, and education services for person’s living with HIV or at-risk for HIV, with a focus on the uninsured and underinsured.

Monroe County Sexual Health Resources

• Safe Monroe (For survivors of DV and sexual abuse)
  Safe Monroe (formerly Women's Resources of Monroe County) offers free and confidential services for anyone who has been a victim, or family members of victims, of domestic and/or sexual abuse. Services include shelters, counseling, legal advocacy, and prevention education.
• Monroe County State Health Center
  The Monroe County State Health Center provides free HIV testing services, partner notification, condoms, and HIV/AIDS education.
• Novus
  Novus is a community-focused health organization committed to providing confidential, supportive care for all sexually active adults. Novus seeks to provide individuals with access to the care they need, free from judgment and tailored to their unique needs, regardless of financial status or minority identification. Novus provides inclusive healthcare for sexual and gender minorities.

PA Statewide Resources

• PA Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) 
  PCADV help centers across the state provide free, confidential counseling, shelter, legal, and economic services for domestic violence victims and their children. Link helps you to find your local service providers. 
• PA Department of Health
  PA Department of Health link to find information and resources for HIV.
• PA State Health Centers
  Link to help you find your local health department or state health center in PA.  

National Resources

• Locate HIV, STI, and Hepatitis testing locations: 
  Information about getting tested from the Center for Disease Control
  • CDC information in Spanish
  • CDC information about STIs
  • CDC information about HIV
• National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
  The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to healthcare organizations with the goal of optimizing healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
• It Gets Better LGBTQ Sex Ed Resources
  It Gets Better is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe. This link contains sex education information focused on LGBTQIA+ individuals.
• American Sexual Health Association
  The American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) believes that everyone has the right to information and services that will help them be sexually healthy. ASHA’s website provides information and resources to promote sexual health.
• Self-testing
  People who reside in PA can get a free HIV test kit to check your HIV status at home.
  - Get my HIV test in Spanish

Local LGBTQIA+ Resources

• LGBTQ inclusive doctors - Lehigh Valley Health Network
• Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center
  • For PREP
  • Health Resources
  • Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center is dedicated to providing affirming programming, outreach, and services to strengthen and support the region's LGBTQ+ community. 
• Novus 
  Novus is a community-focused health organization committed to providing confidential, supportive care for all sexually active adults. Novus seeks to provide individuals with access to the care they need, free from judgment and tailored to their unique needs, regardless of financial status or minority identification. Novus provides inclusive healthcare for sexual and gender minorities.
• Allentown Women’s Center
  AWC provides compassionate caring and accessible reproductive healthcare. AWC’s safe and affirming services include hormone replacement therapy, assistance with legal document changes, upper/lower exams, self-injection instruction, referrals, transition care, and abortion care.

National LGBTQIA+ Resources

• National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center
  The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to healthcare organizations with the goal of optimizing healthcare for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
• It Gets Better LGBTQ Sex Ed Resources
  It Gets Better is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe. This link contains sex education information focused on LGBTQIA+ individual

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