University of Maryland hosts series of events to celebrate Sex Week

About 25 students engaged in an open discussion regarding sexual health at the University Health Center on Wednesday while passing around open condoms to guess the brand with Sexual Health and Reproductive Education peer educators.

This “Sex Games” event was part of several activities organized throughout this week for this university’s second-annual Sex Week, which began April 6 and concludes today.

Sex Week involves a student-run series of events that aim to promote discussions about sexual health and provide educational programs through student organizations and school department collaborations.

“The general aim of Sex Week is just to provide opportunities for students to learn more information about sexual health and wellbeing through dynamic programming, such as workshops,” said Jenna Beckwith Messman, this year’s Sex Week staff adviser. “The goal is to inform, empower and educate the student body here on campus.”

Sex Week participants kicked off this week in front of McKeldin Library on Monday, promoting the events to pass students and faculty brochures, free condoms, abstinence kits and information about campus resources.

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