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.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-noon
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
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: 9:15 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Tuesday-Saturday, 8:15 a.m.-3:30 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
West End Women’s Health Clinic
(615) 936-5858
2611 West End Ave, Suite 380
Nashville, TN 37203
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Services:
Well women exams and STI testing
Lentz Public Health Center
(615) 340-5616
2500 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 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/LJZOCdmnvmc
Dental Dam Instructions: https://www.youtube.com/mKaJkE04K6oGuide to Lubricant: https://www.thecsph.org/lube/
Birth Control
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control
https://bedsider.org/methods/matrix
Emergency Contraception
Oral Contraceptives that can be used as Emergency Contraceptives: https://ec.princeton.edu/questions/dose.html#dose
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
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
An Introduction to Sex Toys: https://www.thecsph.org/the-csph-resources/web-resources/sex-positive-basics/pleasure/intro-to-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.thecsph.org/the-csph-resources/web-resources/sex-and/sex-and-disability/