My First Period: Stories From Across the USA

We reached out to girls living in states across the USA in person or online, asking them to share with us their anonymous first period stories. We wanted girls across the country to know that so many of us have a period story to share, and that girls’ first periods can happen in all different ways! But together we share the experience of getting our periods for the first time, and so we are not so different after all. For more information, see the  Gender, Adolescent Transitions & Environment (GATE) Program . Artwork courtesy of Tegan Stuart, Mailman School of Public Health, Class of 2021

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