I just received this information from Advocates for Youth. The US is the largest donor in sexual and reproductive health and the Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2010 would further strengthen U.S. foreign assistance and our global leadership in health. It would also combine maternal health care, family planning services, and STI/HIV testing […]

One of the easiest ways for product manufacturers to promote their wares is by convincing you that there’s research behind their goods. After all, unless you know how to read research, you might not do a little digging and check the facts. It gets even more confusing when news outlets pick up on the latest […]

Debra Haffner is a minister and sexologist who I know through the American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors & Therapists. She’s also the author of some great books: From Diapers to Dating: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know: Facing Today’s Challenges with Wisdom and Heart Beyond […]

Greta Christina has a great piece on the Blowfish blog (note: the original link is broken) about asking for what you want from a lover. And I think that, for the most part, she’s right when she says: “Oh, I don’t know. What do you want to do?” It took me way too many years […]

This showed up in my tumblr feed today. It’s from the UC Davis LGBT Center and according to their site, you’re welcome to download it and pass it along.

via Franklin Veaux I’m not convinced that this accurately describes all of the ways that people are non-monogamous, but it definitely captures many of the complexities and the relationships between different structures. I especially like his explanation for making this chart: I’ve been told, many times, that the word “polyamory” is not really necessary, as […]

CNN posted an article today called “The Downside of  ‘Friends with Benefits,’” which is another example of someone writing about sex without taking a look at their own assumptions about sex, relationships, and how people work. The focus of the article is the increase of STIs and the claim that having more than one partner […]