Call for Presenters: 1st Annual Conference on Earth-Based, Nature-Centered, Polytheistic and Indigenous Faiths: Gender & Earth-Based Faiths

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Yes, the title is a mouthful, but the First Annual Conference on Earth-Based, Nature-Centered, Polytheistic and Indigenous Faiths: Gender & Earth-Based Faiths is going to be full of interesting presentations. If you’re pagan, witchy, wiccan, or any other flavor of earth-based faith, this one day con in San Francisco on September 24 is definitely worth going to. […]

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The Changing Face of Pride

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This past weekend, San Francisco hosted the 41st LGBT Pride Parade and as I was walking down Market St., I noticed how much Pride has changed since I first went to it, back in 1990. Each year, more and more of my friends share the same observation with me: “There sure are a lot of […]

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Nicole Daedone and the Invisibility of Asexuality

There’s a youtube video making the rounds of a TEDxSF talk by Nicole Daedone, founder of OneTaste Urban Retreat Center, and there’s a lot of great stuff there. She talks about many of the challenges we have around sexual shame in general, and female orgasm in particular. She speaks with authenticity about topics that many […]

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Call for Participants: The Sex Positive Photo Project Celebrates National Masturbation Month with "I masturbate…"

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It might be a couple of months until National Masturbation Month (more commonly known as “May”), but Shilo McCabe is working on an amazing piece as part of the The Sex Positive Photo Project. She’s looking for people to photograph as part of an ambitious goal to produce one image for every day of the […]

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Gender, Bodies, and Language

You might already know this, but I like to geek out about language. In my experience and observation, our language both reflects and shapes how we think and feel. I also believe that we can only think clearly about something to the degree that we have a language for it. Plus, interpersonal friction often arises […]

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Announing a Support Group for Disabled Folks

People with disabilities face a lot of challenges, not the least of which is the lack of good sexuality information and support. (Although The Ultimate Guide to Sex & Disability has lots of great info.) I just found out about a free group that’s starting up in Berkeley. Here’s the info: Sexuality and Disability Support […]

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Call for Participants: Survey on Healthcare for Transgender Folks

I got the flyer below in my in-box today. While I don’t know this person myself, the person who sent it says that they’re an active supporter of and adviser to LGBTQ youth groups, as well as being dedicated to their own activism and education work. This study has the potential to become a tool […]

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