As a sex educator, I’ve been advocating for both risk reduction and harm reduction. In risk reduction, the goal is to lessen the chances that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. When it comes to driving, for example, anti-lock brakes are risk reduction because they make it less likely that you’ll get into an accident. […]

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: www.helsinkitimes.fi (share this clip) According to the Helsinki Times and Huffington Post, over 30,000 people have left the Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran Church, the national church of Finland. The reason? They held a debate on LBGT rights and comments made by various folks on the anti […]

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 […]