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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 month. If you’re in the San Francisco area and would like to participate, see below for details. And pass it on- she doesn’t have a lot of time.
Note: Shilo has given me permission to use the photos in this post. They don’t feature masturbation, but they’re gorgeous and they’ll give you a sense of her skill and style. Click on them for the full size version.
Masturbation is …
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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 when we use words differently than other people, so developing a mutual language can help a lot. When it comes to sex and gender, I figure that anything that helps us think more clearly and communicate more gracefully is a good thing.
I recently found an amazing article by Dean Spade, called About Purportedly Gendered Body Parts that addresses some of the word choices that have been floating around …
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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 flyer and info:
Sexuality and Disability Support Group
2nd Wednesday of the Month
6:00 – 7:30 PM
FREE!
Sponsored by: Center for Independent Living
Ed Roberts Campus, Osher Room A & B
3075 Adeline Street Berkeley, CA 94703
- Learn new skills and resources to expand your experience of sexual expression with your disability
- Transform your sexuality, boost self-confidence, and develop intimate loving relationships
- Feel the power of community with the support of your peers
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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 that activists and patients can use to advocate for higher levels of appropriate & sensitive health care in the US.
See below and pass it on!
As a graduate student at Smith College for Social Work I am conducting a study to develop a better understanding, from a trans person’s viewpoint, what good care and treatment by a primary care healthcare provider looks like. This recruitment letter has the …
Continue reading Call for Participants: Survey on Healthcare for Transgender Folks
This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine.
A post about the relationships between sex-positivity and asexuality over on feministe.com caught my eye. And before I knew it, I was reading this post and this newsletter from the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network. And I think that there’s a lot of food for thought there.
Now, I want to be very careful since, as a non-asexual person, it’d be easy for me to get up on a soapbox and talk about the experience of folks who identify as asexual. There’s a parallel between that and the way that white folks often feel comfortable talking about the experiences of people of color, or heterosexuals do about queers, or men about women. That only …
Continue reading Sex-Positivity and Asexuality: Bringing Them Together
The Leather Archives & Museum is an amazing organization. They collect, preserve, and exhibit the histories of the BDSM and leather communities. A lot of the ephemera, artwork, films and literature produced by communities of erotic affiliation gets lost or destroyed and the LAM is doing a huge service to these communities and to sexology by preserving them.
I just received a press release calling for people to document their “alternative” sexual practices as part of their collection. They’re especially interested in hearing from people who don’t identify as part of or participate in the BDSM communities. Check out the call for participants below and get in touch with Clarisse if you want to be part of this project.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Clarisse Thorn…
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One of the difficulties I’ve seen when it comes to discussions and debates around sexual practices and communities of erotic affiliation centers on the notion of consent.
On one side, there are the folks who bring everything back to the question of the individual. The general argument is that if a person consents to a particular act, then there isn’t any reason that they shouldn’t be allowed to do it. Yes, this is a vast oversimplification of a much more complex statement, but it often boils down to the notion that people should be able to anything they want, as long as they and their partner(s) consent to it.
On the other hand, there are people who …
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Following up on last week’s post about a support group for polyamorous folks, this showed up in my in-box. See below and pass it on!
The Living Arts Counseling Center presents:
An Expressive Arts Psychotherapy Group for Polyamorous Couples and Individuals
Are you polyamorous? Non-monogamous? In an open relationship? Curious about exploring this territory together with your partner(s)?
In a judgment-free, safe, and playful space, we will use tools from expressive arts therapy to explore issues of open relationships, including jealousy, boundaries, rule-making/rule-breaking, sex, safer sex, love, emotional intimacy, loneliness, and what to tell the in-laws, the neighbors, or your best friend.
Come find community with others exploring similar territory!
This group is open to primary couples of all genders and orientations, as well …
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Via Sinclair Sexsmith
Are you a femme identified woman over the age of 18? Are currently coupled with a FTM identified person who has begun medical transition? If so, you may be eligible to participate study regarding the nature of a range of feelings and attitudes about body image. Study participants will be asked to participate in a 1-1.5 hour recorded, confidential interview. This study is part of a dissertation, a requirement for completion of a PsyD at the Wright Institute. If you are interested in participating, please contact the researcher, Matt Goldenberg, M.A at 510-981-4235 or email mgoldenberg@wi.edu
I’m guessing that this is specifically looking for femme cisgender women. And it sounds like a great bit research. Get in touch with the researcher directly …
Continue reading Call for Particpants: Femmes in Relationships with FTMs
Although more people are discovering and exploring polyamory, it can be hard to find the support you need. A lot of therapists assume that poly folks can’t make a commitment or believe that their problems are due to being poly even though they’re the same issues and difficulties monogamous people have. (The Poly Friendly Professionals list is a good resource, btw.)
Akhila Kolesar, Ph.D. is forming a polyamory support group on Saturdays in San Francisco, so if you’re looking for some help navigating the challenges of your relationships, here’s a good place to go. Here’s the info from her flyer:
POLYAMORY PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP
Saturdays 1-2:30pm
Convenient Hayes Valley Location
Facilitated by Akhila E. A. Kolesar, Ph.D.
Polyamory is a special relational orientation that offers
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