TIME, Aug. 20, 2014
She was born before the invention of the stop sign, but sex therapist Shirley Zussman has some thoughts on ‘hooking up.’
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Criminalisation of homosexual behaviour in Pacific countries undermining HIV effort, advocates say
The International Aids Conference in Melbourne has heard that laws which criminalise homosexual sex are undermining efforts to prevent and treat HIV.
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How is our sexuality education meeting students’ needs?
Education Today, 2014 Vol 14 (3) Term 3 Authors: Anne Mitchell and Pamela Blackman A national survey of the sexual health of Australian secondary students has been carried out approximately every five years since 1992, each survey wave funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. In the latest iteration, new questions were added about use of the internet, technology, and social...
“My husband became a woman and our marriage is stronger than ever”
The Age, August 20, 2014 – 8:11PM
I’ve never questioned my sexuality, my desire to be with a man. Still, when I first encountered the person who would become my husband, he was wearing makeup and a purple dress.
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Aboriginal health research is not black and white: Aboriginal research for beginners
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 14 (3) These are brief lessons from the field from an Aboriginal cultural consultant and a non-Aboriginal researcher, where working together has been a two-way learning experience. As a consultant, there has been greater insight into the research arena; and as a non-Aboriginal researcher, valuable cultural lessons into the values, beliefs and protocols of an...
Brisbane man cleared of maliciously spreading HIV with intent
Star Observer, July 29, 2014
The ongoing case of a Brisbane man charged with deliberately transmitting HIV to two men in 2012 has almost come to a close after a not guilty sentence was handed down last week.
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