By SASHA on 17/6,/2015 The World Health Organisation has just published a new report, Sexual health, human rights and the law, which draws on evidence to “show how states in different parts of the world can and do support sexual health through legal and other mechanisms that are consistent with human rights standards and their own human rights obligations”. From the report:...
The case for starting sex education in kindergarten
PBS Newshour, May 27, 2015 at 1:44 PM EDT Welcome to “Spring Fever” week in primary schools across the Netherlands, the week of focused sex ed classes … for 4-year olds. Of course, it’s not just for 4-year-olds. Eight-year-olds learn about self-image and gender stereotypes. 11-year-olds discuss sexual orientation and contraceptive options. But in the Netherlands, the approach, known as...
Report: Gay Community Periodic Survey – Adelaide 2014
Centre for Social Research in Health, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW Australia, April 2015 The Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Adelaide. The major aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use, and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other...
Disproportionate Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ & PLHIV community
Rainbow Times, Nov 06, 2014
LGBTQ and HIV-affected intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as partner abuse or domestic violence, increased in 2013 in the USA.
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Is Bisexuality A Distinct Sexual Orientation In Men?
Kinsey Confidential, Posted October 7, 2014
Research by The Kinsey Institute’s Erick Janssen and Jerome Cerny reveals unique sexual arousal pattern in bisexual men.
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British Schools Desperately Need Same-Sex Sexual Education
Vice UK, Oct 21 2014
While the world might have made all sorts of other huge leaps, the teaching of young people about the fundamental aspects of human existence – sex and relationships – seems to have remained in the dark ages.
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