SAMESH, March 2016 SAMESH is running its first Stepping Out workshop for 2016. Working in partnership with the team at MOSAIC services, this FREE workshop provides a space for same sex attracted men, 18 – 26 to gather and talk about sexuality, sex and sexual health. Workshops will run once a week for 6 weeks, commencing April 26. (Numbers limited to 12 participants). Workshops will run between 6...
The Age, February 18, 2016 – 1:17AM Did the word “pleasure” ever crop up in your sex education class at school? Chances are that, between ripping condoms off bananas and examining the vast array of sexually transmitted diseases, the notion that sex could be pleasurable, didn’t exactly leap to mind. But a new, progressive, sex education resource for secondary students...
ThinkProgress, Oct 1, 2015 11:14am For many women, getting a pap smear or a birth control prescription at a doctor’s office is relatively effortless. Perhaps a little uncomfortable, yes, but only temporarily — with important, beneficial results. However, not all women in need of reproductive health care find themselves able to be accommodated in a standard doctor’s office. Women with disabilities...
The Independent, Thursday 16 July 2015
The topic of sex is constantly talked about in the media, yet there is a taboo surrounding the issues that many people with disabilities face when they want to have sex, or even talk about sex, both from the general public and the medical profession.
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Access Sexual Respect Toolkit here
YEP Project, November 22, 2014
The following reports and articles can be really useful when you’re looking for facts about sexual health [and young people]. They can also be useful when you’re looking for data to justify allocating funds and resources to your sexual health programs, or can be used as resources when planning sexual health education programs.
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Sydney Morning Herald, May 28, 2014
Studies featuring long interviews with volunteers identified eight components as contributing to optimum sexual experiences:
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