Northampton Sex Therapy Associates and The Northampton Center for Couples Therapy in collaboration with The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health invites mental health professionals, students, health-care providers, and anyone interested in reflecting on and gaining awareness about sexuality-related issues to its Sexual Attitude Reassessment Seminar (SAR). The SAR will be a two and a half-day … [Read more...]
UCLA Center for the Study of Women 22nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference: Thinking Gender 2012
January 27, 2012 Leave a Comment
Each week the CSPH highlights an upcoming workshop, conference, and other continuing education opportunity pertaining to sexuality, gender, or reproductive justice issues. This week we are featuring the UCLA Center for the Study of Women 22nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference: Thinking Gender 2012! What: UCLA Center for the Study of Women 22nd Annual Graduate Student Research … [Read more...]
Center Stage Sexual Aid: Lelo Siri
January 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
Every other week the CSPH takes a look at a sexual aid that can be just so darn spectacular for some people, that it needs to be highlighted. This week the sexual aid is the Lelo Siri! How does this contraption work anyway? The Siri is a small, silicone/ABS plastic vibrator designed for clitoral stimulation, though it can be used on any external erogenous zone, such as the frenulum, the … [Read more...]
Hump Day Hero: Nina Hartley
January 25, 2012 2 Comments
Every other Wednesday The CSPH will highlight a Sexuality Professional you should keep your eye on. Their backgrounds are very diverse in order to bring attention to the wide variety of amazing people working in the field. This week we bring you Nina Hartley! 1. What do you do in the field of sexuality? I was a house dancer from 1983-1985; I’ve performed in adult videos since 1984 (700+ … [Read more...]
GLSEN Releases Groundbreaking Elementary School Research & Toolkit
January 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
A message from GLSEN: Dear Friends, Three weeks after my oldest child started kindergarten, she threw a tantrum because I said "no" about something or other, and yelled, "Mama, you are a SISSY!" She clearly had little sense of the word's meaning, but had learned in her brief elementary school career that this was one of the worst epithets she could hurl in anger. Today, GLSEN is proud to embark … [Read more...]
Sunday Secrets: January 22, 2012
January 22, 2012 Leave a Comment
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. Every week, the owner of this art project (Frank Warren) displays selected new secrets on the Postsecret website. The CSPH highlights those that discuss issues pertaining to sexuality, gender and reproductive justice issues. … [Read more...]
Attention Rhode Island Residents!
January 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Due to the increasing HIV and syphilis epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Rhode Island, the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Miriam Hospital Immunology Center will be offering both HIV and syphilis testing regardless of ability to pay. HIV and syphilis testing will be offered for both insured and uninsured patient on Fridays from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. The clinic will be walk-in … [Read more...]
Sexual Studies: Female Premature Orgasm?
January 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
Every Saturday the CSPH highlights news or recent research in the field of human sexuality. This week we’re looking at a study conducted by a group of medical doctors in Portugal to measure the prevalence of Female Premature Orgasm (FPO), which they state is “almost unknown” in scientific literature and generally diagnosed as a sexual dysfunction, not otherwise specified (NOS). The study … [Read more...]
The Smithsonian Ethics Education Conference Series Presents: The Tuskegee Experience
January 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
Each week the CSPH highlights an upcoming workshop, conference, and other continuing education opportunity pertaining to sexuality, gender, or reproductive justice issues. This week we are featuring the The Tuskegee Experience, brought to you by the Smithsonian Ethics Education Conference Series! What: The Smithsonian Ethics Education Conference Series Presents: The Tuskegee Experience Where: … [Read more...]
Center Stage Sexual Aid: Aneros SGX
January 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
Every other week the CSPH takes a look at a sexual aid that can be just so darn spectacular for some people, that it needs to be highlighted. This week the sexual aid is the Aneros SGX! How does this product work anyway? The Aneros SGX Prostate Massager, a slightly smaller version of the Aneros MGX, is an anal massager that delivers hands-free stimulation of the prostate and perineum, resulting … [Read more...]
