Sexual Health & Education
Created for attendees at my South by Southwest (SXSW) presentation Adult Conversations: Sex, Intimacy & Online Relationships, the following resource list helps you keep current on what sociologists, bloggers and sex researchers are saying about interpersonal affairs and human sexuality now.
Be sure to read D. Parvaz’s oldie but goody piece Be Sex Positive and Fear No Pleasure. “Being sex positive [...] means you have what is perceived as a healthy attitude toward your sexuality. You might be vanilla in your straight, bisexual, homosexual or transgender sex life without polyamorous, open or fetishistic complications. But you at least know a thing or two about these things, aren’t afraid to talk about them, and you definitely know what you like.” Also, if you’re a sex blogger, be sure to check out EFF’s How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) and Citizen Media Law Project’s Deciding Whether and How to be Anonymous. Enjoy!
Smart, Sexy Podcasts
Sex Positive Websites
The Kinsey Institute will juice you up with straight-forward information about sex research. Do a Technorati search for sex positive to find additional sites such as the Center for Sex Positive Culture, Sex in the Public Square, Viviane’s Sex Carnival and others.
Sex Positive: The Movie
The film explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, “a revolutionary gay S&M sex worker turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to the invention of safe sex has has never been aptly credited.” Featuring Don Adler, Richard Berkowitz, Richard Dworkin, Larry Kramer, Dr. Joseph Sonnabend Edmund White and others, the Daryl Wein directed film had its world premiere at SXSW.
License to Fornicate
Online Personals & Dating Sites
- Adult FriendFinder
- Yahoo! Personals
- Nerve Personals
- Consumating
- Engage
- GreatBoyFriends
- BlackSingles
- Match.com
- Online Booty Call
- MatchActivity
- eHarmony
- MatchTag
- MingleNow
- OkCupid
- PlentyOfFish
- Prescription4Love
- RateOrDate
Find a Sex Therapist Online
Check out WedMD’s What does a sex therapist do? Sex therapists such as Dr. Laura Berman and Dr. Jennifer Berman have personal websites with additional resources. Find other sex therapists on Psychology Today’s therapist locator.
Sex Information on Wikipedia
Online Journal Articles about Sex
The Journal of Sex Research is a good place to start. Some of their article such as ” The Advantages and Limitations of Seeking Sex Online” can be downloaded as a PDF.
Safe(r) Sex Resources on the Internet (source)
