Posted by David Khalili
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 04:25:29 GMT
On October 30th and 31st, the
National Sexuality Resource Center, in San Francisco,
will be hosting an amazing regional training entitled
"Sexual Literacy and Social Chance: Making Your Research Matter." During this two day training you will be able to
hear about the work of sexuality researchers, students, academics and community organizations. Day one is focused on
panels and workshops, while day two will feature research presentations by sexuality researchers across
the United States.
During day one you will hear from those who work community-based research on sexuality,
important notes on conducting sexuality research and hear from a panel on communicating about sexuality. Oh right,
I'm on that last panel with
Dr. Carol Queen and
Regina Lynn from Wired.Com. Day two will open with a plenary by Dr.
Hector Carrillo, author of
The Night is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the time of AIDS, who will
discuss how his research greatly influenced the 2008 International AIDS conference in Mexico City.
For more information, and most importantly to register click
HERE
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Posted by David Khalili
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:51:05 GMT
(c) wired.com
No longer will old cars and Buena Vista Social Club be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Cuba. In another move towards a
more liberalised set of policies, the new president of Cuba, Raul Castro, has authorized offering Cuban citizens free sex changes. Already signed
by Cuba's health minister, Jose Ramon Balaguer, the surgery will be covered by the country's universal health service. Mariela Castro Espin, daughter
of Raul and head of the National Centre for Sex Education initiated this very progressive move. She is also working towards the legalisation of same-sex
unions in Cuba, which if approved, would make Cuba the most liberal country in South America in terms of sexual rights. The physicians who will be in
charge of said surgeries have been trained by some of the best surgeons from Belgium. Furthermore, a health clinic will be created exclusively for
such procedures.
This is a big step away from Cuba's past LGBT rights infringements such as the
Mariel Boat Lift
in 1980 where amongst other Cubans, gay men and trans-women were told that they can either leave Cuba or go to jail.
For more information on Cuba offering free sex changes:
LINK
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