Southern Methodist University today unveiled the $250 million George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum. President Obama and former Presidents Bush, Carter, and Clinton were there, along with dignitaries from across America and the world. The celebration tactfully omitted any mention of the three catastrophes of Bush’s presidency—the counterproductive wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and [...]
The Religious Right’s been warning us for decades. A Supreme Court justice warned us in Lawrence v Texas. Various institutions have been warning us for centuries—about the sexual, and therefore social, impact of Boccaccio and Chaucer and of women on the theatrical stage, of mixed-gender schools, cheap mass “literature,” talking movies, and of legalizing “rubbers.” [...]
An increasing number of institutions are claiming religious exemptions from the contraceptive mandate of the new federal health care law. There’s nothing “moral” about this bruising political battle: it’s designed to increase the power of organized religion, and to decrease Americans’ options for sexual expression. The notion that certain institutions can simply opt out of [...]
As is true every year, 2012 had its ups and downs regarding the public policy aspects of sexuality—this year, perhaps, more than many. Sadly, in 2012 it wasn’t simply diverging opinions that made the news—it was extraordinary ignorance and rejection of science. In a country where more people believe in the Rapture than in Evolution, [...]
Mississippi: Baby Steps to Reduce Teen Pregnancy Mississippi is finally considering joining the 20th century regarding sex education. The 21st century may be a bit too advanced, but they’ve legislated a sort-of program, according to TIME. Mississippi has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the country—more than triple the rate in New Hampshire, for example. [...]
The platforms of both major parties are out. When it comes to sex, one is bad, the other worse. So listen up, Dems and GOPers, here’s the sexual health plank you desperately need. Presidential aspirants, steal this material at will, and promise the following: * Sex education: All sex education must be scientifically and medically [...]
“…We know we need sex therapy, but there isn’t anyone in our country we can talk to,” read the email. “We’d like to speak with you by skype so you can help us fix our sex problems. Will you do this with us?” They live in a major city whose name you probably know. He’s [...]
“…We know we need sex therapy, but there isn’t anyone in our country we can talk to,” read the email. “We’d like to speak with you by skype so you can help us fix our sex problems. Will you do this with us?” They live in a major city whose name you probably know. He’s [...]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. –Bill of Rights, Article I That’s what the Bill of [...]
I’m in New Orleans speaking at the annual conference of the American Humanist Association. AHA is a distinguished organization founded during WWII, affiliated through the years with heroes such as Linus Pauling and Margaret Sanger, Buckminster Fuller, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Joyce Carol Oates. At the banquet last night, I met Gloria Steinem. I spoke [...]
Sex work refers to a wide range of activity where sexual interaction is explicitly exchanged for something of value.
WSFA firmly believes that human beings possess a fundamental right to develop and express their sexuality.
Sexual Health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well being in relation to sexuality.
Sexuality and faith are two of the most deeply important and deeply personal aspects of human identity.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are entitled to the realization of the full spectrum of their human rights.
Civil rights are one sub-set of human rights that exist equal to and interdependent with multiple fundamental human rights.
Grounded in the human rights framework, reproductive justice refers to all of the conditions necessary for all people to enjoy reproductive freedom.
Every human being deserves access to medically accurate and inclusive information about sex and sexuality.
