There have been a number of very sad stories appearing in the news about bullying and harassment of youth based on their sexual orientation. The first widely publicized case from 2008 about a teen killed because of sexual orientation-related bullying was Lawrence King. Lawrence was shot by a classmate after being bullied the day before […]
First, we had Iowa. The Kinsey Institute's neighbors to the east overturned a previous ruling banning gay/same-sex marriage on April 4th in a unanimous verdict from the Iowa Supreme Court. The Internet buzzed with chatter on both sides of the debate but granting legal rights to citizens of the United States around marriage seems […]
This online television show came to my attention back in March but I totally forgot to blog about it. The show is centered around a polyamorous triad (three people; in this case two men both in a relationship with the same women).The show is made by Seattle filmmaker Terisa Greenan who posts the short webisodes […]
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation out of the UK just released a statement announcing the creation and distribution of a Safer Sex Pack for lesbian and bisexual women. According to the press release:
The Lesbian and Gay Foundation’s groundbreaking work around women’s sexual health is set continue in 2009, with the launch of a lesbian and […]
A report released last week by the University College, London and St George’s, University of London indicates that a small but significant minority of mental health professionals in Britain still offer “aversion therapy” (also called “conversion therapy” or “reparative therapy” when trying to change someone’s sexual orientation) treatments to gay, lesbian (and presumably bisexual) individuals so they can become heterosexual.
Check out today's episode of Oprah to hear Dr. Lisa Diamond talk about sexual fluidity in women - including a mention of the Kinsey Scale!
Very exciting!
Read the story or check out video here.
We'll try to update tomorrow or Friday with our thoughts on the episode. Stay tuned.
Although people frequently ask us about the Kinsey Scale, it is receiving more attention now given its recent mention on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
The Kinsey Scale was developed by Dr. Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues in the 1940s and first published in their groundbreaking book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Though originally called the […]
This semester I'm a discussion leader for a Human Sexuality class, and yesterday we had a GLBT panel discussion. One of the questions some of the students were curious about pertained to "gaydar", or how to tell if a person is gay or straight just by looking at them. One student said that some people […]
This week's Sunday edition of the New York Times featured an article titled "What Do Women Want?" which attempts, and in my opinion fails for a variety of reasons, to explain the complexity that is female desire (and arousal, but we'll get to that). I was directed to the article because it features quotes […]
I think the answer is obviously yes. Humans are sexual beings. We are also, for the most part, religious beings as well. Most people believe in some form of higher power, belong to a house of worship (church, mosque, synagogue, etc), or practice their own forms of spirituality. It makes sense then to educate those […]
The Kinsey Institute
