American Sexuality Magazine
Inequality in the Marriage Equality Movement
How the marriage movement has marginalized poor, underserved and queer communities of color.
Inequality in the Marriage Equality Movement
How the marriage movement has marginalized poor, underserved and queer communities of color.
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I Just Can't Stop Loving You
From the archives: Why are we so fascinated by Michael Jackson? Is it our cultural anxiety over "otherness"? Or a perverse desire for a queerly androgynous body?
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Remembering MJ
From the archives: Throats are part of the erotic act. Through his cries, whispers, whines, and grunts, Michael Jackson occupied a third space of gender.
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Lessons from a Mexican Brothel
Discussions of puterías generally don't elicit passionate opinions. For many, 'it is what it is.' Should the U.S. try to adopt a similar attitude?
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Frameline Film Festival: Dirt and Desire
A sexy, sex-positive, and ultimately queer adventure through the imaginations and blissfully dirty minds of nine filmmakers.
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Frameline Film Festival: Calling All Nerds and Art Freaks
A look at Quentin Crisp, Harvey Milk, Alan Turing. Wait ... who is Alan Turing? 'Decoding Alan Turing' tells all.
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Frameline Film Festival: The Lollipop Generation
A pseudo-true-to-life, but humorous, take on the life of a band of misfit queer kids.
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Frameline: Act Up Oral History Project Series
For this on-going project that has stretched a decade, the filmmakers interviewed over a hundred people. Still, they say, their work isn't done.
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Dishing About Sex Between Men
Victorians didn't talk about sex? A new book, 'Before Wilde' by Dr. Charles Upchurch, proves otherwise.
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Bros Before Hos
Dating, 'homosexuality,' and the sexual revolution ... How fraternities became havens for aggressive masculinity and exploitation.
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Are Marital Storms Ahead?
The economic downturn, gender roles, and lessons from the Great Depression. How money woes may divide couples.
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Court Upholds Proposition 8
The NSRC, our friends and allies, on why the California Supreme Court is wrong on the issue of marriage equality.
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Picturing Disability
A Massachusetts bill would criminalize the production of sexual images of 'legally incompetent' people with disabilities. How it aims to balance sexual rights with consent.
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Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families
Reduce the anxiety your kids may feel. Educate them about how to protect themselves. Foster positive self images. Watch this video!
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When Bullying Turns Deadly
After the deaths of Jaheem Herrera and Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, what have we learned about anti-LGBT victimization?
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The Newest Joy of Sex: overgroomed
Body hair, authenticity, healthy sexuality...Kat Forsythe finds the just-released Joy of Sex is missing too much of what made it revolutionary.
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About American Sexuality
At American Sexuality we believe sex is more than just an act. We uncover, analyze, explain, and discuss facets of sexuality that mainstream media has overlooked. Smart, engaging, and always a bit controversial, our articles and multimedia pieces will get you thinking and talking about sex in new and broader ways. American Sexuality is published by San Francisco State University’s National Sexuality Resource Center.
