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Lecture 2008: Richard Parker

NSRC hosted Richard Parker for its John H. Gagnon Distinguished Lecture in September 2008. Dr. Parker's talk: "Reinventing Sexual Scripts: Sexuality and social change in the 21st century."

On May 15, 2008 the California Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. The first same-sex marriages were performed almost a month later on June 16, 2008. Bonnie celebrates with the happy couples at San Francisco City Hall.

Exposing Oppression in Egypt

Up and coming filmmaker Maher Sabry exhibits his passion for human rights activism through his stunning work. All My Life, Sabry’s debut feature length film, is the first unapologetic look into the struggles and pleasures of gay men in Egypt. The film centers on the Queen Boat case of 2001, where fifty-two men were arrested at a

Love on the Job

Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen are coauthors of the new book Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding—and Managing—Romance on the Job.

eActivism

Sex workers have been using technology both to enhance their work lives and to organize as a movement. For example, sex workers used listservs, blogs, and online video to address the scandal involving Randall Tobias. The administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Tobias had enforced the policy requiring that U.S.-based

The Politics of Marriage

Those familiar with the U.S. political climate over the past few years have witnessed repeated appeals to same-sex marriage as a touchstone political issue. Politicians across the political spectrum have mobilized the “gay marriage” debate to rally conservative and liberal voters alike and bring them to the polls. When compared with

The Right to Pleasure

There’s nothing wrong with me. I want to do this, I’m choosing to do this, and I don’t mind doing this exchange, money for sex. I prefer to do that than have my situation therapized. That was all Dr. Russell Shuttleworth needed to hear before taking his long-time friend and employer—a thirty-three-year old man

Tangle with Toys

A recent Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas, struck down a Texas law that criminalized same-sex sodomy. In a vague opinion, the Court explained that the Constitution’s due-process clause gives consenting adults a right to engage in private sexual acts. Why then did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

NSRC makes the headlines with new study on marriage equality

NSRC makes the headlines with study on marriage equality

by National Sexuality Resource Center

March, 2006: Gilbert Herdt, the director of the National Sexuality Resource Center, and Robert Kertzner, an assistant clinical professor at Columbia University, announced the publication of their pivotal new study that examines the negative mental health impact of such denial and argues for immediate legalization of same-sex marriage. Here's what the media is saying:

The Homosexual Puzzle: How Courts Deal With Sexual Harassment Claims Brought

Imagine for a moment two men, Sam and George. These men work at the same office, performing the exact same job. In fact, Sam and George are identical in every way but one: While Sam is straight George is gay. Now, imagine further that the exact same coworkers harass Sam and George. These harassers grab Sam and George’s genitals and poke

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