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When most of us talk about sexuality, we are almost always focused on sexual health: from sex education in the classroom, to access to public health services, to STI prevention and management. At NSRC, our vision off healthy sexuality is broader, and does not focus solely on disease prevention or on the medical aspects of sexuality. Being sexual literate is being sexually curious; the desire to learn and understand the myriad aspects of our sexuality only enhance our overall (sexual) health and well being. This section does the “dirty” work for you, providing information on a range of sexual topics.

Call to End Ab-Only Sex Ed

Two weeks ago, the Senate Finance Committee passed an amendment from Senator Orrin Hatch to reinstate $50 million per year to the failed Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program. The amendment passed by just one vote, 12–11. Today, sex ed supporters from around the country are uniting to call in to the Senate and say no to ab-only,

Menstruation, Ovulation, Orgasm, Menopause … Female Sexual Mysteries

Menstruation, Ovulation, Orgasm, Menopause … Female Sexual Mysteries

It is sometimes claimed that we have reached the “end of science,” that we pretty much know all there is to be known, and as a result, from now on it is simply a question of mopping up. Not so. Some of the greatest, most challenging scientific conundrums are very close to home, among human beings: our species, our mysteries, ourselves.

Lessons from a Mexican Brothel

Lessons from a Mexican Brothel

On a chilly March morning, my friend Abraham and I head out by car from Washington, D.C. to rural Virginia to do some exploring. Visiting from Mexico City, Abraham has been to New York City many times. But large cities can give a visitor the wrong idea about a nation and I’m taking Abraham to see another side of America. We drive the curving

Circumcision, from the Mexican Immigrant Perspective

Circumcision, from the Mexican Immigrant Perspective

We, at Sexualidades Latinas, recently found out that one of our colleagues is carrying out a study on the cultural factors associated with the acceptance of male circumcision as a method for HIV prevention among Mexican immigrants. Specifically, immigrants in San Francisco and those in Michoacán, Mexico who have spent time in the United

Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause

Strategies for Staying Sexual After Menopause

When was the last time you heard a joke suggesting that sex invariably goes ever downhill or totally crashes after menopause? Like yesterday? This concept was boldly reaffirmed—without reference to reliable research—at a conference on menopause held by the National Institutes of Health in 2005! So, if you ask your doctor about sex

Los beneficios de la circuncisión

Los beneficios de la circuncisión

Esta pequeña intervención quirúrgica puede ayudar a la gente a evitar el contagio de varias enfermedades de transmisión sexual

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Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families

Designed for families with kids age ten to fourteen.

Circuncisión masculina: ¿una alternativa para la prevención?

Circuncisión masculina: ¿una alternativa para la prevención?

Estudio sobre este procedimiento medico

In Hanoi: the 2009 IASSCS Conference

In Hanoi: the 2009 IASSCS Conference

NSRC Director Dr. Gilbert Herdt often refers to the Bush years as the dark ages for sexuality. Fortunately, Americans have a new president and things are already looking brighter.

Genital Beautification: Plastic Surgery or Mutilation?

Genital Beautification: Plastic Surgery or Mutilation?

“It doesn’t look right,” said forty-two-year-old Carla Westman*. “Like I’m uneven, like one side is larger than the other and as I’ve gotten older, I think one side is stretching.  Before I could close my legs and you couldn’t see anything but now one side peeks through just a tiny bit more than the