NSRC Newsletter March 30 2009 

President Obama is not only the most sexuality-savvy president to come along--he’s also our first tech-smart leader. Take his latest town hall meeting, streamed live, where he answered questions submitted via the Internet.

We take a cue from the president this week, using technology to spread the message of sexual literacy.

Transgender rights

Join us today at 11am Pacific Time! In a liveblog discussion, Jamison Green, Masen Davis and Dallas Denny talk about the state of Transgender Rights in the United States, and mark the release of NSRC’s Trans Policy Paper. Go to the liveblog page for details, or to read the discussion afterwards.

The Big O!

Even if you missed her on Oprah’s couch this week, it’s not too late to join Dr. Lisa Diamond at the 2009 Summer Institute. Find out about Lisa Diamond’s groundbreaking work on sexual fluidity in our Dialogues Network.

Design for the People

Feeling designy? Our sister organization, the Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, challenges you to redesign their logo—in one week. And they’re paying cash, folks. We know you can think outside of the stereotypical box when it comes to sexuality, so visit 99designs.com to participate by April 6th.

Games and Gender

The techies were out in full force last week. They swarmed by our offices in downtown San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference (and bought all the potpies at our favorite store). In their honor American Sexuality features: World of Warcraft: Non-Fantasy Gender in a High-Fantasy World.

Blog That

The US Census tries to ignore same-sex marriages—sign the NGLTF petition now; the courts back access to Plan B; and our Campus Coalition for Sexual Literacy leader Eric Grollman takes on the science of sexual identity.

All the best,

NSRC