What do you mean Sex-Positive?
Often when I tell a guy I'm sex-positive, he thinks I just said I want to have sex with him, right there and then. Sadly, those guys are thinking of 'nymphomaniacs.'
Being sex-positive is believing sex is a natural part of life, it's healthy to have sex, and sexy to think having sex keeps you healthy. Promoting tolerance of all sexualities and access to accurate, non-judgmental sex information are also key to being sex-positive.
So, hi, I'm sex-positive!... I'm not positive I want to have sex with you.
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~~ whips & kisses, O
Sex-Positive Resources
Sex-positive resources for heterosexuals, gays and lesbians.
- The Center for Sex & Culture
- OUR MISSION: To provide non-judgmental, sex-positive sexuality education and support to diverse populations by means of classes, workshops, social gatherings, and hands-on, practical skills-building events; to maintain and house these events and supporting materials and functions; to maintain a publicly-accessible library and archives; to staff and support this learning environment.
- Welcome to Gay Lesbian Issues
- All Things Queer GAY & LESBIAN ISSUES
coverage, commentary & community for people with brains *and* an attitude! - Greenery Press
- Reading for the sexually adventurous. Excellent sexuality educational material.
- The Language of Sex Positivity - EJHS
- Electronic Journal of Human Sexuality, Volume 3,
July 6, 2000www.ejhs.org
The Language of Sex Positivity by Charlie Glickman
First published in Loving More magazine #21, Spring 2000. - JanesGuide.com Reviews of Sex Positive Pioneers
- Sites about women who have been pioneers in the area of sexuality.
- Finding Your Local Sex-Positive Culture
- Rather than attempting to list every organization of relevance to sex-positive culture in every major city, an attempt which would quickly go out of date, the following guide takes a different approach: it shows you how to search for what is available in a given city.
- SFSI | San Francisco Sex Information
- San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) is a free information and referral switchboard providing anonymous, accurate, non-judgmental information about sex.
- AASECT :: American Association of Sex Counselors, Educators & Therapists
- The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a not-for-profit, interdisciplinary professional organization.
- Sexual Rights
- A New Bill of Sexual Rights and ResponsibilitiesA New Bill of Sexual Rights and Responsibilities (The following statement and list first appeared in The Humanist of January/February 1976.)
- Center for Sex Positive Culture
- Center's mission is to fuel the ongoing growth and development of sex-positive culture through community building, research and education, and outreach. We create opportunities to explore and enhance the joy and intimacy of the full range and potential of human sexuality.
Read, Explore, Learn
Sexual Health
birth control, medical issues
- eMJA: Older women's sexuality
- (Medical Journal of Australia) Older women's sexuality
- How To Find A Sex Positive Doctor
- Having a healthy sex life is an important part of a person's over all health. Whether you are looking for a good general practitioner, gynecologist, proctologist, or nurse practitioner it's always good to know you can ask your health professional honest questions about things that affect your sexuality.
- Being Sex Positive: Promoting Young People's Sexual Health
- By Lisa Tobin, Planned Parenthood Metro Clinic, Halifax NS. Originally printed in "Health Promotion Atlantic," September 1997, Volume 3 Number 3
- Birth Control News
- Birth Control News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
- Birth Control
- Planned Parenthood offers health information about birth control
- Ann Rose's Ultimate Birth Control Links
- Links to many methods of Birth Contol methods including: birth control pills, abstinence, breastfeeding, cervical cap, condoms diaphragm,
emergency pill, hormonal implants, hormonal injections, iud, male birth control, family planning, hormonal patch, rhythm method, vaginal ring, spermicide, sponge
The Folsom Street Fair
The single largest sexiest street party in the world!
San Francisco hosts the single largest celebration of the concept of alternative sexuality on the last Sunday of every September, and this amazing event is known as the Folsom Street Fair. The large street by the same name that runs south of Market St. is closed for seven blocks in a row, with stages and bands at each end and the most amazing adult street party going on in between. And it runs from 11am until about 5pm.If you don't want someone to take a picture of it, don't do it there. If you want a voyeuristic crowd cheering you on while making hundreds of home movies, this is your audience.
One year I was very lucky to not only have my boyfriend in attendance, but two gentleman friends as well. One on my arm, one carrying my bag and one trailing behind. We stopped at a cafe alongside the event for some beverages and a gay man at the next table gave an approving look of my cadre of boys following me around and handed me the giveaway paddle that you see me holding here. He said I surely needed it more than he did... LOL...
Gender and Transfolk
- TransProud - Explore the World Wide Web
- TransProud - Support, advocacy and resources for transgender youth
- North Alabama Gender Center
- Transgender 101. A Brief Introduction to Transgenderism. The information on this page is taken from the website of the Crossport Gender Support Group, Cincinnati, OH., and is used with their permission.
- HRC | Transgender Basics
- Transgender is a broad term that applies to people who live all or substantial portions of their lives expressing an innate sense of gender other than their birth sex. This includes transsexuals, cross-dressers and people who simply feel like their biological sex fails to reflect their true gender.
- FTM and Transgender Resources: Role Models and other famous FTMs and transfolk
- ALPHA-MALE CHAPTER
It is important that as FTMs, genderqueers, trans youth and so forth, that we know we are not alone out there, that there have been many before us, there will be plenty after us, and there are those today that are making names for themselves. - TransFaith On-line
- TransFaith on-line seeks to be inclusive of Transexuals, Intersexuals, Crossdressers, Transvestites, and all other Transgendered individuals however they may be defined. TransFaith on-line seeks to be inclusive of all spiritual traditions and orientation -- while placing a particular emphasis on support and education within the Christian tradition and Christian communities.
- Transsexualism: A Primer
- Transsexualism: A Primer, Second Edition, August 1996. Re-published by The Looking Glass Society by permission of the original author.
The Amazing Carol Queen
One of the nicest benefits when you live in San Francisco is that you get opportunities to hear Carol Queen read her erotica live. I got to hear her many times at Pervert's Put Out, an erotic reading performance that happens a few times a year.
She's got a PhD in Sexology and boy, this lady sure does her own research! Whether for education or entertainment, she never fails to make it hot.
She's got a PhD in Sexology and boy, this lady sure does her own research! Whether for education or entertainment, she never fails to make it hot.
BDSM Education
- Leather Leadership Conference
- In our conferences and other forums, we create opportunities for groups and individuals to network and share their experiences. Past topics have included: forums for community issues, handling public relations for a group, building membership, resolving conflicts, activism, and practical information on forming and maintaining a group. It is exciting to watch a process which brings so many quite different people together, while valuing the unique contributions and experience of each.
- Welcome To TES
- TES is a not-for-profit organization which promotes sexual liberation for all adults. Especially for people who enjoy consensual SM.
- Janus Warning Page
- Society of Janus is a San Francisco based BDSM education/support group. As such, this site is adult-oriented. This site contains material describing an adult-oriented alternative lifestyle.
- smOdyssey
- smOdyssey, serving the social and educational needs of the BDSM community in the greater Southern San Francisco Bay Area
Positively Sexual
The biggest erogenous zone is between your ears
Turn on the mind and the body will follow. Reading a dirty book can be educational. Stretch your sexual boundaries and explore your erotic frontiers.
Sexual Politics
- National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
- The NCSF works to change antiquated laws and the social climate about sexual issues, promotes acceptance of safe, sane, and consensual alternative sexual practices among consenting adults, opposes censorship of consensual sexual expression, fights for freedom of academic expression about sexual issues, helps communities and individuals facing the threat of prosecution or legal action, and supports the right of adults to express their sexuality, gender identity and orientation freely and openly without fear.
- The Transgender Law and Policy Institute: Home Page
- Welcome to the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society.
- ACLU: LGBT Rights
- Details on current issues the ACLU is involved with regarding GLBT rights.
- Human Rights Campaign - Working for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equal Rights
- The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender political organization with members throughout the country.
- Sex Magick and Sacred Prostitution Essays
- Sex Magick and Sacred Prostitution Essays
"Sometimes you just need the honesty and security of a whore."-- Zed in "Killing Zoe"
Consult A Sex-pert!
There are a variety of sexperts you can consult on topics of sexual activity, erotica, porn and more.
- tiny nibbles
- Sex educator Violet Blue's site for adult video reviews, oral sex information, erotic books and more. All in well-lubricated, tasty, bite-sized pages.
- Darklady's Introduction
- It is not my intention to offend, so anyone uncomfortable with direct, sex-positive writing is advised to investigate the cornocopia of more "family friendly" websites available on this vast information network called the Internet.
- c a r o l . q u e e n
- I am a writer, speaker, educator and activist with a doctorate in sexology.
- ANNIESPRINKLE.ORG
- Official Homepage of Annie Sprinkle, Porn Star and Prostitute turned Sex Guru and Performance Artist
- The Stranger | Seattle | Columns | Savage Love
- SAVAGE LOVE by Dan Savage
Sex-Positive Museums
Culture never looked so erotic
Hey, you got some sex in my culture!... No, you got some culture in my sex!...
Hey, it's two great tastes that taste great together.
Hey, it's two great tastes that taste great together.
- Museum of Sex
- The world's foremost museum of human sexuality
- Sexmuseum Amsterdam
- Welcome to the world's first and oldest sex museum, the "Venustempel" in Amsterdam. A leading museum on the theme of sensual love with an extensive collection of erotic pictures, paintings, objects, recordings, photographs and even attractions.
- The Ancient China Sex Culture Museum
- The Ancient China Sex Culture Museum, at 1133 Wuding Road, Shanghai, is the only private museum of its kind in China.
- Eroticamuseum Barcelona
- This is the first Museum of erotic art and culture where the visitor can contemplate the development of eroticism through the various artistic and cultural facets of the human being (anthropology, archeology, literature, plastic arts, history, antiques...).
- -= Beate Uhse Erotikmuseum =-
- German language web site for the Beate Uhse Erotic Museum
- jwz - Japanese Sex Museum of Horrors
- Some livejournal highlights of a pretty funky looking museum.
- India's first sex museum
- City authorities in Bombay open a museum to raise awareness about sex and related issues, particularly the rapid spread of Aids.
- Sex Museum (1976)
- If you know what this 1976 movie was about, IMDb could really use your help. They don't know anything other than this film exists.
- The first Russian sex museum is to be opened, will exhibit Rasputin penis
- Rasputin penis to be exhibited in St. Petersburg, Russia Sex Museum
