Alarming new HIV rates among MSM in the US reported: Now what?
On August 24th, 2009, CDC representatives at the National HIV Conference in Atlanta, Georgia reported that gay men and other MSM (men who have sex with men) are 50 times more likely to have HIV than...
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Intersexual Female Athletes: Critical Reflections on Sex, Gender, and...
While Castor Semenya’s recent “news” seems to have shocked the world, the concern about “gender verification” in sport has taken place for quite some time. The tests have changed over time…but the...
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Race, Sexuality, and the “One Drop Rule”: More Thoughts about Interracial...
By Shari Dworkin and Kari Lerum In a recent post, we discussed the case of a Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. In the words of the...
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African-American College in Atlanta Bans Men From Wearing Dresses
Morehouse College is a small all-male college in Atlanta Georgia with 2,700 students. It has recently instituted a ban on women’s clothing, high heels, and carrying purses within its student body. Dr....
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December 1st is World AIDS Day–theme is “Universal Access and Human Rights”
On December 1, 1988, the World Health Organization declared its first observance of World AIDS Day. Since that day 21 years ago, every December 1st has been used to raise awareness about the global...
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Critically Examining Media Coverage of Tiger Woods: Sex Addict, Masculine...
Recent media coverage of Tiger Woods’ marital “transgressions” is overflowing. Some argue that Tiger is sex obsessed and has a “sex addiction” given his high sex drive and desire for sex with many...
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Fox News Struggles with Sexual Identities of Afghan Men
On Thursday, January 28, 2010, Fox News published a news article titled “Afghan Men Struggle with Sexual Identity” and made the absurd claim that an entire ethnic group (at at times, the article...
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Marquette Rescinds job offer to Sociologist and Sexuality scholar, Jodi O’Brien
Last month Marquette University –a Jesuit University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — offered esteemed Sociologist Jodi O’Brien the position of Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. After carefully...
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