In Russia, Illegal Abortion Widespread
(Posted at NEWW-Polska)Every year 1.2 million Russian women deliberately terminate pregnancy and 30,000 of them become sterile, many from the estimated 180,000 illegal abortions.Russian law permits...
View ArticleTeenage Pregnancies Soar as Church Looks the Other Way
By Pavol StracanskyWARSAW, Jun 1, 2010 (IPS)- Pressure from the Catholic Church to effectively stop sex education in schools is threatening the health of tens of thousands of teenagers who fall...
View ArticleBut Will It Be Covered By Insurance?
The New York Times has an intriguing report about a drug that a German drug company has "stumbled upon" that purportedly will raise a woman's sexual libido. Call it Viagra for women. The FDA has been...
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Rape is not love
This project looks interesting. The website listed in their graphics is not working, but the video is powerful and uncomfortable to watch. -arvanRape is not loveRare are the cases when the rapist is...
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Ireland: Abortion Limits Violate Human Rights
(h/t @HunterSony)Women in need of abortion services should, as a matter of international law and – frankly - human decency, be able to count on support from their government as they face a difficult...
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How to make Lesbian Friendships
Ever feel at a loss? Are you completely consumed by life demands? At times it feels like we are on a stage and everyone is watching us fail! We have a sense of lose, as if it is within reach but like a...
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South African Roulette
Today the world has been rocked by the good news that South African scientists have developed a gel, which if applied inside the vagina or anus of the female, will prevent HIV infections up to 39% of...
View ArticleIn Cameroon, Breast Ironing On the Rise to Stem Sexual Assault and Pregnancy
Warning: Graphic images and triggering language . In response to the growing number of rape, sexual assault, un-planned pregnancies and contraction of HIV and other STI's, the practice of breast...
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HIV prevention for sex workers by sex workers in Kenya
NAIROBI, 11 August 2010 (PlusNews) - By night, Viviane Muasi, 25, is a sex worker in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, but when not canvassing for clients, she spends much of her time convincing other sex...
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Short Film About Sex Workers in Myanmar
This film by the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Worker$ (APNSW) gives an inside look at issues facing sex workers in Myanmar, and tells some of the fascinating story of how sex workers have organised and...
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“In Your Face And In The Trenches”: Southern Trans People Speak Out
Southerners On New Ground REPORT 250 Georgia Ave. Suite 201 Atlanta, GA 30317 Phone: 404.549.8628 Fax: 404.549.8642www.southernersonnewground.orgTrans People Speak OutWelcome to SONG’s report on our...
View ArticlePersonal update by way of an email I sent out to the “Lamictal crew” —...
This is an email I wrote to people who had commented on Beyond Meds a couple of years ago on posts I wrote about my Lamictal withdrawal. I was seeking information. I’m sharing it here just as an update...
View ArticleHans Rosling on global population growth
The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans...
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Call for Abstracts: Sex Tech 2011
Sex::tech 2011San Francisco, CA - April 1-2, 2011Conference Goal: To bring health and technology professionals together with youth, parents and community leaders to advance sexual health for youth and...
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Talking About the Taboo: 2nd CSPH Annual Conference
CSPH 2nd Annual ConferenceOctober 10th1:00-5:00 PmYes, folks, it’s that time of year again, The Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health welcomes you to our 2nd annual conference, “Talking About the...
View ArticleMy Body, My Needs and Societal Responsibilities: Responding to Fat Acceptance...
Woah, holy sudden offline disappearance, Batman! If you watch my Twitter, you know that I recently started law school and I have found myself bereft of time and energy as I get used to being in...
View Article"Humans Null and Void" Exposes Abuse of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Humans, null and void by Yana Buhrer Tavanier in Skopje, Demir Hisar, Demir Kapija, Negorci and NegotinoTime stands still in residential institutions for adults with intellectual disabilities and...
View ArticleViolence against Women and Girls in Haiti: The Enemy Within
Narrated by TV journalist Daljit Dhaliwal, this 21st Century short documentary goes deep into Haiti's makeshift camps to expose acts of violence and sexual assaults that women, especially young girls,...
View ArticleUndiagnosing myself: bipolar no more
This is an old post that got indexed again when I was editing stuff.I was diagnosed twenty-three years ago as Bipolar 1 after becoming psychotically manic after ingesting hallucinogens while...
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Sex Education Is A Political Act.
(This post is part of a blog carnival to raise awareness and funding for Scarleteen - the longest running fact-based sex education resource on the Intenet.)(via withoutgods)Sex Education is a political...
View ArticlePsychiatric drug withdrawal often results in a life that thrives!
Part of the reason some people are so skeptical about real and complete recoveries is because a lot of people who achieve it move on. The don’t hang around the mental health blogosphere and most of...
View ArticleSimone de Beauvoir Institute - A Feminist Position On Sex Work
(h/t Cybersolidaires)Simone de Beauvoir Institute’s Statement:A Feminist Position on Sex WorkThe Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Concordia University supports the recent decision by Ontario Superior...
View ArticleRecap: 6 drugs 6 years of withdrawal…before that 39 drugs total: A portrait...
A Portrait of Poly PsychopharmacologyYou think maybe something wasn’t quite right? This journey started the summer of 1985 and is about to end in the next couple of months. I have been withdrawing the...
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Complicated PTSD
Granted I have other more bodily related issues too, but the below article (cut and pasted) is a large part of what I am dealing with…“garden variety” complicated PTSD. I sent the below to my...
View ArticleBuck Angel's Women's HIV/AIDS Prevention PSA
Hi. This is my Public Service Announcement on the importance of safe sex and the prevention of HIV/AIDS. Playboy playmate,fitness expert and HIV/AIDS educator Rebekka Armstrong speaks about how she...
View ArticleBuck Angel's Safe Body Art PSA
Here is my latest Public Service Announcement on the importance of safe body art. Author and Master Piercer Elayne Angel discusses the need for clients to be educated before getting piercings or...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples In the Sex Trade – Speaking For Ourselves
(I saw this today and felt it needed as much exposure as possible)We as Indigenous peoples who have current and/or former life experience in the sex trade and sex industries met on unceeded Coast...
View ArticleFault Lines - Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas
US Pharmaceutical companies have moved their operations overseas over the course of the past decade. Instead of testing trial medicines on Americans, more and more of these tests are being carried out...
View Article[video] The Perfect Vagina
An interesting documentary on women's reflections, considerations and expressions on the physical shape of their vaginas The perfect vagina from heather leach on Vimeo.
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so, here's a fucking question
Why is an HIV vaccine being tested in Canada with a 2009 HIV population of approx.64,000 instead of sub-saharan Africa with 22.5 million people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS?We seem to have no problem...
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