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Participants Needed: Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Who Identify as Sex Positive
Currently looking for clinical and counseling psychologists who received their doctoral training at an APA accredited program and who identify themselves as sex positive. This is an interview study looking at sex positivity in psychology which has been approved by the...
#MythMonday: “Transgender” is not a sexual orientation
Although Transgender makes up the T in LGBTQ, Transgender, as a term, does not define someone’s sexual orientation and this has led to much confusion. Transgender identity is completely different from sexual orientation. People often associate someone’s biological sex...
Participants Needed: UNLV Study on Access to Abortion Care in Nevada
We are writing to ask for your help with a new research study, Access to Reproductive Care in Nevada, being conducted by Celene Fuller, M.A and Barbara G. Brents, Ph.D. in the Department of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The purpose of this...
New JPS Issue Available!
Our apologies for the delay! Issue 2 of 2020 is now available! First we have a potentially controversial article wherein the experiences of self-identified "girlfags" and "guydykes" were interviewed. This article opens more conversations about gender and sexual...
#MythMonday: Debunking “No-Nut November”
No-Nut November has become a Global phenomenon that peaked within the Internet community. The end of the year is marked with continuous festivities with each passing month. October has Halloween and Christmas takes over December. While for Americans, Thanksgiving...
#MythMonday: “Teaching kids about sex will make them have more sex”
The idea that if a parent were to teach their children about sex that it would lead to them having (more) sex, has connections to how they were raised sheltered from sex. Avoiding "the" sex talk is strongly rooted in fear. The adults in charge of raising these...
Winners of Race and Sexuality Research Awards
The Center for Positive Sexuality is pleased to announce the research projects awarded $1000 in discretionary funding through generous donations from Jasmin.com and Dr. James Elias. We put out a call for research proposals on Race and Sexuality in July 2020. This is...
#TuesdayTerms: Sanguinophilia & Odaxelagnia
This week's Tuesday Terms fit well within the Spooky Season of October. So if you like a little biting or vampire role play or some edgy knife play here are two new words to include in your sexy vocabulary! Sanguinophilia - arousal by blood, such as in knife play,...
#TuesdayTerms: Metamour & Compersion
For this week's Tuesday Terms, here are two polyamory or non-monogamy related words Metamour - your partner's partner (who you aren't romantically involved with) which could be their spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend. Compersion - feeling joy at your partner's joy, in...
CPS Celebrates RBG
This firebrand of American jurisprudence and politics was an historical piece of our modern-day civil rights foundation. Certainly for women, but also for racial justice, and rights of sexual minorities. Her appointment as the second woman to the highest court in the...