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Whether appreciated or not, our governments, elected officials and legislators have much say in how we live out our sexual lives. Rights to marriage, adoption, abortion, housing benefits, sexuality education standards, and (non-judgmental, relevant) healthcare services are just some of the decisions left to policy makers in Washington that impact our access to, and understanding of, healthy sexuality. But as both global, US and sexual citizens, we too have a voice. NSRC believes that accurate research and reliable data are at the heart of establishing effective policies that incorporate best-practices and promote healthy sexuality.

Common Claims: Polanski and Rape in Early America

Common Claims: Polanski and Rape in Early America

In September 2009 director Roman Polanski was detained in Switzerland for extradition to the United States. He was to face a sexual assault-related conviction, from which he’d run away three decades earlier. A plethora of news reports followed. Movie stars, politicians, legal experts, bloggers, and other commentators took sides.

Call to End Ab-Only Sex Ed

Two weeks ago, the Senate Finance Committee passed an amendment from Senator Orrin Hatch to reinstate $50 million per year to the failed Title V abstinence-only-until-marriage program. The amendment passed by just one vote, 12–11. Today, sex ed supporters from around the country are uniting to call in to the Senate and say no to ab-only,

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Champion of Sexual Literacy Cecile Richards

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Moral Panics, Sex Panics

National Sexuality Resource Center is thrilled to announce the release of Moral Panics, Sex Panics: fear and the fight over sexual rights, edited by NRSC executive director Dr. Gilbert Herdt.About Moral Panics, Sex Panics

Lessons from a Mexican Brothel

Lessons from a Mexican Brothel

On a chilly March morning, my friend Abraham and I head out by car from Washington, D.C. to rural Virginia to do some exploring. Visiting from Mexico City, Abraham has been to New York City many times. But large cities can give a visitor the wrong idea about a nation and I’m taking Abraham to see another side of America. We drive the curving

United We Mourn, United We Stand

United We Mourn, United We Stand

This article was originally posted on the National Center for Lesbian Rights' website.

The Court Could Not 'Just Say No'

The Court Could Not 'Just Say No'

Tragedy compounded. That is what this ignoble decision of the court means for me. The people have been heard and the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 in a decision that will long remind me of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead’s criticism: There is nothing worse than a pseudo-democracy presented to outsiders as the real thing.

Fight for Marriage Equality Wages On

Fight for Marriage Equality Wages On

In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state law that bans same-sex marriage. By 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, when the decision was announced, hundreds of marriage equality supporters had gathered in front of the state courthouse in San Francisco, some chanting, "Marriage is a civil right."

Circumcision, from the Mexican Immigrant Perspective

Circumcision, from the Mexican Immigrant Perspective

We, at Sexualidades Latinas, recently found out that one of our colleagues is carrying out a study on the cultural factors associated with the acceptance of male circumcision as a method for HIV prevention among Mexican immigrants. Specifically, immigrants in San Francisco and those in Michoacán, Mexico who have spent time in the United