1) AASECT - www.aasect.org - The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a not-for-profit, interdisciplinary professional organization. In addition to sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists, AASECT members include physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, allied health professionals, clergy members, lawyers, sociologists, marriage and family counselors and therapists, family planning specialists and researchers, as well as students in relevant professional disciplines. These individuals share an interest in promoting understanding of human sexuality and healthy sexual behavior.
2) ASHA - www.ashastd.org - The American Social Health Association is a trusted, non-profit organization that has advocated on behalf of patients to help improve public health outcomes since 1914. We are America's authority for sexually transmitted infection information.
3) The Kinsey Institute - www.kinseyinstitute.org - The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University promotes interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction. The Institute was founded in 1947, just before the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948. Today the Institute investigates sexual behavior and sexual health.
4) National Sexuality Resource Center - http://www.nsrc.sfsu.edu/american_sexuality - At American Sexuality we believe sex is more than just an act. We uncover, analyze, explain, and discuss facets of sexuality that mainstream media has overlooked. Smart, engaging, and always a bit controversial, our articles and multimedia pieces will get you thinking and talking about sex in new and broader ways. American Sexuality is published by San Francisco State University’s National Sexuality Resource Center.
5) Nurture your Nature - www.nurtureyournature.org - Discussions about sex and sexuality are increasingly common in today's society. Although sexuality has gradually "come out of the closet"—we talk about it, see it on TV, and read about it perhaps more than ever before in our daily lives—reliable education about healthy sexuality for women is still lacking. Male sex and sexuality education has seen a boost since the launch of erectile dysfunction medications, but female sexuality—particularly for mid-life and older women—has been underwhelming, at best.
6) SIECUS - www.siecus.org -The professionals at SIECUS are recognized leaders in the field of sexuality education. They have years of experiences with non-profit management, development, education, training, advocacy, and, of course, sexuality. Together they have trained hundreds of thousands of educators, worked with thousands of policymakers, appeared in the leading print and broadcast media outlets, and led effort to advance sexual and reproductive health on six continents.
7) SSTAR - www.sstarnet.org -The Society for Sex Therapy and Research is composed of a broad range of professionals who have clinical or research interests in human sexual concerns. SSTAR's goals are to facilitate communications among clinicians who treat problems of sexual function, sexual identity, and reproductive life, and to provide a forum for exchange of ideas between those interested in research in human sexuality and those whose primary activities are patient care.
8) W.A.S -www.tc.umn.edu/%7Ecolem001/was/wasindex.htm -The World Association for Sexology was founded in 1978 and has worked to further the understanding and development of sexology throughout the world. With approximately 80 member organizations and numerous individual memberships, representing over 25 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, the WAS brings individuals and organizations together to share scientific information, form networks, and promote international and intercultural exchange.
9) Widener University -http://humansexuality.widener.edu - The graduate programs in human sexuality focus on developing advanced learning experiences for practicing professionals, providing them with opportunities for enrichment, advancement, and development.
10) Black Hearts http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hearts-Development-Sexuality-America/dp/1412003768/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234656913&sr=1-1 - The book is in 2 parts. The first part looks at the historical aspect of Blacks and sexuality. It begins in Africa and the sexuality among various tribes. It moves along into American slavery and the sexuality of the slaves and how sex was used against them. It then moves into Reconstruction and into the 20th century and how relationships among Blacks were influenced by the history. This section shows how the relationships between Black men and women were damaged by societal laws that were created to tear apart the Black family unit.
The second part of the book looks at other sexual and relationship issues for Blacks in America. Some of the topics include Black skin color (light vs. dark), Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Blacks, Black gays, lesbians and Homophobia, Black sexual relationships and Black sexual stereotypes and their effect on Black sexuality.
11) Sex and Sensibility http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Sensuality-Essays-Fun-Stuff/dp/0595459854/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234656978&sr=1-2 - Sex and Sensuality is a book written by Nick Myers III. This book is a retrospective of his writing about sex and sexuality over the past 12 years.
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