Category Archives: Homo/transphobia

Channel 4 sent complaint from practitioners re problem sex broadcasting

By Dr Petra | Published: 9 February, 2011
TweetOver the past few weeks parents, practitioners, young people and journalists have been concerned about the Channel 4 series ‘The Joy of Teen Sex’. This has led to a number of us deciding to complain to the Channel and recommend a way forward to ensure future programming is improved. Below is a copy of our [...]
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International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2010

By Dr Petra | Published: 17 December, 2010
Tweet Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. If you’ve not heard about it before it aims to highlight hate crimes committed against sex workers, show support for and among sex workers, and alert the public about the physical and emotional violence sex workers face – and the systems that maintain this. [...]
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World AIDS Day 2010

By Dr Petra | Published: 1 December, 2010
TweetToday is World AIDS Day with events taking place globally around the theme of Universal Access and Human Rights. You can follow discussions about the day with links to activities and organisations involved on twitter using the hashtags #WAD2010 and #PreventionRevolution Access is an important but often overlooked issue within this area. Getting education to [...]
Also posted in Academia, Activism and Open Access, Critical appraisal, Evidence based, Health/care, HIV/AIDS, Human rights/law, Sexually transmitted infection(s), Uncategorised, Violence/Abuse | Comments closed

Uganda debates anti-gay bill

By Dr Petra | Published: 18 December, 2009
Politicians in Uganda are debating today the future of a bill that seeks to punish gays and bisexuals with life imprisonment or the death penalty.
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Sex and science stuff 06/11/09

By Dr Petra | Published: 6 November, 2009
TweetOne story you can’t have missed in the past week or so was the sacking of Professor David Nutt in a situation where the government (yet again) disregarded evidence. Sadly it’s something we’ve got used to with this current administration. There’s been an interesting discussion about this over on Bad Science forums, although my favourite [...]
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Hate Crime Vigil – Trafalgar Square 8pm, Friday 30th October

By Dr Petra | Published: 27 October, 2009
TweetPlease circulate the message below to all your networks Many of you will have read about the horrific attack on Ian Baynham in Trafalgar Square and how this is now treated as a murder following the decision to turn off life support. Any attack is horrific but this took place in Trafalgar Square which one [...]
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Sex and science stuff 26/10/09

By Dr Petra | Published: 26 October, 2009
Here's a roundup of some of the sex/science stories that I've been following this past week.
Also posted in Fantasy, Movie(s), Parents, Sex and science stuff, Sex education, Sex positive, Sex tips/advice, Sexuality, Teenager(s) | Comments closed