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Psychoterapy and the Culture Wars

In this interview, psychoanalyst Jack Drescher (MD) takes us through the winding path in and out of psychopathological theories of homosexuality. In his view, the greatest challenge regarding ‘conversion therapies’ is “helping the general public understand the differences between what the mental health mainstream and groups presenting disinformation about homosexuality are saying.

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World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st. Many studies have focused on homosexuality & Aids, however bisexuality has been scarcely addressed. Researcher Miguel Muñoz-Laboy (Columbia University) looks at the relation between bisexuality – especially among Latino men and HIV prevention, topics rarely linked in studies about Aids transmission.

Migration, bisexuality and HIV

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“Strategies from the South: Building Synergies in HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” now has a new website, containing updated and expanded information about the project, activities, members, and the issues the project deals with, among others.

“Strategies from the South" new website

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A woman's right

"Restrictive abortion laws do not prevent abortion," says a recent The Economist article, published in October's edition of the magazine. According to the publication, around 40% of women live in countries where abortion is severely restricted by law, but such laws do not prevent abortion.

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Sexual behavior in the region

The article “A Life Course Approach to Patterns and Trends in Modern Latin American Sexual Behavior”, written by researchers Michel Bozon (photo), Cecilia Gayet and Jaime Barrientos, explores trends in sexual behavior in Latin America.

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The dichotomy between sex and gender and the idea that gender is a consequence of biological sex continue to be reflected upon by gender and feminist studies. In this article, researchers and activists analyze what it means to “be a woman”. Is it biology or a social construction?

To Be a Woman

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The polyphony in sexuality
The articles gathered for the second issue of Sexuality, Health and Society – A Latin American Journal bring together an interesting portrait of the polyphony surrounding sexuality and gender topics in the countries of this Region.

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"There must be a limit"
The case of the 9 year old girl who had an abortion after being raped by her stepfather and impregnated with twins, reveals a vulnerable social situation that exposes girls in Brazil and the vulnerability of public institutions in front of the power of the fundamentalist Catholic Church.

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Women, HIV and Human Rights
Read the document "Women, HIV and Human Rights - the crisis of criminalization," presented by Alice Welbourn, former international chair of the lnternational Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, at the Meeting on Women and AIDS at the House of Commons.

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Youth sexuality
In Brazil, men are sexually initiated around 16.2 years old (median age) and women around 17.9 years old (median age), reports GRAVAD research, a study that covered topics such as youth relationships, use of contraceptives, sexual practices and teenage pregnancy.

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Gays in Latin America
Read Javier Corrales' article "Gays in Latin America: is the closet half empty?", published in the magazine Foreign Policy, in February 2009. In the article, Corrales signalizes that "the region is becoming more gay-friendly".

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Colonial legacy
Although 66 States members of the UN condemn violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, lots of countries still have laws against consensual sex between adults of the same sex. “These laws were left behind by colonial rulers”, researcher Rhoda Redock points out.

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On the media

| Afirman que en América latina la educación sexual está 'retrasada' (06/02/2010 – Tucumán noticias - Argentina)

| Prensa Sensacionalista refuerza homofobia social en la opinión pública limeña (05/02/2010 - Boletin Diversidad - Perú)

| Nuestros cuerpos (05/02/2010 - suplemento Soy, Página 12 - Argentina)

| Ante la inoperatividad de las fuerzas policiales mujeres trans atrapan a sujetos que las extorcionaban (03/02/2010 - Diario de Lima Gay - Perú)

| Replantean en Uruguay la despenalización del aborto (03/02/2010 - La Nación - Argentina)

| Decreto publicado do Diário Oficial institui Comitê LGBT na Bahia (03/02/2010 - Correio da Bahia - Brasil)

| EUA revisarão política para gays no Exército (03/02/2010 - Folha de São Paulo - Brasil)

| La familia Quaker (02/02/2010 – El Tiempo – Bogotá – Colombia)

| Mudança na redação sobre aborto é determinação de Lula, afirma Vannuchi (02/02/2010 - Agência Brasil)

| Enfermeira é inocentada por morte de jovem em aborto (02/02/2010 - Agência Estado - Brasil)

| Esterilización, un crimen sin resolver (02/02/2010 - Manuela - Perú)

| ABGLT disponibiliza em sua página o Manual de Comunicação GLBT (02/02/2010 - Central de Notícias Gays - Brasil)

Although we do not feature new English contents as regularly, our Latin American website is updated weekly, featuring original articles, interviews, reviews, campaigns and news releases from the whole region. Please visit our Spanish and Portuguese homepages for the latest on sexuality research and sexual rights in Latin America.

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