Apr 26
During SEX-ED + May 29th event about pathways to sexual health care, a fundraiser will be held for the Yellowhammer Fund. Why support an organization in the USA South while living in Montréal? This for me is a way to give back to the communities that hosted the Anarcha, Lucy,...
Read more → Apr 13
Seen, spoken, (re)constructed Recentering human experiences and needs in sexual health care May 29 in Montreal To celebrate International Day of Action for Women's Health, SEX-ED + is organizing a conference on people’s journeys and experiences through sexual health care. As the last three years have not offered us a lot...
Read more → Apr 11
Social media algorithms and sexuality education...a love story! Want to dust up your French? Read this article from Le Devoir by Catherine Lalonde in which we muse on the beautiful realities of sexual health work in the social media algorithm age. (Sarcastic tone. Evil grin. Wrenched fingers. Watering eyes. ) If...
Read more → Mar 09
Conference, feb 25th to March 1st, Montgomery, Alabama It was a real privilege to attend this conference and to be able to take in all that the presenters and crowd had to share. It felt warm, welcoming, grounded, and filled with the strenght of women and folks from the past and...
Read more → Feb 03
Three new anatomical models : clitoris re-exposition surgery On this international day against female genital mutilations, let me share two feelings : JOY and PRIDE. Joy, because when you carry a project like SEX-ED + alone, respecting a deadline is a feat that requires stubbornness, determination and luck – a...
Read more → Jan 23
One of the most fascinating aspects of SEX-ED + project is that everything is moulded on humans. People’s reaction range from incredulous (who would do that!) to technical (how do you do it?) to sometimes totally inappropriate. It still seems inconceivable for some that a project can focus on genitals...
Read more → Jan 09
The numbers are in and one of the most shared New York Times' article in 2022 is about the clitoris. Written by Rachel E Gross, science journalist and author of Vagina Obscura, an anatomical voyage, the article Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It? is available...
Read more → Jan 03
Stickers to start talking about bodies and sexuality SEX-ED + is about dismantling taboos around sex and genitals. We think all of us should feel confortable talking about it without stuttering or blushing, to better name our desires, pleasures, traumas, fears and pains. It is not yet a reality, but...
Read more → Dec 05
Anatomie classes, Melbourne University Down under in Melbourne University, Anita Brown-Major facilitates clinical education sessions about vulva anatomy. This is to be celebrated as there is so little training devoted to sexual health in medical and allied healthcare professional training, and even less on genitalia (especially non cisgender male anatomy). A bit of recent...
Read more → Dec 01
An article writen by Leïla El-Mahi, translated by Lisa Keppen, published on GAMS' website Nov 23rd 2022 From across the Atlantic, independent researcher Magaly Pirotte of SEX-ED + visited GAMS Belgium for two days and made ten casts of vulvas of women who had undergone female genital mutilation as part of an exchange...
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