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As mudanças no campo da sexualidade, durante o século XX, caracterizaram-se pela influência da tecnologia, por progressos na área da Sociologia, Pedagogia e pelo advento da psicanálise. Pesquisas sobre o comportamento sexual representaram ruptura com estudos da sexologia clínica. As palavras sexo e gênero foram, e ainda são, utilizadas como sinônimos, embora pertencer a determinado sexo signifique ser homem ou mulher, biologicamente, enquanto gênero define o masculino e o feminino, do ponto de vista comportamental e psicológico. Por outro lado, o comportamento de gênero assume diferentes significados, conforme a cultura em que se insere. A expressão da sexualidade, mais do que se manifestar por diferentes heranças biológicas, também se constitui num meio de confirmação de regras sociais, o que lhe credita caráter ideológico. Técnicas de imagem cerebral ampliaram o conhecimento das diferenças do cérebro masculino e feminino. Estudos demonstraram que influências associadas ao sexo se dão em vários níveis do sistema nervoso, do genético ao comportamental, resultando em distintas organizações cerebrais, masculina e feminina, dissociadas dos estereótipos. O legado de tais mudanças é sem precedentes para a civilização ocidental. Perplexidade, estigmatização, mapeamentos cerebrais e classificações diagnósticas ainda são as respostas mais frequentes a este turbilhão de orientações, identidades e preferências sexuais. Este artigo se propõe a debater o tema diversidade sexual, provocando uma reflexão sobre a força do sociocultural que se contrapõe às evidências da biotecnologia

Introduction: Sexuality, Christianity and African imaginations -- Part 1. Reimagining African Christian thought. Race and sexuality in a theology of ubuntu: Desmond Tutu -- Gender, sexuality and a theology of fruitfulness: Mercy Oduyoye -- Revolutionary imagination and the ecology of human rights: Jean-Blaise Kenmogne -- Affirming human diversity and embodiment in the face of HIV: Musa W. Dube -- Part 2. Transforming African Christian practice. Towards sexually competent churches: the ecumenical HIV and AIDS initiatives and advocacy -- Building a progressive Pan-African Christian movement: the fellowship of affirming ministries -- Part 3. Reshaping African Christian culture. Reclaiming the queer body: Nigerian LGBT life stories of sexuality and faith -- The art of words: LGBTQ poetry, Christianity and flourishing in Africa -- Infinite possibilities in a Nigerian lesbian love story: Under the udala trees -- Christianity and visual activism in Kenyan queer film: Rafiki and Same love.

Recent elections have resulted in women holding over one quarter of provincial legislative seats, with women in urban and Western Canada seeing greater success. A much smaller proportion of seats are held by lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) politicians, although they are found in similar regions. This article identifies factors such as stronger parties of the left, less traditional social and economic structures, and a greater attention to diversity in more populous urban centers as attributing to these results for both female and LGB candidates.

Enshrined in the Bill of Rights of South Africa's Constitution[1] are a number of rights that affirm the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. Section 9(3) states that 'The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.' Despite these rights, which are also embodied in policy and law at the highest levels internationally, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people are subjected to discrimination, abuse, violence and even death because they do not fit into the expectations of what certain sectors of society consider to be the 'norm'.

The emergence of "new" sexualities inflicted lots of confusions among Basotho. It is not surprising, therefore, that diverse attitudes towards these minority populations were also likely to emerge. Families and peers (or friends) also demonstrated diverse attitudes towards the minority population. This qualitative, evidence-based paper tapped into social constructivism to explore peer and family attitudes (rejection or acceptance) towards sexually diverse populations. Data for the study were collected from community dialogues of approximately 50 members. The study revealed peers and parental support as key to living positively as LGBTQI.

The Nordic countries have often been depicted as progressive societies regarding sexual diversity and gender equality. These progressive changes in sexual minority issues, however, have not brought about radical changes in educational policies in addressing gender and sexual equality in schools. Both compulsory and upper secondary education often lack coherent protection of queer students. The same applies to specific policies on queer issues within the education system; they are hidden in the depths of many national curricula. In fact, a discrepancy exists in broader social policies supporting equality based on sexual orientation in the educational context. The main objective of this article is to investigate this discrepancy and justify it. In doing so, we will discuss in detail the educational policies and practices on sexualities currently operating in the Nordic area, particularly in Finland and Iceland. We analyse curricula documents, legislation, research reports, and other data from our own research projects, including ethnographic interviews, observation data, survey data, and written material. ; Academy of Finland (Strategic Research Council) [Grant number 292883] and University of Iceland ; Pre-print version

Abstract So-called "sexual reorientation therapies" represent a challenge to the scientific and professional development of Psychology, and to the exercise and free expression of sexual orientation as a human right. Since 1999 the Brazilian Federal Council of Psychology (CFP) has implemented a ban against the pathologization of homosexuality. The validity of that normative instrument, known as Resolution 01/99, has been contested by moral entrepreneurs within the profession, self-identified as Evangelical Christians, who pose a broader challenge to Psychology, standing as a secular, science-based profession. The controversy created by the challenge to CFP's positions on homosexuality and on religion extrapolates the domain of Psychology and its regulation as a science and profession, and becomes one more dispute related to sexual politics in Brazil. In this paper we explore the process by which sexual diversity has become a contentious issue for Brazilian Psychology, affecting the politics and regulation of the profession.

This article intends to talk about a democratic initiative of the Brazilian Bar Association to promote human rights and sexual diversity in Brazil. Brazil is walking up the road to protect LGBTI citizens and to legally recognize same-sex couples. The country has guaranteed many rights to homosexual couples and their children, but the lack of a specific act to rule these matters is a problem in a country whose legal system is still very dependent to legal acts and positivism. This work tries to show the state of art of homosexual couples' rights in Brazil and how the proposal of a new statute to protect the rights of LGBTI people, in all aspects of their daily life could protect them and contribute for a democratic society.

This exciting and innovative book assists health practitioners in understanding the sexual diversity that now occurs in therapeutic consultations. The Internet with its anonymity and easy accessibility to all forms of sexuality and sexual behaviour, including cybersex, has enabled individuals to be more open and explorative in their sexual repertoire than ever before. Therefore, therapists can find themselves working with clients presenting issues of sexual diversity and sexual offending, with the latter mistakenly being confused as synonymous with the former. With this book, researchers and c

Enshrined in the Bill of Rights of South Africa's Constitution are a number of rights that affirm the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom. Section 9(3) states that 'The state may not unfairly discriminate directly or indirectly against anyone on one or more grounds, including race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth.' Despite these rights, which are also embodied in policy and law at the highest levels internationally, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender and intersex (LGBTI) people are subjected to discrimination, abuse, violence and even death because they do not fit into the expectations of what certain sectors of society consider to be the 'norm'. ; http://www.samj.org.za ; am2016 ; Immunology