Interesting Links « Shanna Katz M.Ed, ACS — Board Certified Sexologist and Sexuality Educator

Looking for an LGBTQ/Kink/Poly Friendly Provider?

Working with both communities like the LGBTQ community, the kink community, the poly community, and more, as well as working with medical professionals (who usually want to be open and inclusive to the aforementioned communities), I’m realizing more and more how difficult it can be to find a medical provider (doctor, therapist, specialist, counselor, OB-GYN, [...]

Late in the game Fun Factory Discount, Breast Cancer Fundraiser

My apologies for disappearing off of the face of the interwebs; the last two moths have seen me be laid off, take a really bad fall leaving me bed ridden for a few days, off to New York for my partner’s grandmother’s funeral, getting wedded/having a celebration of love, and doing a handful of fabulous [...]

Kink Academy and Passionate U Contest!

Have you heard of Kink Academy

or their sister site, PassionateU.com?

They are amazing education sites for folks around the world to get accessible and affordable education around sexuality. Kink Academy is more focused on kinky fun, while Passionate U talks about sexuality from a more mainstream light, but both are incredible. They [...]

Colorado LGBTQ Health Survey

Hello all!

If you live in Colorado and identify as any part of the LGBTQIAA community, One Colorado is doing a quick 10 minute survey to find out which issues are the most important to Coloradans right now regarding health care, as well as to create a list of LGBTQ friendly medical professionals. if you [...]

Not Having To Use Your Real Name

For those of you who are unaware, one of the MANY issues with Google+ (in addition to having the big “male/female/other” requirement, and being SUPER hostile to adult content, including links to adult content marked NSFW) is that they are requiring you to use your legal name. If it is found that you are not [...]

Colorado Youth Matter Searches to Fill Youth Advocacy Council

Hey folks of Colorado -

Colorado Youth Matter (an awesome non-profit advocating for evidence based sex education inclusion in schools) is creating (through a partnership with Advocates for Youth) a Youth Advocacy Council. Now, they’re looking for people ages 15-22, so whether you fall in that range, or know a passionate person who does, and [...]

Use of the Term Partner

This month’s post for my monthly Unapologetic column on the Fearless Press deals with the concepts regarding the term Partner — the good, the bad, and the frustrating.

Sometimes, the English language just fails me. Aside from the ridiculous issue of pronouns (I mean, really, do we need to have masculine and feminine pronouns when [...]

An Ungendered Child

I think this article about the raising of a child without sharing its’ sex with all those who ask is incredibly interesting. It’s always been of interest to me that the first question people ask when they find out someone is pregnant, or right after they’ve given birth is “is it a boy or a [...]

Spoon Theory in Relation to Disability

I speak and write a lot on sexuality and disability. From classes on Negotiating BDSM in Disability Context to working on multiple writing project, the topic of sex and disability is a pretty big part of my life. And one part of how I talk about/with/in regards to living with disabilities is the Spoon Theory, [...]

Sometimes, Academia Doesn’t Have All the Answers

For those of you new or less involved in finding me all over the interwebs, I write two monthly columns for the Fearless Press; Unapologetic, which is about me getting all ranting regarding my multiple communities, and Out of the Box, which is an interview based column looking at people’s identities. This week’s Unapologetic post [...]