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Queer Cultural Geographies

Sexuality Studies and LGBT Activism in Latin America. The Sixth International Latin American Cultural Studies Conference, to be held at the University of Pittsburgh the first three days of April 2010, will gather a number of people who have been key to activism and academic work on LGBT issues in Latin America.

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“Strategies from the South

“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.

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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.

Interviews

Migration, bisexuality and HIV

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.

Interviews

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.