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LGBT Africans Face Blackmail on a Regular Basis

The report “Nowhere to Turn: Blackmail and Extortion of LGBT People in Sub-Saharan Africa” illustrates how LGBT Africans are made doubly vulnerable by the criminalization of homosexuality and the often-violent stigmatization they face if their sexuality is revealed.

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Liturgies of Sexuality

The statements made by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, to the effect that pedophilia would be connected to homosexuality has raised intense debates. The Secretary’s statements were seen by many observers as a strategy by the Holy See to attribute the abuse against children and young people in the Church to “deviant” priests, shifting the focus of attention away from the Vatican.

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CREA’s 5th Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute

Last date for submitting completed applications for 2011 CREA’s 5th Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute: Exploring Theory and Practice (June 18 – 26, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey) is February 15.

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Focus on Argentina

With an instigating article on the relations between clients and female prostitutes in Rio de Janeiro and four other articles reflecting on the situation immediately preceding the Equal Marriage Bill in Argentina, our journal once again seeks to meet its purpose of opening our reflection to the complexities of sexuality, health and society in Latin America.

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SEXUALITY, HEALTH AND SOCIETY: FOCUS ON WOMEN

The first issue in the second year of Sexuality Health and Society – Latin American Journal has an emphasis on sexual and reproductive Health. Three articles address female identities and reproductive careers, as well as women’s experiences, emotions and perceptions regarding pregnancy and vulnerability to STD/AIDS.