Happy Halloween, everyone! Some of you may not have heard about an organization called the Women’s Education Media, so I want to let you know about their work. They run a training project called Respect For All, which deals with diversity in schools. They also created a documentary called It’s Elementary, which is for schoolchildren […]

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These are a few of my favorite new finds:
• information about the clitoris
• pictures of vulvas
• more pictures of vulvas (and click on the link to the survey, too)
• hilarious sex-positive cursewords
• a very sexy sex ed site, with a focus on safer sex
• a really cool South and Southeast Asian sex resource center
And speaking […]

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First things first: there’s a new Dear Amy column to check out! Go to it…
Next, thanks to my Friendster named FemmeMenace, I learned of a new documentary, called Cruel and Unusual, about transgender women in prison. Here is info on the world premiere, for anyone in the Baltimore area — the screening is co-sponsored by […]

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Before I got published in Waking Up American, there was Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World, which featured the long version of this essay of mine. I’m excited to announce that this book is getting more and more attention! Here’s a message I just got from the editor, Robyn Ochs:
Dear Getting Bi contributor,
There […]

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Check out this very worthy event, brought to my attention by Lisabeth at the LHRC. It’s a prom for LGBT seniors!
This weekend, I’m off to the annual Be’chol Lashon retreat for Jews of all races and their families. My mom is coming with me, and we’re going to do a photo project while we’re there, […]

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I just got back from my East Coast sojourn today. I spent a few days at the Haitian Studies Association conference at U.Mass - Boston, where I presented my piece for Waking Up American. The weather in Boston was bleak and rainy, but the conference-goers were upbeat and presented some remarkable scholarship. Next I went […]

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It’s official! I’m the proud parent of a new baby website. DearAmy.net is has just been launched, and I couldn’t be happier! This is the site I’ve been planning for a while now, thanks to the great suggestion from my friend Kelly to take all the requests for advice that I get and display the […]

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Happy National Coming Out Day, everyone! Yours truly came out once on a National Coming Out day, as an undergraduate student. It felt nice to do the deed on a designated day, knowing that others were doing the same. Egreetings must feel the same; they even have a card for it! I’m not going to […]

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Later on this week, I’m headed to Boston to present at the Haitian Studies Association’s annual conference at the University of Massachusetts. I’ve never been to one of their conferences before; I’ll be speaking about my publication in Waking Up American.
After the conference, I’m going to Providence, RI, to interview the inimitable designer Liz […]

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A Canadian friend sent me a link to this Canadian site, which promotes breast health. It’s called Breast of Canada — sounds great to me!
This evening I have the honor of giving training to a group of volunteers at the Women’s Community Clinic, a wonderful San Francisco-based non-profit women’s health organization. We’re covering the topic […]

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