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App Locates Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in Ithaca, NY
January 11, 2012
If you need a single stall or gender-neutral bathroom in Ithaca, NY, help is as close as your iPhone, thanks to the Pee in Peace app created by Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health and Wellness Project, “Out for Health.”
The app helps anyone who may not feel comfortable in male/female restrooms with little privacy.
Transgender people (and anyone who does not readily fit into expected and conventional norms of gender presentation)
Caregivers for people of a different sex
Features:
Interactive map of nearby single stall and gender neutral restrooms.
GPS ‘near me’ search for the closest bathroom.
Quick access to walking or driving directions to get you there fast!
List includes when restroom are open and key features, including if the
restroom is accessible.
Notes section provides special directions for restrooms at local college campus
locations.
For more information visit http://www.peeinpeace.org
A Poem about Mature Love
November 29, 2011
I don’t often write poetry; most of my writing involves workshops, lectures, and lesson plans. Once in a while, though, I am moved to write a poem. I wrote this one in 2006, and it wasn’t until I re-read it recently that I realized how closely it suits my current work in sexuality and aging. I offer it to you in hopes of inspiring you to reflect on your own maturing sexual nature.
Kissing You
I don’t remember where we first kissed,
but I remember the way you smelled of Dove soap
and tasted of red wine and apples.
I remember the way I struggled to keep my distance
before giving in and pressing my body into yours
and how it took my breath away to melt into you so easily,
my mouth to yours, my chest to yours, our hips, our hips, our thighs.
I don’t remember when we first kissed,
but I remember it was fall, and the leaves skimmed around our feet
and you lifted me up just a bit before setting me down
and whispering into my hair, “I found you.”
I remember that when you kissed me this morning,
you didn’t take my breath away, and you didn’t taste of red wine,
and you didn’t lift me off my feet.
But you still smelled of Dove soap,
and our bodies pressed into each other with yearning,
and my heart sang.
(c) 2011. Melanie J. Davis. All rights reserved www.honestexchange.com
Sex Surrogates and Assistants: Sexual Services for Special Populations
November 12, 2011
Sexual surrogates in the US are professionals who work under the supervision of sex therapists to help patients address sexual problems in a hands-on manner, literally. In Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, sex assistants have a different role: they provide sexual release to clients who have physical disabilities, developmental delays, or other challenges that make attaining sexual pleasure and release difficult.
Click here to read an interesting article about sex assistants professional role. Click here to watch an ABCNews video about sex surrogates in the US, and follow this link for an article by MSNBC. If you are interested in connecting with a sex surrogate, visit the International Professional Surrogates Association.
FREE Webinar: Sex & Aging — Changing for the Better
November 10, 2011
Join me for a free webinar, “Sex and Aging: Changing for the Better” from 3-4 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 hosted by MySeniorPortal.com. She will discuss age-related changes in sexual anatomy, physiology and function and how men and women can successfully adapt to them. Sex and intimacy also change with age, sometimes for the better! Whether you are single or coupled, you can enjoy greater self-awareness, sensuality and self-acceptance than ever before. The webcast will include an opportunity for you to ask questions and get honest, accurate answers. You’ll learn from other participants’ questions, too.
Webcast Details
Meeting Number: 628 957 609 Meeting Password: 123MSP***
To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
1. Go to https://myseniorportal.webex.com/myseniorportal/j.php?ED=185376152&UID=1306753692&PW=NMDE2YmE4ZDI5&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: 123MSP***
4. Click “Join”.
5. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.
To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:
https://myseniorportal.webex.com/myseniorportal/j.php?ED=185376152&UID=1306753692&PW=NMDE2YmE4ZDI5&ORT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
To join the audio conference only
Call-in toll number (US/Canada): +1-408-600-3600
Dr. Melanie Talks about Sex
November 9, 2011
Listen and learn when you tune in to Dr. Timaree Schmit’s interview with me on her podcast, Sex with Timaree. We started talking about my research on doctor-patient communication about sexuality and then veered onto topics ranging from sexual life stages, sex tips, and all manner of other things sexual. It’s a fun, educational hour.
Timaree is a very hip sexologist who has an advice column in the Philly Gay Men’s Calendar in addition to her own blog. Sign up for her Monday Sex Gallery if you want a few hot photos to get your week jumping (definitely NSFW — not safe for work). Her Friday Sex Links will connect you to a collection of weird and wacky sex news the good doc finds in her comprehensive internet scouting ventures. Fun all around. Definitely NFK not for the kiddos.