Save Sexuality Studies Petition

From: "NSRC " <nsrcinfo@sfsu.edu>
Date: February 18, 2009 11:08:29 AM PST
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Subject: Save Sexuality Studies petition

Greetings, Advisory Board.I wanted to alert you all to a petition the NSRC launched on Monday, and ask for your support in promoting it. The petition, called 'Save Sexuality Studies," supports sexuality studies and the role of science in policy development and health interventions. Georgia State University researchers are testifying today before the state senate to defend their research on oral sex and male prostitution--and other universities are also being threatened. Legislators and the media have miscast their research as "disgusting” classes being taught to college students--purposefully stoking a moral panic. Our petition has gathered over 1200 signatures in about 36 hours in support of their work and sexuality studies and sexuality research in general.I spoke to one of the researchers testifying yesterday, Mindy Stombler, and to a GSU communications director this morning--they are exceedingly grateful for our support.

The GSU official I spoke with said they've been limited in their ability to respond to media inaccuracies because of internal concerns about being targeted further--this makes it even more vital that those of us who are protected get the right message out.Here's the link:http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savesexualitystudiesnow

I ask that each of you use the connections and platform you have to support our petition. Send it to your contacts, link to it from your website or blogs, etc. Thanks to Rachel Venning for blogging about this today on Babeland's site. I welcome your support, and your ideas for dissemination and amplification--we are planning on sending out a press release after the testimony this afternoon.

Best,Ann--

Ann Whidden, MPHCommunications and Internet
Director National Sexuality Resource Center835 Market Street, Suite 517San Francisco, CA 94103telephone 415-817-4514whidden.nsrc@gmail.comnsrc.sfsu.edu See what we're up to on our homepage:http://www.nsrc.sfsu.edu/For provocative articles on sexuality, visit American

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