A colleague from the University of Birmingham, Ronnie Meechan-Rogers is exploring the impact that Image Based Sexual Abuse also known as Revenge Porn has on the mental health of LGBTQ individuals, as part of his PhD. The first of its kind examining the harmful impacts this behaviour has on LGBTQ individuals. The very limited literature that has been…
We hope you are all keeping well and staying safe during these challenging times. Melissa and I, along with the entire sexuality and social work conference organising committee, wish to be transparent and honest with our members about our upcoming conference in Mumbai, India. As you all know by now, the COVID-19 pandemic is very serious…
Dear Sexuality and Social Work members We hope that wherever you may be, you are safe and healthy.The world is currently going through an unprecedented global crisis which is causing human devastation across the globe. We are all trying our best to find this invisible and deadly enemy by the name of covid-19. We are…
The call for papers for the 3rd International Social Work & Sexualities Conference: Laws, policies, guidelines and gender-sexuality identities, in Mumbai 2020, ends on the 28th February 2020. This is your last chance to submit. Abstracts of 350 words should be submitted via our website: https://www.sexualityandsocialwork.com/conference/. We are very excited that our next international conference…
Dr. Susan Hillock, social work professor at Trent University,Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, is looking for 1 or more Indigenous scholars who would be interested in writing/co-writing a chapter in her new book, Teaching Sexuality(its) in Higher Education. Here is a description of the book content: Focusing on Canadian content and context, this edited multi-disciplinary book features the teaching of sexuality(ies) in…
The National LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness Research Agenda has been in development for the past 18 months. The project was led by a research team of young people with lived expertise (from NYC, Richmond, Anchorage, and L.A.), with input from service providers and other folks involved in ending youth homelessness in America. Not only does it…
Dear members As you know our abstract submission deadline is currently set for the 31st January 2020. We understand that January is a very busy month therefore we are pleased to announce that we have extended our submission deadline until the 28th February 2020. We hope that this will allow our members extra time to…
Social Work & Sexualities 3rd International Conference: Laws, policies, guidelines and gender-sexuality identities – Mumbai 2020
Meet the new co-chairs for the Sexuality and Social Work Group, Alfonso and Missy.
Alfonso