Lets Talk about Sex
Request for Submissions
Greetings, LGBT Courage Coalition Readers!
We hope you've been following our daily posts on the Cass Review recommendations this month.
We're already planning for August, and we want your input! As a coalition of LGBT adults, we've had many discussions about sexual orientation, sexual identity development, and sexual health. With Pride Month behind us, we'd like to open a conversation and invite your writing on the following prompts:
Sexual Health in the LGBT Community: While sexual health has always been a topic of discussion, has it changed with the shift from focusing on sex to focusing on gender? Is sexual health still a vital conversation for our community? What does it mean to be a healthy sexual being?
Transition and Sexuality: How does transition affect an individual's experience as a sexual being? How do dating, relationships, and love change for someone transitioning? How has this impacted the LGBT community as a whole?
Sexuality and Young People: Young people today appear to have less frequent sexual experiences compared to earlier generations. Does this lack of experience affect their ability to make informed decisions regarding transition, long-term sexual function, and fertility?
Other Considerations: We welcome additional thoughts on sex, sexual health, sexual function, and sexual experiences within the LGBT community.
Submissions:
Email your writing to lgbtcouragecoalition@gmail.com
Length: 500-1500 words.
Anonymity: Submissions can be anonymous, or we can cross-post them to your Substack with your permission.
Review and Editing: We will review your submissions and discuss any minor edits needed with you.
Images: You can choose or suggest images to accompany your piece.
You do not have to be LGBT to submit. All submissions are welcome, parents, professionals, and thinkers.
"Transition and Sexuality: How does transition affect an individual's experience as a sexual being? How do dating, relationships, and love change for someone transitioning? How has this impacted the LGBT community as a whole?"
Those are all important questions. I am looking forward to the replies.
My quick take on the trans phenomenon is that it is a sexual desert. Looking at it from the outside, I see a culture that is profoundly inwardly focused on identity and on appearance, not hooking up.
Adolescence and young adulthood are periods when most people seek out partners with whom to explore the erotic potential of their maturing bodies. However, at the stage when humans are normally at their horniest, the person who is seeking to identify as the other sex is at war with his or her primary and secondary sexual characteristics and may well be switching off his or her libido with puberty blockers.
It will be interesting to learn whether these conditions are fertile ground for dating, relationships and love.