Sexuality Studies: Reference Sources

This volume gathers psychiatric, psychological, educational, legal, and other experts to provide a practical, straightforward reference on sexuality for adolescents and adults.

Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation.

Each of the six volumes of this reference focuses on a different era: the ancient world, Middle Ages, Early Modern era, colonial and revolutionary age, 19th century, and the modern era.

The wide range of subjects in this comprehensive collection of articles includes adolescent sexuality, AIDS, birth control and contraception, brothels, child abuse and sexual exploitation, and religion.

This volume covers issues of sexuality by country with all of the entries closely follow a 14-point outline covering such topics as gender roles, religious and ethnic factors, autoerotic and interpersonal behaviors, contraception and abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, and other pertinent topics. Also available online.

This book is an annotated bibliography of works related to a wide range of aspects of human sexuality. Also available in print.

List of online resources about gender, sexuality, sexually transmitted disease, sexual health, contraception, and reproduction.

Topics include sexual health and history of sexuality

Based at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, the IRN is a global community of researchers, activists, artists and teachers sharing knowledge about diverse sexualities.

As the first university-based LGBT research center in the United States, CLAGS nurtures cutting-edge scholarship; organizes colloquia for examining and affirming LGBT lives; and fosters network-building among academics, artists, activists, policy makers, and community members.

Provides an index of online resources integrated with textual resources in the fields of LGBTQ studies, gender studies, and queer theory.

Provides information about sexuality and sexual and reproductive health. Also includes statistics and information on Public Policies regarding sexuality and sexual and reproductive health and both nationally and internationally.

The Guttmacher Institute is a respected organization that works to advance sexual and reproductive health through research, policy analysis and public education. This website breaks down statistics about the sexual behavior of adolescents.