Category Sexuality
Consent, Care, and the Caster Semenya Controversy
Celeste E. Orr analyzes how the International Association of Athletics Federations has perversely co-opted progressive discourses in order to impose discriminatory policies on athletes like Caster Semenya.
Thicker than Water: Slow Movement on Blood Policy
Landon J. Getz provides an update on Canadian Blood Services’ progress in updating outmoded policies on gay blood donation.
Transgender Women, Breastfeeding and Drug Regimens
Martha Paynter reasons that the parent-infant benefits of breastfeeding/chestfeeding outweigh concerns about drug regimens that facilitate transgender women’s lactation.
A Reflection on Blood Donation Policy in Canada
Landon J. Getz reflects on the current sexual abstention period within Canada for blood donations by men who have sex with men.
Reflections on the Federal Budget & LGBT Families
Sophia Fantus argues that the expansion of a tax credit to LGBT individuals who use assisted reproduction helps to legitimize and include the perspectives, needs, and experiences of LGBT families.
Ethics, sexuality, and dementia in long-term care
Alisa Grigorovich and Pia Kontos suggest that long-term care residents with dementia can benefit from leisure and social activities that are supportive of sexual expression and the formation of intimate and romantic relationships.
Using Inclusive Language Isn’t Enough
Celeste Orr and Erin Leigh Courtice respond to criticisms of the British Medical Associations’ guide on inclusive language which aims to ensure that trans, intersex, genderqueer, and non-binary people are not subjected to discriminatory language.
