Safety and Sexuality Archives • In Plainspeak

Editorial: Safety and Sexuality

·April 15, 2020
·TARSHI

Safety and Sexuality… in these uncertain times of COVID-19 when most of the world is in some form or other of quarantine, safety has taken on a new meaning all together. People are encouraged to stay home, not step out unless absolutely necessary, practice social distancing, and so on. Is home the safest place to be? What about if home and family are where one feels least safe?

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सुरक्षित सेक्स तक पहुँच – अपनी यौनिता को जानने और सुरक्षित रूप में इसका आनंद उठाने का क्या अर्थ है?

·April 15, 2020
·Unnimaya Kurup

सुरक्षित सेक्स पर लिखी और बताई जाने वाली बातें अक्सर मेडिकल या चिकित्सीय शब्दावली में लिखी गयी होती हैं – यौन जनित संक्रमण और अनचाहे गर्भ से सुरक्षा पा लेना ही मानो सेक्स को सुरक्षित बनाता है। लेकिन जब हम यौन सुख या सेक्स का आनंद लेते हैं तो क्या बस ये ही जोखिम होते…

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Image of a woman being "watched" by eyes that symbolise societal moral policing

How Not To Talk About ‘Women’s Safety’ In Public Spaces

·April 15, 2020
·Curated Content

The only thing this language achieves (and maybe it is also the goal), is to create enough panic so that women themselves police and restrict their own mobility and whereabouts, and keep themselves away from public spaces whenever possible.

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There’s Something Queer About Tumblr

·April 15, 2020
·Curated Content

LGBTIQA+ young people should feel safe and empowered in everyday physical spaces, and many do – often with support from a wider community of peers who share similar experiences. But until the world becomes more friendly for queer and gender diverse people, we expect they’ll continue to find safety, community, identity, and friendship on Tumblr.

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Locked Down in the Time of COVID-19: Safety and Self-Care for Queer and Trans Persons

·April 15, 2020
·Curated Content

By Orinam Apr 13 2020 Post comment To the reader: we recognize that the English-language content below may not be accessible to a large section of the queer and trans communities. We are in the process of getting it translated in multiple languages. Please let us know if you are able/willing to translate. We are…

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Safe Sex In The Time of Abundance

·April 1, 2020
·Faustina Johnson

I want it, I got it. Right? Except, what I often get is some approximation of erotic pleasure, which has more to do with my own conditioning about what good sex looks like, and little to do with my body’s erotic mechanisms. This very peculiar condition is often lumped under ‘sexual frustration’, when it should really be addressed under safety.

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Gerald’s Game – A Story Of Resilience In The Face Of Metaphorical And Emotional Bondage

·April 1, 2020
·Elsa Marie D'Silva

This movie had instantly called out to me because the book had made a huge impression many years ago when I was going through a Stephen King phase and consuming as many of his novels as I could. It is a story of resilience where a woman had to rescue herself from a dangerous situation of metaphorical and emotional bondage as well as the physical and sexual kind.

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Interview: Shruti Arora

·April 1, 2020
·Shikha Aleya

Shruti Arora is a feminist trainer and researcher in the field of Gender and Sexuality. In this interview, she shares her insights on collective practices of building safe and sexuality-affirming spaces for young people, in friendships and community, digital and healthcare settings.

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