OTTAWA (GJ for GenderIT.org) – APC's two-year research into sexuality
and the internet reveals that contrary to popular opinion sexuality
online is about much more than porn. As the EroTICs research is about
to publish its complete findings next month, experts Clarissa Smith,
Katharine Sarikakis and Pramada Menon critique. More>
ROSARIO
- (FF for GenderIT.org) The EroTICs
research team in Brazil studied the complex relationship between
sexual minorities and internet policy. Their findings show that
these groups were routinely ignored in debates surrounding internet
regulation. More>
UGANDA
- (Esther Nasikye for GenderIT.org) For years sexual
rights activists in repressive societies have been using the internet
as a means to communicate, organise and express their sexuality without
fear of persecution. Thanks to EroTICs, this vibrant
ecosystem of human connections is being studied for the first
time. More>
PHILIPPINES
- (Mavic Cabrera-Balleza for GenderIT.org) Controlling -- or
filtering -- what people can and can't see online related to sex
however well intentioned can have a profoundly negative impact.
Censorship affects not only sexual expression but blocks access to
sexual education and important movement-building tools for LGBTI
activists. More>
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