State of Sexual Freedom in the United States 2010 Report WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION State of Sexual Freedom in the United States 2010 Report WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION WOODHULL FREEDOM FOUNDATION Copyright 2010 by Woodhull Freedom Foundation www.woodhullfoundation.org All rights reserved. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation; of its directors, officers, or staff; or of its funders. Acknowlegements A Woodhull Freedom Foundation Report Affirming Sexual Freedom as a Fundamental Human Right We gratefully acknowledge those individuals and organizations who contributed to the State of Sexual Freedom in the United States, 2010 Report Deborah Taj Anapol Mark Kernes Katrina Anderson Betsy Lehrfeld Steven K. Aurand Ricci Levy Barnaby B. Barratt Dan Massey Ted Bernhardt Gaylen Moore Patti Britton Carol Queen Yessenia Cervantes Loretta Ross Sawan Chanthayom SIECUS Melissa Ditmore SisterSong Women of Ariel Dougherty Color Heath Collective Andrew Fogle Sean Strub Alison Gardner RJ Thompson Hardy Haberman James Turner Henry J. Kaiser Lawrence G. Walters Family Foundation Elizabeth Wood Lorraine Kenny Karen Bartlett, M.S. – Editor Erin Kennedy – Assistant Editor Christopher Cunetto – Cover Illustration Drew Ransom – Report Design Contents FORWARD ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................i Our Fundamental Human Right to Sexual Freedom and the State of Sexual Freedom in the United States Report for 2010 ............................................................................................................................................ ii Ricci J. Levy INTRODUCTION Why Sexual Freedom is a Fundamental Human Right ............................................................................................................................................................................ix Barnaby B. Barratt SEXUAL RIGHTS AND MORAL VALUES OF EROTIC EXPRESSION ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Sexual Rights as Human Rights ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Sex and Morality.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 The Positive Side of Recreational Sex ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Gaylen Moore THE HUMAN RIGHT TO SEXUAL EXPRESSION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................22 Personal Freedoms and Protections .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Lawrence G. Walters, Esq. Sexual Expression and Identity: The other face of diversity ............................................................................................................................................................33 Carol Queen I Am an Intersex Bisexual Transgender and So Are You .......................................................................................................................................................................38 Dan Massey RELATIONSHIPS AND FAMILY FREEDOMS AND PROTECTIONS .........................................................................................................................................42 Introduction: Sexual Choices .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................43 Hardy Haberman Our Human Right to Relationships ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 Deborah Taj Anapol Testimony in Washington, DC on the Right to Family .............................................................................................................................................................................52 Ricci J. Levy COMMERCIAL SEX AND THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WORK .................................................................................................................................................................54 Prosecuting Porn: A Journalist’s Perspective ...................................................................................................................................................................................................55 Mark Kernes The State of Sexual Freedom: Prostitution ............................................................................................................................................................................................................65 Melissa Ditmore THE HUMAN RIGHT TO SEXUALITY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................................................................................72 Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs Censor Vital Health Care Information, Jeopardizing Teens’ Health ......................................................................................................................................................73 Lorraine Kenny Youth and Adults Changing Sex Education ............................................................................................................................................................................................................74 Yessenia Cervantes REAL Act Fact Sheet Courtesy of SIECUS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................75 THE HUMAN RIGHT TO REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE ....................................................................................................................................................................................77 What Is Reproductive Justice ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78 Loretta Ross Disabled Women and Reproductive Justice ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................80 Mia Mingus Emergency Contraception .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82 Courtesy of Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation THE HUMAN RIGHT TO SEXUAL HEALTH ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................85 Sexual Health ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86 Fourteen Years Later – A Mother’s Story Revisited ..........................................................................................................................................................................88 Patti Britton AIDS Stigma and the Creation of a Viral Underclass ..................................................................................................................................................................................97 Sean Strub MOVING FORWARD AFFIRMING SEXUAL FREEDOM AS A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT ............................................................................................................................................................................................................103