Intimacy Resources

Sex Positive Families provides the education and resources that help families raise sexually healthy children.

About 10.1 million Americans, or 4.1% of the country’s population, identify as LGBTQ+, according to the Pew Research Center.Those numbers have been steadily rising. It’s unlikely that more people are being born LGBTQ+; instead, people are coming out in higher numbers as cultural attitudes shift. However, according to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), LGBTQ+ individuals are more likely to grapple with anxiety, depression, gender dysphoria, and other challenges. LGBTQ+ community’s disproportionate levels of mental health issues can often be traced to issues with societal and self-acceptance—and if you look at the cultural climate that the community has long endured, it’s not hard to understand why.

In order to understand unusual sexualities such as dominance and submission, one first has to consider the question ‘What is normal?‘ If the unique function of sex is reproductive—and the only reason men and women should engage in sex is for the purpose of creating a new life—then only heterosexual intercourse is normal. By this standard, many common acts, even contraception, must be considered aberrant. Reproductive relevance was the Victorian standard of normalcy, and even today many of the laws in the United States still abide by that model. But people have always pursued sex for both reproduction and for pleasure and well-being.

In her groundbreaking first book, Gender Born, Gender Made, Dr. Diane Ehrensaft coined the term gender creative to describe children whose unique gender expression or sense of identity is not defined by a checkbox on their birth certificate. Now, with The Gender Creative Child, she returns to guide parents and professionals through the rapidly changing cultural, medical, and legal landscape of gender and identity.

Survivors of sexual abuse are encouraged to achieve loving and safe sexual lives once again by going through, step-by-step, a most challenging aspect of recovery. Based on Matz's clinical work, interviews, survey results, and workshops, this guide if filled with first-person accounts of survivors and includes groundbreaking exercises and techniques.

The Mask You Live In follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity.

What are basic human sexual right? Read here to find out.

This is a one-of-a-kind resource for understanding and celebrating the gender diversity that surrounds us." Dr Tina joins Candice and Katie of Free Sex Podcast for a fun interview where they talk about ‘all things sex’ – sexual shame, masturbation in marriage, transactional sex, who is entitled to what, knowing what you want in the bedroom and many other topics. "Join the creators of Queer: A Graphic History (‘Could totally change the way you think about sex and gender’ VICE) on an illustrated journey of gender exploration.

How might we live better as queer people of faith and allies? Matthias brings together theologians, psychologists, poets, thinkers, and change makers for conversations around belief and being.

Told with Todd Parr's signature wit and wisdom, It's Okay to Be Different cleverly delivers the important messages of acceptance, understanding, and confidence in an accessible, child-friendly format. The book features the bold, bright colors and silly scenes that made Todd a premiere voice for emotional discussions in children's literature. Targeted to young children first beginning to read, this book will inspire kids to celebrate their individuality through acceptance of others and self-confidence--and it's never to early to develop a healthy self-esteem.

Ever wish you had a 'Cheat Sheet' to help you know what your kid needed at each stage, how to prepare, and how they were going to push your buttons? This is it!! What you'll get in this webinar Learn the chief developmental tasks for 4-7 year olds and 8-12 year olds & specify the typical behaviors of each stage Pinpoint the key affirmations for each stage Clarify the helpful and unhelpful parent behaviors of that stage Identify triggers and tasks to help you parent shamelessly For more information and resources visit Tina's COVID-19 Resources for Parents

This is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another—from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo.