Join an E-Discussion Forum! 
The Resource Centre conducts structured, time-bound, moderated e-discussion forums on various topics related to sexuality since October 2005. So far we have had discussions on Sexual Pleasure, Sexuality, and Rights; Sexuality and Censorship; Sexuality and Rights for Young People; Sexual Concerns - Approaches and Management; Diverse Genders and Sexualities, and, Sexuality and Violence. 

The Pleasure forum discussed issues of sexual pleasure, feminist debates, regulation and censorship, rights, how to incorporate pleasure into programming, power dynamics, disability, and how sexual pleasure relates to wellbeing. The Sexuality and Censorship forum looked at the purpose of censorship, the various kinds of censors including self-censorship, and traced the relationship between censorship and freedom and that between censorship and representation. The forum on Sexuality, Young People and Rights discussed what the main issues around sexuality are for young people, who actually these so-called young people are, the various issues of participation and access to information on issues of sexuality for young people; sexuality education and the sexual rights of young people. The forum on Sexual Concerns: Approaches and Management talked about various misconceptions related to sexuality, common approaches to a sexual concern/problem, and whether dealing with sexual concerns can be claimed as a set of rights or entitlements. The Diverse Genders and Sexualities forum included the politics behind identities, negotiating spaces for the expression of sexuality, the formation of sexual hierarchies and how that might marginalize some people, and discussed various campaigns and movements on sexualities within the region. The Sexuality and Violence forum traced the connections between sexuality and violence, exploring the various ways in which sexuality and violence affect different communities in diverse ways, the use of media and representation and also how the state plays a role in dealing with certain kinds of sexual violence while excluding and sometimes even perpetrating and perpetuating others. Archives can be viewed on the website at www.asiasrc.org/forum.php. 

The questions (and answers) are endless and we hope to use this space to try to deconstruct some of the more nuanced aspects around these issues. We hope to engage a diverse range of people and ideas on these issues. To join the forum and view the discussion, please visit our website at www.asiasrc.org and follow the instructions after clicking on the link to E-Forum Discussions. We look forward to your participation in a lively dialogue! 

Read In Plainspeak Online
Every publication of In Plainspeak is available to download in PDF format on the South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality website www.asiasrc.org. To receive a hard copy of In Plainspeak, just send your mailing address to resourcecentre@tarshi.net.

Browse our website at www.asiasrc.org  
The website contains information about Resource Centre programmes, a database of library materials, links to organizational and electronic resources throughout the region, links to journals, news articles, an online poll, and announcements. 

Take the Online Poll 
The Resource Centre website hosts online polls every two months in an effort to highlight different angles of debates on current issues. Previous statements have highlighted issues in sex work, pleasure, pornography, and HIV and sexuality. Visit the poll, post your comments, and check out what others think at www.asiasrc.org.

Contribute to In Plainspeak
Calling all Artists and Writers! We hope to showcase a diverse range of images throughout the magazine in each issue. In Plainspeak is calling for pictures, drawings, paintings, graphics, images, and paintings related to sexuality for inclusion in the magazine. Submissions should be sent to resourcecentre@tarshi.net. 

We want to hear your stories! We are inviting submissions for The ‘I’ Column for the next issue of In Plainspeak. This column features a personal and specific account of how individuals see sexual rights as affecting them and highlight either affirmation or violation of those rights. If you want to share your experience, please send us a 500 word essay to resourcecentre@tarshi.net by March 15, 2007. 

Visit the Resource Centre Library
The South and Southeast Asia Resource Centre on Sexuality library hosts a collection of classic and contemporary books on sexuality, fiction, newsletters, CDROMs, newsletters, organisational material, electronic files, conference papers, journals and other periodicals, on sexuality, reproductive health, and rights. The library is open to use by professionals working in the field, NGOs, academics, researchers, and students. 

The library page is hosted on the Resource Centre website (www.asiasrc.org). Users can access web links to many useful journals, browse the library catalogue for information on materials in the library, and send search queries to the librarian. 
Library Hours: Monday to Thursday, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.
Telephone: 91-11- 65642625 

Give us Your Feedback!
What did you think of this issue of In Plainspeak? We welcome any comments, suggestions, or ideas for how we can make improve our work. Please participate in our online survey of In Plainspeak – it will only take five minutes of your time and will help us greatly. Go to www.asiasrc.org and submit your feedback. We look forward to hearing from you! 

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