This may be a first, but the newsletter is on time!  Well actually, I was trying to get it out for Giving Tuesday, but obviously failed at that.  Just a reminder that December is Diverse Sexuality Month.  All donations to DSREI will be listed in both the 2019 and 2020 list of contributors.  A Christmas gift donation honoring someone else (or you) is the perfect way to support DSREI and give someone a unique gift (especially for those for whom it is impossible to buy anything).

This quarter DSREI continued with a lot on the projects we discussed last time.

American College of Sexual Medicine and Health
We are moving forward on ACSMH (offering sexual medicine education and training courses for healthcare professionals).  Stay tuned for further news.  Landi Cranstoun, MD (our Executive Director) and I are still working on a paper to be submitted to an academic journal concerning medical boards who ask about a history of paraphilias.

Kinky Guidelines Group
The Kinky Guidelines group has finished a final draft of the guidelines, check it out. We are looking for feedback.  We will be writing an academic paper to give these guidelines even more exposure.

Turkey Conference
DSREI sponsored the 2nd International Anatolian Congress on Neuroscience and Sexual Health, in Istanbul.  It was a great experience and I learned a lot.  DSREI is working towards an agreement to help train Sex Therapists, Sex Counselors, Sex Educators, and Sex Researchers in Turkey.  We will be working in collaboration with other organizations in Turkey and Europe.  Stayed tuned.

Volunteers
DSREI is run by volunteers and we need more volunteers.  If you are interested in helping, please let us know.  DSREI can only grow if everyone helps.  We realize that life can intervene, but think about helping.

Think About Donating
We know there are many good causes out there, but no donation is too small.

Happy Holidays!!

It has been another busy quarter, I know I say that every quarter. Time does fly when you are having fun.   So this is what we have been doing.

American College of Sexual Medicine and Health
The formation of the American College of Sexual Medicine and Health (ACSMH) is progressing.  ACSMH is a project of the DSREI and will be offering sexual medicine education and training courses for healthcare professionals.  ACSMH will be collaborating with our sister/brother/sibling organization, The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA), to make this happen.

ACSMH is dedicated to raising the awareness of sexual medicine and health as an essential component of all healthcare. We plan on creating a series of courses leading to certificates in Sexual Health.  We emphasize that we will not be certifying people, only courses, programs, and attendance at these courses.

A draft of the new ACSMH logo is below, this is not the final version, so please send us feedback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinky Guidelines Group
DSREI continues to work with the Kinky Guidelines group, we are presenting to major psychotherapy and sexology groups, and soon will be submitting the paper to an academic journal.   This is an important groundbreaking project.

Diverse Sexualities Month
December is Diverse Sexualities Month, how are you planning to celebrate?  Please let us know, prizes for the best ideas can be awarded.  December is also the end of our fiscal year.  I hope you will consider donating to DSREI.  We have done quite well on our limited budget but there is lots more we want to do.  In case anyone is concerned, the donations only pay for DSREI’s expenses.  Everyone associated with DSREI is a volunteer.  If anyone knows of a real fundraiser (professional or not) who wants to help, I will personally arrange for the heavens to open and the angels to sing your praises.

Turkey Conference
DSREI is sponsoring the 2nd International Anatolian Congress on Neuroscience and Sexual Health in Istanbul Turkey, November 16th and 17^th, 2019.  It is a long way to go, especially with Turkey’s incursion into Syria occurring as I write this.  Everyone, well most everyone, is assuring me that it is safe.  It will be a cutting edge conference and there is such a great hunger for information about sex and diverse sexualities.  The conference will be in English and interpreters will be available

Going back into Private Practice
I am settling in to my new office and everything and everyone has been welcoming and great.  There have been a few bumps in the road, not unexpected, but I am excited about this new chapter in my professional career.

They said it could not be done, but I am going back to paper charts.  I am just using the computer for online prescriptions and research.  Most physicians hate their EHR, but are afraid to give it up.  Wish me luck.

My new contact information is:
Charles Moser, PhD, MD
1199 Bush Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-921-8210 (office)
415-921-0387 (fax)
My website is https://docx2.com

Hopefully, next quarter’s email will be on time. I know I say that every quarter.  If someone wants to be the Newsletter editor, I will happily (and quickly) move aside.

It has been another busy quarter.

DSREI was a platinum sponsor of the Multiplicity of the Erotic (MOTE) conference in Chicago, which was a great conference.  The focus was on Diverse Sexualities both academic and clinical issues.  The next one will be in two years and we recommend you try to attend.  In the off years there is Positive Sexuality Conference put on by Center of Positive Sexuality.  MOTE is sponsored by our sister organizations, CARAS and TASHRA.  You can sign up for the MOTE listserv by sending an email to MOTE+subscribe@groups.io

DSREI is also sponsoring the 2nd International Anatolian Congress on Neuroscience and Sexual Health in Istanbul Turkey, November 16^th and 17^th2019.  It is a long way to go, but it is really a cutting edge conference and there is such a great hunger for information about sex and diverse sexualities.  The conference will be in English and interpreters will be available.

DSREI is proud to sponsor the formation of the American College of Sexual Medicine and Health (ACSMH) and that Landi Craunston, MD is its new executive director.   ACSMH is dedicated to raising the awareness of sexual medicine and health as an essential component of all healthcare. Supporting, educating and training health professionals and sexual medicine specialists.  Of course ACSMH will have a special emphasis on Diverse Sexualities and Genders.  More information will be forthcoming soon.

DSREI continues to work with Kinky Guidelines group, we are presenting to major psychotherapy and sexology groups, and soon will be submitting the paper to an academic journal.   This is an important groundbreaking project.

I am also proud to announce that Caitlin Stouvenot is our new Social Media Princess (we chose that title together).  DSREI desperately needs a social media presence and we are lucky to have Caitlin.

On a personal note, after 25 years I am moving my office across town.  I have an opportunity to help create the St. Francis Memorial Hospital Gender Affirmation Surgery Center of Excellence.   I will be leaving the Sutter West Bay Medical group and moving back into private practice, specializing in Sexual Medicine, if interested check out my website.  My new contact information is:
Charles Moser, PhD, MD
1199 Bush Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-921-8210 (office)
415-921-0387 (fax)

Here is a link to a brand new article in the NY Times Magazine, about non-binary people – a great in-depth read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/magazine/gender-nonbinary.html

And here is a link to a blog posting about managing kink discrepancies within relationships, an important topic that gets little research and training:
https://www.learnsextherapy.com/blog/managing-kink-incompatibilities-in-relationships

Hopefully, next quarter’s email will be on time.

It has been a busy few months.  The Kink Guidelines Group is hard at work and is now using our site for donations.  Check out their donation page.

We are also working with the APA Consensual Non-Monogamy Task Force.

DSREI is now 1 year old, doing well, we actually have money in the bank.  No one is more shocked than our president.

DSREI is a platinum sponsor of the Multiplicity of The Erotic Conference May 24th in Chicago and If anyone from DSREI is attending, make sure you introduce yourself to Charles Moser and Mary Moss (two of our board members).

Other News:
People may be interested in some new papers, just published.

• Moser, C. (in press).  DSM-5, Paraphilias, and the Paraphilic Disorders: Confusion Reigns. Archives of Sexual Behavior.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-018-1356-7.  Published online 21 February 2019.  download the paper
• Moser, C. (2018).  Paraphilias and the ICD-11: Progress but Still Logically Inconsistent. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(4), 825-826.  doi.org/10.1007/s10508-017-1141-z.  download the paper

After practicing in the same office for 25 years our President (me, Charles Moser) will be going back into private practice (he is currently employed by the Sutter West Bay Medical Foundation).  New address and contact information will be forthcoming.  He also will be working with the new St. Francis Memorial Hospital Gender Institute. He will be speaking and helping to organize the Gender Affirmation Conference in conjunction with the SFMH Gender Institute and WPATH.

We welcome everyone who wants to work on Diverse Sexuality issues, participate, and volunteer.  If anyone wants to make a tax deductible donation, we will arrange for the angels to sing your praises.