Pramada Memon : Why I train on Sexuality?
http://tarshi.net/asiasrc/plspk/2009_1/Bigger_Picture.asp
Excerpts:
So if you were to ask me why do I do this work, I would say that it is to create spaces where issues of sexuality and gender can be discussed, nourished, disagreed on but definitely spoken about in loud voices rather than hushed whispers.
In 1983, I found myself having to explain to people that masturbation was not a sin and was not wrong and in 2009 I find that I still need to say it. I think I will have to repeat until my dying day that homosexuality is not abnormal and that lesbians are not women who have faced violence at the hands of men. The important change is that I wont be one of a fringe group saying this. There will be many more who will be loudly proclaiming this and many other issues relating to sexuality.
I want to be able to live in a world where I do not sit in judgment of others; where I can recognize consent and consensual relationships even though they may clash with my world view and I can learn that not everything can be best described as black and white, but also as grey, light grey, dark grey and many other permutations.