Queer-I@3.8 and teenager sex education workshop at WAREHOUSE

On International Women’s Day, we were invited by the Department of Gender Studies and Department of Cultural Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to give talks at open forum and do a workshop for the event ‘Queer-I@3.8’. We discussed with other speakers at the open forum about making room for more different sex/ualities. Our discussions drew much attention from both professors and students.

We also hosted one sex education workshop themed on “Media and Porn/Erotic Culture” for high school students. Through group games and interactive discussions, students can speak more freely in their style, discussed porn/erotic culture with each other from different perspectives. Many students did tell us afterwards that they had developed new perspective to look into the issue of porn/erotic culture. Some even told us that they changed their negative attitudes towards sex workers after the workshop.

In addition, we were invited to do a teenager sex education workshop at WAREHOUSE, where teenagers aged between 13-25 to further explore and develop their capabilities and interests. We intended to introduce various kinds of sex-related knowledge to teenagers. Some organizers did criticize us of displaying obscene materials, which may adversely affect the teenagers. However, we clearly witnessed how teenagers obtained much knowledge about sexual diseases and safe sex at our workshop. Many adults also came to us and discussed much with us different topics about sex.