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S*x Research as Resistance ✨

What a powerful and necessary conversation with Dr. Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz at AASECT.

His presentation reminded us that s*x research is never only about producing knowledge. At its best, it can also be an act of resistance, disruption, and social change.

Dr. Rodríguez-Díaz also highlighted the importance of community-engaged research—research that does not simply study communities, but works with them, listens to them, and centers their lived realities.

By challenging stigma, inequity, and harmful assumptions in health systems, policy, and scholarship, s*x research can help us ask deeper questions: Who has been excluded? Who has been pathologized? Whose stories have been ignored? And what would research look like if equity, dignity, and community were at the center?

A meaningful reminder that rigorous research, community engagement, and justice-centered practice can belong together.

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AASECT 2026 was an unforgettable experience, thanks to the warmth, knowledge, and connection shared throughout this incredible community. Thank you for being part of it.

AASECT 2026 fue una experiencia inolvidable, gracias a la calidez, el conocimiento y la conexión que se compartieron en esta increíble comunidad. Gracias por ser parte de ella.