Thursday February 8, 2001
CANADIAN GOV'T AND UNITED WAY SPONSOR S&M SEX WORKSHOP FOR 14-YEAR-OLDS
BARRIE, ON, Feb 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) - A "Youth Conference" for young people between 14-29 to be held Saturday at Georgian College in Barrie will feature a workshop on practicing "safe" sado-masochistic sex. The Barrie Examiner reports that Duncan MacLachlan, executive producer of the Mr. Leatherman Toronto competition - a major event of the Toronto S&M community - will present the workshop. An ad for the conference on the web page of the AIDS Committee of Simcoe County lists Health Canada and the United Way Young Adult Initiative as sponsors of the event. Other sponsors include the Civic Renewal Project, Gay and Lesbian Alliance of Simcoe County and Think Clear.
The Examiner reports that it was organized by the AIDS Committee of Simcoe County, the Healthy Communities Coalition and the United Way Young Adult Initiative. AIDS committee spokesperson, Gina Frederick, told the Examiner that the S&M workshop will be open to all registered for the conference regardless of age. On the subject of S&M she said, "It's a very specialized sexual activity and requires more care and more education. MacLachlan will discuss how to reduce the risks of engaging in that kind of activity."
Joy Webster, of the United Way's Young Adult Initiative, said Wednesday there had been an "overwhelming response" to the conference, but that she'd heard from only one parent thus far who had concerns about that particular workshop.
To express your concerns to the United Way and Health Canada:
To contact the Barrie United Way and Aids Committee:
See the ad listing Health Canada as sponsor:
http://www.bconnex.net/~acsc/news.html
See the Barrie Examiner story at:
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/examiner/archives/020801/news1.html
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