Read Dr. Raymond J. Noonan’s
Commentary on the National Crisis and Sexual Health:
Sexuality in the Age of Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, and Kenneth Starr

Important and Interesting Past Conference Presentations:

“Heterophobia: The Evolution of an Idea,” (CE Workshop Z: 2 CEs). Saturday, November 6, 1999, 2:15-4:45pm, at the 1999 Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) and the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), November 3-7, 1999, Hyatt Regency St. Louis at Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri.
         Although, as a sexologist, I regard the issue of heterophobia as more broadly based in its manifestations, Professor Daphne Patai provides a focused look at one particular aspect of it in her important recent book, Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism, which I highly recommend.

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“From Columbine to Fashion to Virtual Reality: Toward a Holistic Sexual Ecology I & II.” Saturday, October 16, 1999, at Healthy Sexuality in the 21st Century, an AASECT New York City Metro Section conference at Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT/SUNY) in New York City. For more information: Healthy Sexuality in the 21st Century at F.I.T.

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“The New Media: Reflections of Our Sexuality from the Internet,” a presentation at the 1998 Joint Annual Meeting of SSSS and AASECT in November 1998 in Los Angeles.

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“The Social Construction of Sexual Harassment and Heterophobia” in “Alt.sex.conference II: A Follow-Up Symposium on Controversial Unaddressed Issues,” chaired at the historic second alt.sex.conference, a symposium held November 13, 1998, at the 1998 Joint Annual Meeting of SSSS and AASECT in Los Angeles, California.

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“The Sexual Health Initiative (SHI): Toward a Sane Sex Perspective” at the historic first alt.sex.conference, held November 14, 1997, during the 1997 Joint Annual Meeting of SSSS and AASECT in Arlington, Virginia. Alt.sex.conference speakers addressed heterophobia and other factors that are having a detrimental effect on human sexuality discourse today.

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“Realizing Sexual Potential Through the World Wide Web” in A. Cooper (Chair), Sexuality and the Internet—Surfing into the Next Millennium, a symposium conducted at the 105th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association (APA), August 18, 1997, Chicago, IL.

Coming soon: The SexQuest 2000 Strategic Plan and the Sexual Health Initiative,
my programs for insuring a healthy sexual future for us all.

	Information about the newest edition of my book, Does Anyone Still Remember When Sex Was Fun? Positive Sexuality in the Age of AIDS, 3rd edition, is now available at SexQuest. Politically correct . . . NOT; the true facts about sex everyone needs to know . . . YES! Edited by Peter B. Anderson, Diane de Mauro, & Raymond J. Noonan (Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 1996) [ISBN: 0-7872-2723-4].
	Now out of print, but available soon in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format! However, used copies are often available at amazon.com.
	Order online:

• For a brief on-line interview with me, read Amazon.com Books’ Author Interview while you’re there. You can also order the book through Amazon.com, although they do not discount it (neither does the publisher). (Press the “Back” button of your browser to get back here after reading the interview; make sure you order the third edition and not the first edition, which is long out of print and way out of date.)

• Also, excerpts from the second edition of my book, Does Anyone Still Remember When Sex Was Fun? Positive Sexuality in the Age of AIDS, are now available for viewing on-line. These should give you a taste of the new edition, which expands much further on the ideas presented here.
  • Survival Strategies for Lovers in the 1990s
    Synopsis: Survival Strategies for Lovers in the 1990s discusses general guidelines for the satisfying and healthy expression of sexuality that are particularly relevant to our lives today as we enter the new millennium—during what hopefully will be the closing years of the age of AIDS. They will be vital in the aftermath of AIDS that will probably occur in the opening years of the 21st Century.
  • The Politics of Sexuality and AIDS: Psychosocial Aspects and Other Theoretical Considerations
    Synopsis: “When you have sex with someone, you’re having sex with everyone else they’ve had sex with,” is just one of the popular myths that are debunked by Dr. Noonan, making this his most important chapter—and the most controversial in the book. In it, he introduced his Sane Sex Alternative to contemporary misinformation about sex and AIDS, as well as his concept of AIDS-Related Fears and Anxieties (ARFA), a generalized, misdirected fear of sex and intimacy that plagues many people because of the misuse of AIDS and other potentially negative aspects of sexual expression as instruments of terror by those who wish to impose and enforce their own highly restrictive and narrow views of sexual morality. Included is a discussion of the concept of relative risk and how our perception of risk is distorted in sexual and other matters. A more accurate assessment of sexual risk is then presented. A must-read for everyone!

• The latest on positive sexuality from the first book to address the issue: For anyone concerned about the increasingly negative ways in which sex is being portrayed in public life—and who wants to do something positive about it. Written (mostly) and edited by former students and faculty in the Human Sexuality Program at New York University, this newest revision of the first book to approach sexuality from a positive perspective during these days of AIDS addresses the issue from many perspectives, from the traditional to the alternative.

Current and Recent Major Projects:

Fashion Institute of Technology of the State University of New York (FIT-SUNY) in Manhattan

Assistant Professor and Chair, Health and Physical Education Department.

• Chairperson of the Department (2001-present; Acting: Spring 2001)
• Human Sexuality (Spring 1995, 1997-2004; Fall 2001-2002)
• Health Education (Fall 1995-1996, 2000, 2002; Spring, 1996, 1999-2000)
• Stress Management (Fall 2000-2004; Winter 2001-2004; Spring 2002-2004; Summer 2001-2004)
• Chair, Liberal Arts Division Distance Learning Committee
  (Fall 1998; Spring 1999; Fall 1999; Spring 2000)
• Developed online course in human sexuality (Fall 1999)

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Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (BC-CUNY) in Brooklyn

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences.

• Sex Information and the Health Professional (Spring 1998)

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Human Sexuality Program, School of Education, New York University

Ph.D. recipient. Research and writing interests (primary areas of expertise):

• Sexuality and Gender Issues Related to Long-Duration Spaceflight (the subject of my dissertation)
• The Philosophy of Sex and Sexosophy
• The Psychology, Sociology, and Politics of Sex and AIDS
• Sexual Expression in Musical Lyrics
• The Functions of Sex Surrogates in Sex Therapy
• Alternative Forms of Marriage and Family
• Sexuality Education, Contraception, and Abortion Issues
• Sexuality Issues Online and on the Internet/World Wide Web

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Dr. Ray Noonan’s Space Life Sciences (and Space Education) Web Site

• Originally the home page of the 1996 International Space Development Conference (ISDC’96), May 23-27, 1996, sponsored by the National Space Society, and hosted by the Space Frontier Society of New York City
• My Presentation on Sexual Issues in Space at ISDC’96

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SexQuest on the Web and the Sex Institute in Manhattan

• SexQuest: The Sex Files On-Line
  “Your First Source for Sexuality Information on the Web”
  “Reaffirming a Positive and Hopeful View of the Human Future”
• Educational Consulting and Educational Materials Development
• Research
• Action and Advocacy

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ParaGraphic Artists, NYC

• Web Site Design and Administration Services
• Desktop Publishing/Graphic Design/Typesetting
• Computer Consulting and Training
• Technical Writing and Editing
• and more! Follow the link above.

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Consortium for Worker Education (CWE)

• Computer and Writing Teacher
• Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
• The “White Collar Union” in the U.S. (AFL-CIO) and Canada (CLC)
  Representing workers in both the public and private sectors.
• OPEIU Local 153
• UNITE