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In this episode we speak to representatives from QLatinx and from the Orlando Queer & Trans Asian Association (OQTAA) about the intersection of race, ethnicity and human sexuality.

In this episodes, we chat about intimate partner violence with UCF experts, Dr. Jackie Woerner and Dr. Julia O'Connor. We discuss theories of violence, social aspects perpetuating violence, and how to address it. As always, our guests provide a wealth of resources for our Central Florida community and beyond.

Join The Sex Café Podcast for the exciting conversations had for Season 2, where we deal with red flags in sexual and reproductive health

In this episode, our host Dr. López Castillo chats with Rep. Anna Eskemani and Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith from the Florida House of Representatives. They discuss how policy and politics are different, why policies matter, and why sexual and reproductive health matters.

Dr. López Castillo sat down with Dr. Annalisa Sega, a recent graduate from UCF College of Medicine and an incoming OBGYN resident at Carolinas Medical Center; Erick Suarez, APRN, FNP-BC from Pineapple Health; and William Paulino,​ Co-President of Planned Parenthood Generation Action at UCF. They discussed pregnancy, different types of contraceptive methods, and family planning in the 21st century.

Our host, Dr. López Castillo sat down with Uma Sriram and Radhika Desai from Period at UC, Saarah Sherifi from HerHealth at UCF, and Annalisa Sega a recent graduate from UCF College of Medicine and an incoming OBGYN resident at Carolinas Medical Center. They discussed why it's important to be educated on menstrual cycles, how periods need to be talked about more openly, and the different apps and resources there are for anyone who is menstruating.

In this episode, Dr. López Castillo discusses research and community resources regarding transgender persons with our guests, Dr. Elena Cyrus from UCF College of Medicine​ and Ace Davis​ from Bliss Healthcare!

Dr. López Castillo discusses what bisexuality is and the spectrum involved when it comes to identifying as bisexual with our guests, Dr. Eric Schrimshaw from UCF College of Medicine, and Erick Suarez from Pineapple Health!

In this episode, Dr. López Casitllo interviews Dr. Christopher Blackwell (UCF College of Nursing), Dr. Eric Schrimshaw (UCF College of Medicine), and Daniel Garner-Quintero (UCF Counseling and Psychological Services) on the sexual health of sexual minority men.

Our host chatted with Andrea Gorney, a LMHC, Lindsay Neuberger from UCF Nicholson School of Communication and Media, and Lindsay Taliaferro from UCF College of Medicine. Listen to these wonderful guests discuss statistics within the LGBTQ+ community, especially with health issues in the lesbian community, how harmful limiting education and exposure about the community can be, and how helpful representation in media can be.

This week our host sat down with Keyna Harris, Director of Health Services at the LGBT Center Orlando, and Michael Nunes, Student Life Coordinator for LGBT services at UCF. They unscrambled the LGBTQ+ alphabet soup and risk and protective factors associated with these sexual minority identities.

This week, Dr. López Castillo sat down with Dr. Desiree Díaz from UCF College of Nursing; Joel Figueroa, President of Impulse Group Orlando; and Bryanna Bhakta, Co-President of Planned Parenthood Generation Action at UCF. They discussed age as is relates to sexual awakenings and how important it is to be having discussions about sexual health at the two extremes of life: youth and elderly.

For this week's episode Dr. López Castillo interviewed Ms. Kynthia Arrington from Judah Kingdom Life Ministries, Rev. Dr. Jennifer Stiles-Williams from St Luke’s Church, and Daniel Garner-Quintero, a LMHC working in the UCF Counseling and Psychological Services. The guests discuss the complex relationship between religion, faith, sex, and health.

In this episode we speak to Daniel J. Downer from the Bros in Convo Initiative and Dr. Angela Vergara from the UCF Department of Sociology about the intersection of race, ethnicity and human sexuality.

This Pilot episode introduces the host and collaborators of the podcast and the contents to be discussed in the full-length episodes, to be released every Thursday.

Host: Dr. Humberto Lopez Castillo

Editor: Nicole Lasso

Guest Speakers: Dr. Christopher W. Blackwell & Dr. Eric Schrimshaw