By: Anne Mauro, AASECT Awards Committee Chair
Congratulations to the 2023 AASECT Annual Award Recipients!
I want to express gratitude to our team of 27 AASECT members who volunteered their labor to review all of the nominations for the 14 Awards that you will see here.
Thank you, all, for the work you have put into this committee. These nominations included an ever-growing body of work of so many talented sexuality professionals. All of the nominees should be proud of their accomplishments.
The Awards Committee gives us at AASECT an opportunity to acknowledge and highlight many voices from several different positionalities that have the endorsement of our peers.
Please help us to continue our support and celebration of the AASECT 2023 Award Winners!
AASECT Sexuality Book Award
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on our Sex-Obsessed Culture!
by Sherronda J. Brown
@SherrondaJBrown
AASECT Book Award for Children under 18 Years old (audience focus)
Vaginas and Periods 101: A Pop-Up Book
by Kristen Lilla, LCSW, CST, CSE, CSTS and Christian Hoeger, LMHP
https://kristenlilla.com/
You Know, Sex
by Cory Silverberg, MEd and Fiona Smyth
https://www.corysilverberg.com/
https://linktr.ee/corysilverberg
AASECT Book Award for Sexuality Professionals (professional focus)
Gender Trauma
by Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, LMFT
https://www.alexiantaffi.com/pagecv
AASECT Book Award for General Audience
(audience focus)
Whole Body Sex
by Melissa Walker, MA, LPC, R-DMT AASECT
AASECT Audiovisual Award
A Sexplanation
Alex Liu, director/co-writer
Leonardo Neri, co-writer, co-producer
Steven Flynn, producer
AASECT Live Web Series Award (YouTube, Instagram, etc.)
Think Sex-Ed
Emily Ochieng
TeenTalkTable Facebook Page
AASECT Podcast Award
Safeword Podcast
Kamil Lewis, co-host
Casey Tanner, co-host
E.T. Townsend, producer
Follow on Instagram
AASECT Award for Integrative Approaches to Sex Therapy
Estefanía Simich Muñoz, PhD, LCPC, CST
On-demand training course: The Intersection of Sexuality and Migration
AASECT Award for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Juan Camarena, PhD, LMFT, LPCC, CST
https://drjuantherapy.wixsite.com/website
Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health
AASECT Award for Emergent Professional (“Rising Star Award”)
Casey Tanner, LCPC, CST
https://casey-tanner.com/
Service to AASECT Award
Neil “Nelly” Cannon, PhD, LMFT, CST, CSTS
https://www.doctorcannon.com/
Humanitarian Award
Alex Iantaffi, PhD, MS, LMFT AASECT
https://www.alexiantaffi.com/pagecv
AASECT Sexuality Educator Award
Marla Renee Stewart, MA
https://www.marlareneestewart.com/
https://www.velvetlipssexed.com/
https://www.sexdownsouth.com/