The ''American Journal of Sexuality Education'' is a quarterly

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established in 2005 and published by

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. It covers research on

sex education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, birth ...

. The

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William J. Taverner William J. Taverner, MA, commonly known as Bill Taverner, is the editor of the ''American Journal of Sexuality Education'' and the executive director of the Center for Sex Education (CSE). He has co-authored numerous sexuality education manuals, in ...

. It is an official journal of the

American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a professional organization for sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists. History and overview AASECT ( ) was founded by Patricia Schill ...

History

The journal was formerly published by Haworth Press, which was acquired by Routledge in 2007. From 1975 through 2001, the journal was named ''Journal of Sex Education and Therapy'', with Gary F. Kelly serving as editor. It was relaunched in 2005 as the ''American Journal of Sexuality Education''.

Abstracting and indexing

The ''American Journal of Sexuality Education'' is abstracted and indexed in EBSCO databases,

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