SF minister spreads gospel of sex in China
Next month, the 80-year-old Methodist rebel will lead a delegation of 10 sex experts to China to help an emerging class of financially independent Chinese women achieve female sexual empowerment. "The second sexual revolution is about female sexuality," said McIlvenna, a San Francisco preacher who owns what may be the world's largest collection of sex books, erotic art and vintage pornography. 'Get to the men'In December, Hamilton got a stark look at the sexual status of Chinese women when she taught a "basic sex and intimacy" course to about 120 female spa owners who had gathered at a resort hotel outside Shanghai. Jian Chen, a Chinese sexologist and yoga teacher, said the Chinese government has begun to allow international conferences that feature frank discussions about sex - as long as the Americans involved show sensitivity to Chinese culture, politics and professional standards. McIlvenna began making headlines in San Francisco in 1964, when he and a small group of liberal Protestant ministers started the Council on Religion and the Homosexual to improve communications between churches and gays. Working with the American Civil Liberties Union, McIlvenna - who was on the ministerial team at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church - campaigned to stop police harassment of gay people. McIlvenna said that American society has finally begun moving away from condemning sexual experimentation as either sickness or sin - "that was how the medical establishment and the church used sex to control people" - and that it's time to spread the gospel overseas. Reported by SFGate 2 hours ago.
Next month, the 80-year-old Methodist rebel will lead a delegation of 10 sex experts to China to help an emerging class of financially independent Chinese women achieve female sexual empowerment. "The second sexual revolution is about female sexuality," said McIlvenna, a San Francisco preacher who owns what may be the world's largest collection of sex books, erotic art and vintage pornography. 'Get to the men'In December, Hamilton got a stark look at the sexual status of Chinese women when she taught a "basic sex and intimacy" course to about 120 female spa owners who had gathered at a resort hotel outside Shanghai. Jian Chen, a Chinese sexologist and yoga teacher, said the Chinese government has begun to allow international conferences that feature frank discussions about sex - as long as the Americans involved show sensitivity to Chinese culture, politics and professional standards. McIlvenna began making headlines in San Francisco in 1964, when he and a small group of liberal Protestant ministers started the Council on Religion and the Homosexual to improve communications between churches and gays. Working with the American Civil Liberties Union, McIlvenna - who was on the ministerial team at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church - campaigned to stop police harassment of gay people. McIlvenna said that American society has finally begun moving away from condemning sexual experimentation as either sickness or sin - "that was how the medical establishment and the church used sex to control people" - and that it's time to spread the gospel overseas. Reported by SFGate 2 hours ago.