Welcome!
The Pacific Center for Sex and Society (PCSS) , whose director is Dr. Milton Diamond, is located within the University of Hawai‘i. It is a not-for-profit entity associated with the John A. Burns School of Medicine (Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology).
Research at the Center is primarily concerned with sexual development and other issues of sex that are related to social issues. We have done research on and published on such topics as abortion, family planning, HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, intersexuality, pornography, same-sex marriage, transsexuality and sex education. Research associated with many of these topics remains ongoing.
In the past these efforts were supported, in the main, by the Ford Foundation, the National Institutes of Mental Health and Child Development, the Guttmacher Institute and the Garfield Foundation. With Dr. Diamond's retirement from the University at the end of 2009 (although he will be continuing his studies and researches), such funds are no longer available. Contributions to assist these efforts are welcome and can be made tax free to "The University of Hawai‘i, Dr. Diamond's project 121.98204".
A wide range of published papers is archived on this web site, and more are added regularly; these mainly address issues of intersex, transgender, transsexuality, ethics and pornography. Visitors are very welcome to read them, whether their interest is professional or personal.
Nature loves variety. Unfortunately, society hates it.
Contact
You can contact the Center's Director, Dr. Milton Diamond, by e-mail at diamond@hawaii.edu, or write to him at:
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
1960 East-West Road, Honolulu
Hawai‘i 96822, U.S.A.
Dr. Diamond is often contacted in regard to someone desiring his consultation for a private matter regarding a gender or other sex-related issue. Currently he only consults for organizations, governmental entities, colleagues, or the media. However, for those persons in Hawai‘i or those coming through Hawai‘i, he refers his wife Connie Brinton-Diamond, Ph.D. She is a clinical psychotherapist with many years of experience. [Phone 808-341-4346.]
Announcements
March 2012: Video interview with Dr. Diamond
In February 2012 Dr. Diamond was interviewed via Skype by Christan Williams of the Transgender Center in Houston, Texas. The 35-minute interview is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqU1IxEDxk.
August 2011: Reward!
Dr. Diamond is looking for two people that were born in the Atlanta Northside Hospital in 1985. They accidently had their penises burned off during what should have been routine circumcisions. [read the whole announcement]
July 2011: Vimeo.com videos of "Brainwash" documentary series
Documentary series on the nature-nurture issue in boy/girl behaviors. The series is in Norwegian with English subtitles. Each episode is around 40 minutes in length. [read the whole announcement]
July 2011: Youtube videos of "Intersexion" TV documentary
A television documentary fronted by Mani Bruce Mitchell has been televised in New Zealand in July 2011, and has been very well received. [read the whole announcement]
November 2010: Recommended book on Klinefelter's Syndrome
The book is available for free download from this web site. Read more about it ...
2010: Are you a twin? Are you transsexual?
The abstract of the results of this study is now (January 2011) available. [read the whole announcement]
News
In January 2012 Dr. Diamond spent most of the month of January at the Osaka Prefecture University in Japan, giving lectures and individual instruction to the academic staff. See Osaka University's page on this.
Dr. Diamond was awarded the Kinsey Award for 2011 by the Midcontinent Region of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, “in recognition of his excellence in sexuality research and his global impact on the study and understanding of human sexuality” - August 3, 2010
Dr. Diamond's upcoming engagements
Dr. Diamond continues to be available for lectures, speeches, conferences and presentations after his retirement from the University.
- Matsue, Japan: August 1-4, 2012
Invitation to present a workshop on Sex Education methods; lecture on Intersex and Transsex - Havana, Cuba (postponed: revised dates to be arranged),
Physicians and Health Workers
This site was last updated on
March 11, 2012
, and this particular page was last updated on March 11, 2011.
The site was completely re-written in September/October 2009. Calls to pages from the old version should be redirected automatically to their new equivalents. For any problems related to the web site, e-mail the webmistress at mockford@hawaii.edu.