Every body: What voices, bodies, and contexts are missing from the conversation about sexual health? (Every body: Que vozes, corpos e contextos estão em falta no diálogo sobre saúde sexual?)

On September 4th, 2026 — Portugal’s National Sexual Health Day — the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology (SPSC) will host an online event titled Every Body: What voices, bodies and contexts are missing from the conversation about sexual health?

Inspired by the World Sexual Health Day 2026 theme, Every Body, this event is built on a simple but powerful premise: sexual health, rights, justice and pleasure belong to every person, in every body, without exception. And yet, there are communities whose experiences, needs and knowledge remain largely absent from sexual health education, clinical practice and academic discourse in Portugal.

The event brings together voices from communities that are rarely heard in this context, not to speak about them, but to learn with them. Each guest will share their community’s perspective around three guiding questions: What is missing in sexual health education about my community? What are the greatest sexual health challenges faced by my community? And how can spaces for conversations about sexual health, including clinical consultations, sexual education and academia, become more inclusive and adapted?

The session will open with Marta Crawford and Patrícia Pascoal, who will set the stage for the conversation, with Patrícia Pascoal also moderating the panel. Guests include a clinical psychologist and decolonial activist working with LGBTQIA+ and racialised communities, a digital educator and creator focused on LGBTQIA+ rights, a psychologist and anticapacitist activist representing people with disabilities, the Technical Director of Anémona, an association supporting trans, non-binary and queer people, and a gynaecologist and sexologist specialising in female sexuality and menopause.

This event is aimed at sexual health professionals, educators, researchers and the general public. No registration is required. We hope attendees leave with a deeper understanding of the gaps that still exist in sexual health discourse, and with concrete insights on how their own practice, teaching or advocacy can become more responsive to the communities that are too often left out of the conversation.

The event will be streamed live on September 4th at 5pm on the SPSC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuwezXIjg4-79n6mQ00Gzcg