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Congratulations to our Director, Dana Seitler, for winning the Ludwik & Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize! The Ludwik and

Brock Hessel, 34, is an emerging theatre creator who, for the past two years, has been doing personal care work

Exciting news! This year’s edition of Hardwire: the Undergraduate Journal of Sexual Diversity Studies, is now live on the Undergraduate

To SDS faculty, staff, students, and community: As everyone knows by now, all in-person class meetings have been cancelled through

The Centre is thrilled to announce that our Director, Dana Seitler, has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award for

Video streaming sites like YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime are designed in a way that has a lot in common with casinos. They’re a cacophony of sounds, images and text all working to capture your attention and keep you constantly searching for the next thrill.

But according to Patrick Keilty, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, these design elements first found their footing in an unexpected place: pornography.

Keilty has been studying the business, technology and culture of the porn industry. He’s also the archives director of the Sexual Representation Collection at the university’s Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.

His recent article “Desire by design: pornography as technology industry” (link to PDF) explores how porn sites create an “immersive viewing experience” that keeps visitors engaged for longer periods of time.