This is a list of organizations and institutions of professional sexologists, sex researchers, and sexual behavior scientists. These do not include organizations of non-professionals, political advocacy or activist groups (although some organizations may engage in some advocacy as one of their activities), self-help or social groups, groups of enthusiasts for a topic in sexology, or websites unassociated with any actual organization or institution. These organizations and institutions are recognized by their local governments (such as by incorporation) or are administrative units within a larger organization that is.

Professional organizations

American Academy of Clinical Sexology American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

* American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, & Therapists (AASECT) * American Board of Sexology (ABS) * Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) * Brazilian association of Human Sexuality * British Association for Sexual and Relationship Therapy (BASRT) *

Canadian Federation for Sexual Health Canadian Youth for Choice (CYC) is a pro-choice youth advocacy group based in Ottawa, Ontario.Mathieu, Emily. (June 26, 2007).Canadian youth on road for sexual health" ''Toronto Star.'' Retrieved September 25, 2007.Legatos, Jasmin. (August 13, 200 ...

Canadian Sex Research Forum Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

* European Federation of Sexology *

European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) European, or Europeans, or Europeneans, may refer to: In general * ''European'', an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to Europe ** Ethnic groups in Europe ** Demographics of Europe ** European cuisine, the cuisines of Europe ...

* Flemish Society of Sexology *

German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research The German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (German: ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaftliche Sexualforschung'', DGSS) is a sexuality research and counselling organization (cf. sexology) based in Düsseldorf, Germany. I ...

Indian Institute of Sexology Bhubaneswar Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asia ...

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) was a private, non-accredited, for-profit graduate school and resource center for the field of sexology in San Francisco, California. It was established in 1976 and closed in 2018. D ...

* Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies *

International Academy of Sex Research The International Academy of Sex Research (IASR) is a scientific society for researchers in sexology. According to John Bancroft, retired director of the Kinsey Institute, IASR "can claim...most of the field's leading researchers." IASR is uniq ...

(IASR) * International Association of Sexual Medicine (IAS-M) * International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) *

International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders The International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO) is an international non-profit professional organization based in Vienna committed to the promotion of research of and treatment for sex offenders throughout the world.Eher ...

(IATSO) *

International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals The International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) is one of the most well known for-profit organizations that provides training and certification for licensed and interned mental health professionals who want to treat sexua ...

(IITAP), for the treatment of

sex addiction According to proponents of the concept, sexual addiction, also known as sex addiction, is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences. The con ...

* International Online Sexology Supervisors (IOSS), Online Sexology Education *

International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) The International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) is a medical society devoted to the study of the medicine of human sexuality. It publishes two journals, ''The Journal of Sexual Medicine ''The Journal of Sexual Medicine'' (''JSM'') is a peer-r ...

* International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) * Latin American Institute of Somatic Sexology (ILASS) * Magnus Hirschfeld Archive of Sexology at the

Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

* National Association for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA) * Sexology SA & The Academy for Sexology *

South Asia Institute for Human Sexuality South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

* Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) * Society of Australian Sexologists *

Society for Sex Therapy and Research The Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR, pronounced "star") is an international non-profit professional association. It was founded in 1975 and its members "have clinical and/or research interests in human sexual concerns."

(SSTAR) * Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues *

Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Socie ...

* Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS) * World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) (Previously, the ''Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association'')

Research Institutions

Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction (often shortened to The Kinsey Institute) is a research institute at Indiana University. Established in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1947 as a nonprofit, the institute merged with Indi ...

; Bloomington, Indiana, USA * Kurt Freund Laboratory;{{Cite web, url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128092109.htm, title=Pedophilia May Be The Result Of Faulty Brain Wiring, website=ScienceDaily Toronto, Canada

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