Resources

Articles

• The original SCT paper:
  van Anders SM, 2015. Beyond sexual orientation: Integrating gender/sex and diverse sexualities in Sexual Configurations Theory. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 1177-1213.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free, though you need to log in. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• A response to commentaries on the original SCT paper:
  van Anders SM & Schudson ZC, 2015. A response to commentaries on ''Beyond sexual orientation: Integrating gender/sex and diverse partnered sexualities via Sexual Configurations Theory.'' Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46, 1547-1550.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free, though you need to log in. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• Empirical qualitative work with gender/sex and sexual minority people:
  Schudson ZC, Dibble ER, & van Anders SM, 2017. Gender/Sex and sexual diversity via Sexual Configurations Theory: Insights from a qualitative study with gender and sexual minorities. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 4, 422-437.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free, though you need to log in. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• Empirical qualitative work with gender/sex and sexual majority people:
  Abed EC, Schudson ZC, Gunther OD, Beischel WJ, & van Anders SM, 2019. Sexual and gender diversity among sexual and gender/sex majorities: Insights via sexual configurations theory. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 1423-1441.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• SCT "Heatmaps"! Aggregates of sexual configurations by some gender/sex categories:
  Beischel WJ, Schudson ZC, & van Anders SM, 2021. Visualizing gender/sex diversity via sexual configurations theory. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8, 1-13.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• How people react to using SCT online:
  Beischel WJ, Schudson ZC, & van Anders SM, 2021. “This is mind expanding”: Reactions to an online survey using sexual configurations theory. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 8, 14-24.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• The knowledge translation paper: What people including professionals (e.g., educators, researchers, clinicians) think about SCT and how they might use it:
  Beischel WJ, Schudson ZC, Hoskin RA, Mao J, Zielinski A, & van Anders SM, 2021. Translating knowledge of sexual configurations theory via instructional videos. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 23-43.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  
• How is SCT trans-inclusive?
  van Anders SM, Beischel WJ, & Schudson ZC, 2021. Sexual configurations theory, inclusion of trans people. in AE Goldberg & G Beemyn (Eds) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies.
  ----->You can download it here, or on academia.edu for free. You can also always email Dr. van Anders for a copy!
  
  

zine

A magazine-like presentation of SCT! It's less formal, more casual, all graphic, and a more accessible way to learn about SCT. It is free to download and you are welcome to print copies and share; just make sure you cite us and give it away for free!


• THE ZINE!! Iantaffi A & Barker M-J (words), Scheele J (illustrations), & van Anders SM (ideas), 2018. Mapping Your Sexuality: From Sexual Orientation to Sexual Configurations Theory.
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• A Belarusian Translation of the SCT zine! Пераклад зіна пра ТСК на беларускую мову!
  Iantaffi A & Barker M-J (words), Scheele J (illustrations), & van Anders SM (ideas) (AA Klishin, U Harbacki, Translators), 2018/2022. Картаграфія Тваёй Сэксуальнасьці: ад сэксуальнай арыентацыі да Тэорыі Сэксуальных Канфігурацыяў.
  
  
• A French Translation of the SCT zine! Schématiser votre sexualité!
  Iantaffi A & Barker M-J (words), Scheele J (illustrations), & van Anders SM (ideas) (Burns J, Ibrahim A, Konermann M, & Kredl K, in collaboration with Arnaud M-M & Paquette M-M, Translators), 2018/2021. Schématiser votre sexualité: De l'orientation sexuelle à la Théorie des configurations sexuelles.
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• An Italian Translation of the SCT zine! Mappando La Sessualità!
  Iantaffi A & Barker M-J (words), Scheele J (illustrations), & van Anders SM (ideas) (see zine for list of translators!), 2018/2021. Mappando La Sessualità: dall'orientamento sessuale alla eoria delle configurazioni sessuali.
  
  
• A Spanish Translation of the SCT zine! La traducción al español del zine sobre TCS!
  Iantaffi A & Barker M-J (words), Scheele J (illustrations), & van Anders SM (ideas) (IM Otero, RV Molina, C Rodríguez-Díaz, Translators), 2018/2020. Delineando Tu Sexualidad: de orientación sexual a la Teoría de configuraciones sexuales.
  
  
  
  

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Videos

Feel free to watch, share, and/or use these SCT videos in your own research or education, or more!


• SCT gender/sex sexuality video
  Beischel WJ, Silver E, Christiansen A, & van Anders SM, 2020, October 9. SCT & Gender/Sex Sexuality. YouTube. https://youtu.be/1ejZRlQawVQ
• En Français! La TCS et al sexualité genre/sexe.
  Beischel WJ, Silver E, Christiansen A, & van Anders SM, Arnaud M-M, Burns J, Ibrahim A, Konermann M, Kredl K, & Paquette M-M, Translators. 2020, October 9. SCT & Gender/Sex Sexuality. YouTube. https://youtu.be/T0CuAxjaOx8
  
  
• SCT partner number sexuality video
  Beischel WJ, Abed EC, Mazurek A, Mao J, & van Anders SM, 2020, October 9. SCT & Partner Number Sexuality. YouTube. https://youtu.be/2fRj3T4UazI
  
• En Français! La TCS et la sexualité du nombre de partenaires.
  Beischel WJ, Silver E, Christiansen A, & van Anders SM, and Arnaud M-M, Burns J, Ibrahim A, Konermann M, Kredl K, & Paquette M-M, 2020, October 9. SCT & Gender/Sex Sexuality. YouTube. https://youtu.be/8pOc4Jose_I8
  
  
• SCT individual gender/sex video
  Beischel WJ, Schudson ZS, & van Anders SM, 2020, October 9. SCT & Individual Gender/Sex. YouTube. https://youtu.be/mxzJguDzbnM
  
• En Français! La TCS & le genre/sexe individuel.
  Beischel WJ, Silver E, Christiansen A, & van Anders SM, and Arnaud M-M, Burns J, Ibrahim A, Konermann M, Kredl K, & Paquette M-M, translators, 2020, October 9. SCT & Gender/Sex Sexuality. YouTube. https://youtu.be/o0MIMqXRGeA
  
  
• Here is a neat video for some new work we are doing on visualizing the importance of various aspects of sexuality (actions/behaviours, partner number sexuality, gender/sex sexuality) across some domains (fantasy, in-person sexuality, and porn). SCT circle sizes
  Gormezano A & van Anders SM, 2021. SCT & Individual Gender/Sex.
  
  
• Here is a video not made by us, but very cool! What's beyond sexual orientation? Sexual Configurations Theory. By Tallulah Guard.

Teaching + Workbook

• We developed some materials for teaching and using SCT - check them out! Feel free to use them with attribution, and adapt to use in the way most helpful to you! You can click to download the PDF or PowerPoint files. Cite as van Anders SM, Burns J, Kredl K, & Shuchat D (2021). Sexual configurations theory: A new way of understanding gender/sex and sexuality. Retrieved from https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/van-anders-lab/sct.html.
• Here is a very basic workbook for you to use for your own sexual and gender/sex configurations, in your research, your teaching, your art, or otherwise! It should be printable in greyscale or color, and usable in color by people who have color-blindness.
  You can click here to download! Cite as Schudson ZS, Dibble ER, & van Anders SM (2017). Sexual configurations theory interview workbook. Retrieved from https://www.queensu.ca/psychology/van-anders-lab/sct.html.
  
• A French Translation of the SCT workbook! Manuel de la Théorie des configurations sexuelles
  Schudson ZS, Dibble ER, & van Anders SM (Kredl KF, Konermann M, Burns J, & Ibrahim A, Translators), 2017/2021. Manuel de la Théorie des configurations sexuelles.

Measures

If you are interested in using SCT in your own research, get in touch by emailing Dr. van Anders!

• We have code you can use in Qualtrics for people to fill out SCT diagrams online.
• We have code to make "SCT heatmaps" that collate people's locations across groups.
• We also have a coding scheme developed for visually coding SCT locations and branchedness/coincidence.