Tears, joy and friendship: building community as gay men. We will cover questions that addresses break ups, creating boundaries, romantic and sexual relationships in the gay community and healing from childhood traumas and daddy issues. Jonathan Torres (he/his) is a first generation Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the island migrating to USA in 2010
He is an experienced, locally recognized sexuality educator who provides public and private sexuality education, consulting and training.
He has worked as a sex educator and program supervisor at Family Services for almost four years, having received his BA in Liberal Arts from Cambridge College and his Sex Ed training from the Department of Public Health.
For the majority of my career, he has provided comprehensive sex education, HIV and STI prevention services, and support to youth at risk and LGBTQ+ youth in the Lawrence, Ma community.
“I look at sex education through the prism of social justice. My work is centered on the idea that having access to empathetic, thorough, and evidence-based sexuality education is a key component of overall wellbeing and equality of our future youth.”