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Shuttering the Kinsey Institute

In April 2023, the Indiana General Assembly voted to ban providing funds to the historic and world famous Kinsey Institute, one of the originators of the study of sexuality.

Letters, Petitions, & Toolkits

• Keep Kinsey Institute at Indiana University
• Kinsey Institute supporters present petition at statue of its founder [Indiana Public Media]

Articles

• The Kinsey Institute, and Sexual Research, Under Attack (Podcast) [iHeart]
• Indiana University officials ditch plan to split off Kinsey Institute, known for its sex research [AP]
• Indiana U Abandons Plan to Spin Off Part of Kinsey Institute [Inside Higher Ed]
• The Kinsey Institute, the world’s top sex research center, faces existential threat from conservative attacks [Guardian] - IU lacking transparency in Kinsey Institute funding problem, Kinsey staff say [IDS]
• Kinsey Researchers Ask for More Transparency [Herald Times Online]
• IU lacking transparency in Kinsey Institute funding problem, Kinsey staff say [IDS]
• Friends of Kinsey Public Statement [PDF]
• IU community expresses concerns over changes to Kinsey Institute in listening session [IDS]
• Researchers decry admin plan to sever Kinsey Institute from IU [WFIU]
• IU Board Tables Controversial Changes to Kinsey Institute [Inside Higher Ed]
• House Republicans block funds for Kinsey Institute [Indiana Public Media]
• IU faculty criticize anti-Kinsey amendment in state budget [WFIU]