I just received a link to a really important article on the topic of sexual violence against women and how it can affect sexual health behaviors. Some people find the topic of sexual assault triggering, so I ask you to take care of yourself around that before reading this. The paper “Sexual Violence Against Women: […]

People are still getting riled up around HIV & porn. And two bloggers whose opinions I generally click with have come to two very different places on this issue. Tony Comstock has some interesting stuff to say about the safety of porn performers and the general lack of response from the sex-positive world. He makes […]

Alternet has an amazing article about some of the crazy anti-sex laws we have in various parts of the US and how they get misused. For example, a gay father in Georgia is banned from letting any of his ‘homosexual partners and friends” around his kids. And a law passed in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana in […]

Via @audaciaray LGBT rights vary widely from place to place. With all of the current hoopla in the US about same-sex marriage, I think it’s important to recognize the struggles queers face in other places. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has created a world map showing the places where queers […]

Via About.com:Sexuality OK, so maybe not everyone geeks out about vibrators as much as I do. It’s one of the hazards perks of my job after all. And after years of talking about how people use vibrators based on anecdotal evidence and customer feedback, it’s great to have some numbers. According to two new papers […]

Those are words that I never thought I’d say. It seems that Dick Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, has finally come out and said that he supports gay marriage, but on the state level rather than the federal level since marriage has historically been regulated on the state level in the US. And I […]

If you’re kinky and looking for folks to connect with, you might find Facebook to be a bit vanilla for your tastes. Plus, Facebook doesn’t give you too many options for relationship types. If you’re polyamorous, have a play partner, a life partner and a submissive, Facebook simply can’t handle that. If you want a […]