37 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On
“Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.”
How and Why I Wrote Bang!: A Masturbation Sex-Ed Book for Everyone
I made Bang! Masturbation for People of All Genders and Abilities because it profoundly made sense to me, because there was a gaping hole in that plastic wall where there should have been some acknowledgement of pleasure, consent, or the emotions of sex. Bang! was designed to fill this gap with emotionally-aware, positive sex-ed. While we had been taught about the vas deferens and fallopian tubes, we had never been taught how to even talk about sex with a partner. I made Bang! because I thought it needed to exist.
Allison Moon’s “Getting It” Is the Casual Sex Guide You Didn’t Know You Needed
Allison Moon’s Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame-Free Sex is about more than scissoring strangers — it’s about cultivating self-awareness and sexual self-esteem. Hookup culture might look different right now, but communication and boundaries are perhaps more important than ever before. The skills outlined in Getting It will help you navigate virtual slutdom in this challenging new era of distance. And if you want to gracefully transition into a post-pandemic world of IRL sexcapades, then you better start studying up now.
Sex Ed 2.0: Books on Queer Sex That Answer Questions You Never Got To Ask
Our ongoing adult sex ed requires a little research. These books on queer sex address the questions you didn’t get to ask in health class.
8 Self-Help Books about Lesbian Relationships
Here are eight non-fiction self-help books about lesbian relationships, partnerships, marriage, and dating!
9 Books That Got Us Through Breakups, We’ll Just Leave Them Right Here For You
Here, thought you might need this.
Juno Roche’s Queer Sex Is an Argument for Erotic Empowerment
Queer Sex, a collection of interviews with trans and non-binary folks on sex, love and intimacy, is a map to erotic empowerment. In this excerpt, author Juno Roche explores her fears, hopes and erotic potential.
“Sex Etc” Is Changing The Conversation Around Femme Sexuality
“One way we can change the narratives around our sexuality and our erotic bodies is by taking up space as sexual beings and celebrating other women and femmes doing the same.” This zine is on it.
“American Hookup” Trades Moral Panic for Real Talk About Sex in College
This book is a must for college students, sex nerds, and activists alike — especially if your Trump resistance involves sex education, sexual assault prevention, or reproductive rights.
8 Exceptional Excerpts From “The Joy of Lesbian Sex”
“We have heard of a number of attempts to go down on a lover underwater, but apparently few women possess the breath-holding capacity to take their lover all the way to orgasm.”
10 Lesbianish Sex Books To Make You Better In Bed
Want to know how to have lesbian sex? These books have your back.
20 Things You Can Take Away from “The S and M Feminist” Whether You’re Into S and M or Not
“Sex education should tell people how to explore what they want, not just that they should explore.”
Sinclair Sexsmith on “Say Please: Lesbian BDSM Erotica”: The Autostraddle Interview
“The questions quickly became, what is BDSM? And what is lesbian? I’m not sure I know the answer in general, but I figured out a context for this anthology to be born into, some parameters about kinks and fetishes and gender.”