Results for: book
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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.
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A Quick and Easy Guide to Making Consent Exciting, Not Scary: An Interview with Isabella Rotman on Her New Book
Rotman’s comic A Quick and Easy Guide to Consent is a fun, well-written, and much needed refresher that I strongly recommend to anyone with a body that wants to connect with others and their bodies.
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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.
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Netflix’s “The Principles of Pleasure” Invites Us Out of Shame and Into the Light
Pleasure can be sexual, but it also doesn’t have to be. I think I could have a healthier relationship with sex and my body by defining what pleasure means for me, without the influence of sex and attraction.
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The Gay B C’s of Sex: T Is for Tribbing
Rubbing your bits against another hot bod is both physically and visually pleasurable, no matter what you call it.
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Anonymous Sex Diary: A Couple Rekindles Their Sex Life with “Intimacy Boot Camp”
We’re both trying to avoid the lesbian bed death trope, hoping to be remembered in history as lovers, not “really good friends.”
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The Gay B C’s of Sex: G Is for Gold Star Lesbian
Put on your lesbian hard hats — we’re about to enter dangerous territory.
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The Gay B C’s of Sex: S Is for Stone
Slick back your hair and cuff those sleeves — we’re heading back to the 1940s and ’50s.
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What Does It Mean to Be a “Bottom” or “Submissive” in Lesbian Sex?
What does it mean when to identify as a “bottom” or a “submissive” in queer sex? I come armed with data and some very vague answers.
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How Do I Approach Sex With My Partner of Six Years While We’re Both Navigating Trauma?
The lack of sex that resulted from our wildly differing needs has had a lasting impact.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Masturbation May
Give yourself a hand — it’s International Masturbation Month!
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Lesbian Sex: Your 15 Favorite Ways To Have It
How do lesbians have sex? Well, we have an actual answer for you: here are the 15 sex acts we consider a regular part of our sex lives.
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How to Masturbate When You’re Sexually Repressed
Here’s how to masturbate when shame is getting in your way.
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Intimate Geographies: I Didn’t Think I Deserved To Be Topped, I Was Very Wrong
Over and over, the universe has instructed me: ask for what you want. Over and over, I’ve refused.
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I’m a Bisexual Woman With Genital Herpes — Here’s What’s in My Sex Bag
After my diagnosis, I thought my sex life was over. I was wrong.
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The Gay B C’s of Sex: L Is for Lesbian Bed Death
Why did the term “lesbian bed death” stick around in the queer imagination? Well, it’s catchy. And it’s scary!
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We Sat On Cakes to Find Our Joy
After months of holding ourselves back in order to keep ourselves and others safe from COVID, we were chasing abundance.
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Intimate Geographies: An Old-Fashioned Lesbian Melodrama
This is a story where I’m not the protagonist.
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Needle Play Brings Me Back into My Body Over and Over Again
Editor’s Note: This essay includes descriptions of piercings with hypodermic needles and blood in a BDSM context and brief references to self-harm. Needles are an edge. They encompass many spheres and much stigma, reminding us that we’re flesh sacks filled with fluid a mere pinprick can pierce. IV drug users and those who are tattooed […]
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Yes, Some Of Us Use Dental Dams (And They’re Hot)
I attended the Chicago Pride Parade, where safer sex advocates tossed dental dams in shiny squares of plastic from a float. Thrilled, I swept them up, put them in my bag and promptly put them to use.