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Sex

5 Lube Dispensers for Your Next Queer Hookup — Because Presentation Is Everything

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Ro White July 10, 2023 3 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: Am I Being Unreasonable for Feeling Undesired by My Girlfriend?

I think the topic of Asian desire doesn’t get nuanced attention often enough.

himani July 4, 2023 7 Comments
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Relationships

7 Signs It’s Time for Couples Therapy, According to a Queer Relationship Therapist

You don’t have to wait for an extreme problem to seek out couples therapy.

Aliyah Moore July 3, 2023 4 Comments
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Sex

Try These Exercises for Better Strap-On Sex

It’s pride month! Let’s get jacked for our favorite sex act with exercises for strap-on sex!

Ro White June 22, 2023 8 Comments
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Relationships

You Need Help: How Can I Make Long Distance More Bearable?

Long distance will always be challenging; here are the ways you can strengthen the way you navigate those challenges.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 20, 2023 1 Comment
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Dating

You Need Help: How Do I Convince My Girlfriend That I Care?

It sounds like she’s looking for something you just can’t give her, and that’s okay. Your life is very full at the moment. It’s not too full for the right relationship, but it may be too full for THIS relationship.

Darcy June 13, 2023 6 Comments
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Sex

How to Have Sex With a Transmasculine Partner

Transmasc people have our own unique desires and boundaries in bed, just like everyone else.

Quinn Rhodes June 12, 2023 10 Comments
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Sex Toys

The Vesper Is a Vibrator Doubling as a Necklace Doubling as the Wingman I Didn’t Know I Needed

The whole vibrator-as-necklace thing might seem gimmicky, but the Vesper genuinely looks like a decent piece of androgynous jewelry.

Guest June 8, 2023 1 Comment
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Dating

You Need Help: I’m Uncertain About Wanting Kids, So Should I Only Date People Who Are Uncertain Too?

I’ve changed my mind about wanting kids throughout life, and that’s okay.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 6, 2023 9 Comments
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Sex Toys

7 Sex Toys for Fat, Queer Sex and Masturbation

As fat folks, we have to get creative in the bedroom. Fortunately, there are plenty of toys that can help you have your best fat, queer sex with yourself or with a partner.

Kelly J. June 5, 2023
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Breakups

You Need Help: How Can I Plan for a Bad Breakup?

A breakup is a huge loss, and sometimes that doesn’t even just mean losing a person but other parts of your life, too.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 30, 2023 3 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: Should I Ask My Friend on a Date Even if I Think She’ll Say No?

I’m reading Michelle Elman’s book “The Selfish Romantic” and she talks about how we can never really know unless we ask. And I feel like this is low enough risk that I may as well ask?

Casey May 23, 2023 7 Comments
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Sex

How to Masturbate When You’re Sexually Repressed

Here’s how to masturbate when shame is getting in your way.

Tara T May 22, 2023 3 Comments
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Sex Toys

The Roslyn Bodysuit Harness and the B.Cush Made Me Feel Hot and Horny

I took the advice of wise strappers before me and wore the harness and b.cush around the house for a while.

Guest May 18, 2023 3 Comments
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Relationships

Dykes on Dates: A Chill, Food-Filled Day on the Upper West Side

If you’ve never been to the American Museum of Natural History before, let me tell you about the whale.

Anya Richkind May 18, 2023 12 Comments
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Lesbian Weddings

You Need Help: Should I Invite My Friends’ Whole Polycule to My Wedding?

You can invite or not invite whoever you want to your wedding.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 16, 2023 5 Comments
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Sex Toys

Meet the Proud Pervs Behind Bedroom Besties, a New Gender-Inclusive Sex Toy Company

Bedroom Besties saw a gap in sex toy marketing. “We realized we could fill that hole — pun fully intended.”

Ro White May 15, 2023 2 Comments
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Lesbian Weddings

Blush and Bashful: How To Plan a Lesbian Wedding Ceremony

Somewhere in between thrifting 50 floral print hankies and meeting with the queer chef who is catering my wedding, I realized that I had to actually… figure out what I wanted my wedding ceremony to look like.

Vanessa May 11, 2023 13 Comments
Sex

Shibari 101: Single- and Double-Column Ties

Single-column and double-column ties are the foundation for more complicated shibari ties, and they’re also fun on their own! Here’s how to get started.

cee May 10, 2023 8 Comments
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Breakups

Let It All Out: The Technique Helping Me Get Through My First Queer Breakup

I am one month post-breakup. My first queer breakup. Floating in the abyss of mutual no contact. 

Julia Smith-Eppsteiner May 9, 2023 12 Comments
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