Results for: bisexual
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I Can Masturbate, No Hands: On Innovative Masturbation and the Power of Friendship
“Through frank conversations with cross country mates and cheeky hints in coming-of-age films, I learned that masturbation is something people do to their vaginas with fingers, shower heads and (though I often doubted it) hairbrush handles. I intrinsically knew that what happened when I pressed my thighs together and held my breath was masturbation, too, but as my Encyclopedia of Wank expanded with no reflection of my own methods, it became clear that I was missing a fundamental element of jerking off.”
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Responsive and Spontaneous
What it means to have a sex drive, why the widespread idea of how the vibrator was invented is rooted in patriarchy (also, wrong), the story of LA’s trans-inclusive strip club night and more.
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You Need Help: Navigating Aggression, Desire and Gender in Dating
You don’t need to measure up to any of the things you’ve been taught are the “right” ways to be as a sexual being. There is no way to do sexuality “right” by any objective, external standard.
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14 Knuckles: Can Two Switches Have Sex?
Can two switches have sex? I think so, and I think there is something beautifully different about having sex with someone with whom sexual options are truly abundant.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 206: Celebrity Crushes
Celebrity crushes mean more to queer people than they do to straight people. They can be our first expressions of queer desire or our first expressions of gender envy. They can be a safe place to try out urges that aren’t ready for the real world.
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Anatomy of a Mango: Pit
Even one-night-stands have a spirit to them, but I wasn’t willing to confront that until I stopped drinking. When I did, I was finally able to place my mind right within my body, to touch and be touched without fear. Having sober sex was a way for me to unravel the contempt I felt around my body and my sexuality.
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Revisiting the Sex-Ed Revolution: On Documenting Sex Ed in Queer Bodies
What might we be able to do if we more carefully record, preserve, and distribute our accumulated queer sex-ed, and not just pass knowledge through the intimate, sometimes deeply guarded connections formed through sexual and romantic relationships? More than 30 years later, Party Safe and Latex and Lace contain clues to becoming allies to our own queer bodies.
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You Need Help: Closeted Girlfriends, Pregnant Butches, Straight Weddings and More
Our fundraiser perk super special You Need Help is here!
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How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy During a Global Crisis
Tips and tricks from a therapist and multiple queer couples about how to keep your communication and boundaries strong.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 109: Fucking Your Friends
Is it a date or are we just friends? Why not both! This week we’re talking about fucking your friends with Autostraddle Community Editor and fucking your friends expert Vanessa Friedman.
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You Need Help: Rebuilding Desire and Confidence in Your Partner
“How can I help her feel confident and in the mood again without sacrificing any more of myself?”
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 108: First Dates
It’s a CROSSOVER SPECIAL! We’re joined To L and Back Analyssa Lopez! We’re talking about first dates — the who, the what, the where, the why, AND the how.
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5 Relationship Lessons from Queer Films Past and Present
We have more movies about lesbian and bisexual women than ever before; they’re not necessarily always realistic, but can still bring us meaningful and constructive relationship truths, regardless of how far removed from our real lives their plots are, or how many falcons they contain.
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How to Have Lesbian Sex For the First Time
This is how we do it, it’s Sunday night and I’m feeling right, the party is here on the Lez Side.
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How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time: A Workshop with Luna Matatas
From owning your erotic imagination to navigating your anatomy and someone else’s, here’s your intro to having gay sex for the first time.
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The Elusive Three-Way Relationship: How to Avoid F*cking It Up
A how-to guide to your first polyamorous adventure, from someone who made all the mistakes so you don’t have to.
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You Need Help: So Your Best Friend Is a SWERF
If you are out to your friend, or are thinking of coming out to her, and she still holds fast to her SWERF-y beliefs even after you explain how it hurts you, then you have one final choice to make: Stay, or go.
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95% of Lesbians Keep Their Fingernails Short, All Hands On Deck
According to our Lesbian Stereotypes Survey, y’all have overwhelmingly short nails and also a lot of you play the piano?
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Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?
I don’t want to put any songs on my breakup playlist that any of my exes have used, or are using, to woo their new girlfriends.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Homo For Holidays
The holidays make people horny, apparently (?). Plus when vulvas taste like vulvas, why exes are a plague this time of year, a cis-trans lesbian couple who found each other in the closet and more.