Queer nightlife in the early twentieth century, taking yourself out to dinner, a herpes vaccine, talking about chronic health problems and more.

Sex: it’s complicated! Some people like some things and other people like other things and some people love things other people do not like at all!

Do you pick up pennies for good luck? Does part of you still think stepping on a crack will break your mother’s back? Did you know that apparently “to kill an albatross is to cause bad luck to the ship and all upon it”? Bummer!

“People are usually surprised to hear things about my past, like how I was a cheerleader, and in a sorority, and a dancer, and in musical theatre.”

There was a time before time, in the yawning abyss of darkness and starfire that is the infinite and ever-expanding universe — a time before any of us had had lesbian sex. Most of us thought about it, though, or tried to imagine how it would work! We were not always correct.

“I’m going to make a shirt that says Rachel Is Right or maybe Listen to Rachel.”

When did you know it was over?

Trolls on Twitter got you down? Tired of Mark Zuckerberg’s Real Name Policy? Looking for a social network not owned by a massive corporation? Mastodon may be your next haunt.

Lingerie for trans women, queers and virginity, a history of squirting, kink and writing, sex and writing, what Eileen Myles does in bed and more.

Sexting and insecurity, the future of porn, casual sex, pubic hair habits, how to recycle sex toys and more.

Kegels aren’t as good for you as everyone thinks they are, sex tips from the New York Public Library, Dildo, Newfoundland, and more.

Kara has an unexpected visitor, Sam discovers more about her past, Alex is criminally underused, and Lena is MIA.

More people are having gay sex, vaginas have a smell and that’s okay, how to have sex dreams, Tinder’s getting more trans friendly and more.

Sex toys for when you want your hands free to do something else or someone else.

A few months ago, some of us took the Enneagram test and felt extremely uncomfortable with the truths it revealed about us. As fun as that was, we thought it would be even more fun to make even more Autostraddle staff do it and also share their results with a large audience. Let’s see if we were right!

Excerpts from super hot queer erotica short stories just for you.

A selection of queer erotica just for you.

Why we like BDSM, ecosexual art, what counts as sex, how sex toy manufacturers get around online marketing restrictions, vagina shape and orgasm, and more.

The most common safe words, how to win at online dating messages, sex and sadness, a vagina kayak artist update, how we think about obscenity and more.

Here’s when we knew deep in our bones we were goners.