By lunaKM Foreplay. It is what we do to arouse ourselves and our partners before sex. We all have different things we enjoy for foreplay and the time we like to spend on foreplay before sex. Having sex with an overweight partner is about awareness as well as passion. You want to make sure that […]
By Sea
This article is third of a three-series article that explains what BDSM is, and why people enjoy it. It would be helpful to those with or without an interest in BDSM who wish to know more about the terms and origins
By Richard Wagner
There been some interest, on the part of some of my age peers, as to a possible link between masturbation and prostate cancer for us older guys.
I’ve been reading the literature on this topic for years. Every now and again a study will pop up that claims to provide a definitive answer to this perennial question.
My California Summer Travels
By Indigo
It’s hard to believe the summer is over. I spent the last two weeks of August traveling throughout Los Angeles and San Francisco, California on a creative, sexy poly adventure without my partner.
The Great Divide: Between Men and Women in the Ancient Americas
Transgenderism in Myth, Part Two
By Bex vanKoot
Last month we discussed transgender archetypes and myths in the “classical” world of Greece and Rome. The myths and names we are most familiar with aren’t the only ones haunting our past, as transgenderism, bisexuality and other queer issues were once a mainstay of popular culture in the ancient Americas as well!
By Shanna Katz
A huge thanks to Avory for sharing some of zir thoughts about their Genderqueer identity. There are definitely some interesting answers here, particularly dealing with the process of going through multiple identities to find one that fits
By Nina Love
Choosing the right clothing is an ongoing challenge. Most of us feel the pressure to fit in while standing apart. It’s an age old double edge sword. And in our little world the expectations are even higher. There are countless articles, blogs and rants about appropriate fetish attire.
By Kat Stamoulis
This year the 2011 Alternatives Sexualities Conference was held in Washington, DC, having moved from its previous homes in Chicago and San Francisco. I was in attendance at the conference, hosted by CARAS, not as a researcher or a clinician in the field, but as an undergraduate student with a passion for human sexuality as well as an active member of the kink scene.
By T.M. Bernard
Look around and note a quiet and compelling cultural shift. In real time and in conjunction with the apparent demise of societal, political, organizational and communal structures, a quiet revolution is taking place…
By Erin Fae
This photo (Catherine Opie, “Pervert—Self-Portrait,” NSFW link: http://emuseum2.guggenheim.org/media/full/2003.68_ph_web.jpg) scared me when I was 16. Part of the fear was my own fascination.
