Why Being In A Throuple Could Be Your Best Relationship Ever

By Aryelle Siclait You’ve heard that two’s company and three’s a crowd. But throuples are here to prove that three—yes, three—is where the party’s at. As you may have guessed, a throuple is a romantic relationship between three people. And while the term might be new to you, Ann Rosen Spector, PhD, a clinical psychologist …

How Better Sex Education Supports LGBTQ Kids’ Mental Health

By Kelly Gonsalves We know sex education in America needs a lot of work. Not only do most states lack comprehensive, medically accurate, and pleasure-positive sex ed programs, but they also tend to leave out or outright antagonize LGBTQ kids. And according to recent research, sex ed that excludes sexual and gender minorities can have …

5 Ways To Handle Jealousy In Open & Polyamorous Relationships

By Caroline Colvin The idea of an open or polyamorous relationship can be exciting for some people — it’s the giddy freedom of sleeping with whomever you want with the warm, fuzzy stability of your boo by your side. Still, while this is attractive, a little green-eyed monster might creep in at the thought of …

10 pieces of advice for helping a partner who has been sexually assaulted

By Sophia Mitrokostas According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, around one in three women and one in six men in the US will experience some form of contact sexual violence during their lifetime. People who have been sexually assaulted are more than capable of being in healthy and fulfilling relationships, but if your …

Netflix’s ‘Special’ Brings Disability and Gay Sex to the Forefront

By Mathew Rodriguez A simple matter of budget ended up making one of the most revolutionary queer stories on television. Ryan O’Connell, Will & Grace writer and author of the memoir I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, was not attached to star in the show he’d write and create when he first pitched …