How to broach the topic of sex toys with your partner

By Ashley Laderer To introduce sex toys into your relationship gently, be sure to avoid complaining or critiquing your partner’s sexual performance. You should also be direct with your desires, but willing to compromise based on what your partner wants. Looking for a toy together can also help you to come to a decision with …

Surrogate Therapy Takes a Hands-On Approach to Overcoming Sexual Trauma

—Up to and Including Intercourse By Shannon Gormley Touch, erotic or not, can communicate painful memories, insecurities and vulnerabilities that are hard to verbalize. One of the most revelatory moments of Carlene Ostedgaard’s career was the time she got an orgasm from having her shoulder touched. It happened a few years ago, when Ostedgaard, 35, …

How Gay Culture Blossomed During the Roaring Twenties

During Prohibition, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily. By Sarah Pruitt On a Friday night in February 1926, a crowd of some 1,500 packed the Renaissance Casino in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood for the 58th masquerade and civil ball of Hamilton Lodge. Nearly half of those attending the event, reported the …

Mouthwash Helps Kill Gonorrhea Germs in Mouth, Throat: Study

Listerine’s maker has long made the claim, and new Australian research seems to confirm it by Robert Preidt [A] commercial brand of mouthwash can help control gonorrhea bacteria in the mouth, and daily use may offer a cheap and easy way to reduce the spread of the sexually transmitted disease, a small study from Australia …

On Sex Ed

— “Our Side” Is Finally Fighting Back The new group EducateUS is creating a counter-movement to the conservative groups stoking a culture war over sexuality education. By Joan Walsh When the nation began to emerge from our collective Covid lockdowns two to three years ago, some public education advocates noticed that parents were developing strange …

Sex And Intimacy In The Generative AI Era

By Bernard Marr Sex and technology have long been intertwined – millions of us use dating apps to find partners, and some of the earliest commercial online activity revolved around pornography. So, it’s not surprising that generative AI – technology that enables computers to create realistic, lifelike content in many forms – is already creating …