Cybersex, erotic tech and virtual intimacy are on the rise during COVID-19

By Simon Dubé , Dave Anctil & Maria Santaguida The coronavirus pandemic is affecting sexuality and relationships. The confinement and social distancing measures protecting us are unintentionally exacerbating intimacy-related difficulties and limiting people’s access to partners. For some, COVID-19 is synonymous with loneliness and relationship stress. Many people end up choosing between intimacy and security. …

The Forgotten Origins of the Modern Gay Rights Movement in WWI

In the winter of 1915, a German soldier died in a field hospital in Russia. We don’t know his name, but he helped revolutionize the way people advocated for gay rights. By Laurie Marhoefer One of the World War I’s most enduring legacies is largely forgotten: It sparked the modern gay rights movement. Gay soldiers …

A guide to getting off to your own sexual fantasies and imagination

By Jess Joho They say the mind is the biggest, most powerful sex organ in the body. But, uh, don’t try visualizing that mental image too vividly or literally, unless you’re into that sorta thing? Instead, imagine your favorite fictional crush pressing you up against a wall, or think back to the hottest sex you …

Masturbating techniques from a self-love sexpert

(A timely message as National Masturbation Month come to an end) By Olivia Adams This May is #masturbationmonth – and these imaginative masturbating ideas will level up your self-loving techniques There is no shame is self-pleasure. In fact, more and more women are recognising masturbating as a form of  sexual self-care (read: wellness). Because the …

What it’s like to be sharing a polyamorous home during lockdown

Love in the time of coronavirus is tough enough for two. Adding a third or fourth romantic partner to the quarantine equation only makes life more complicated. by Abby Moss Quarantine is putting a lot of strain on people in relationships. For long-term couples, being trapped under the same roof 24/7 is inevitably going to …

It’s Time to Rediscover the Lost Art of Phone Sex

The case for revisiting an old, but not obsolete, form of long-distance sex By Kayla Kibbe These are deeply unhorny times. While a slim window of romanticized pre-quarantine panic may have briefly ignited a period of chaotic sexual energy last week, which ultimately just left some of us in quarantine with UTIs, the subsequent dread, …