dental dams

An easy way to both normalize safer sex, and make sure that the young person or people in your home have access to basic safer sex and contraception they may need is to have some of those basics in your home, somewhere where everyone can easily find and see them.

Our rundown of do-it-yourself sex toys you can make and use with a partner.

Everything you'll probably ever need to know about safer sex barriers, like which to use, how to use them, how to get more comfortable with them, and how surprisingly cute they are.

When I started having sex with girls, there was no one cheering, especially not encouraging me to have safer sex. But over the last few years, I’ve finally begun to feel confident with safer sex, and it’s improved my sex life a million percent. I wish I’d gotten comfortable with it sooner.

Did your doctor have a discussion with you about the fact that your boyfriend may already have HPV? If you have been with him for a long time, and only recently was your HPV detected (particularly if you've been good about your STI testing and pap smears before now), you may well have gotten it from...

A "rim job" is a slang term for analingus. That means oral stimulation of the anus. A lot of people of all sexual orientations and genders enjoy analingus. People practicing rimming should be aware that it is risky in terms of disease transmission unless safer sex practices are used. A lot of...

Absolutely! Oral sex poses the potential for STI transmission for both the giver and the receiver. So it's wise to make sure you're using a condom (or a dental dam for oral sex on a woman) each time. One of my favorite examples of the risks associated with this is that of herpes. Many many many...