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Articles and Advice in this area:

Article
  • Heather Corinna
  • Giselle Woodley

There’s a lot to unpack with sexual choking. Here’s some science, including some real dangers, and some guidance, to help anyone make informed decisions to ensure safer, healthy, consensual and mutually-enjoyable experiences.

Article
  • Gabriel Leão

In an exclusive interview with Scarleteen, Amnesty International Argentina Executive Director Mariela Belski, spoke about the road to the recent abortion legalization in Argentina, sex education in the South-American country and remembering the case of the child that acted as a catalyst to the changes the country has recently made.

Advice
  • Sam Wall

I feel you, Mandy! I’m a woman whose adult height is five feet and when I was 16 I weighed about a hundred pounds soaking wet. I suspect (but cannot prove) my parents were a little more protective of me than they would have been if I was a boy, but I have to give credit where credit is due. They…

Article
  • Al Washburn

STI rates are higher in communities of color. Get the facts so you can fight the stereotypes.

Article
  • s.e. smith

Facial surgeries can change the shape or structure of your face to align with your gender identity.

Article
  • s.e. smith

Vaginoplasty constructs a vagina from existing genital tissue.

Article
  • s.e. smith

If you’re equipped with a clit and some labia and you’d like a penis (with or without testicles), you’re looking at either a phalloplasty or metoidioplasty.

Article
  • s.e. smith

If you have testes and don’t want them, you need an orchiectomy!

Article
  • s.e. smith

If you’ve got a uterus and you don’t want one, you’ll be spending some personal time with a gynecological surgeon.

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  • s.e. smith

If you’re considering top surgery, here’s what you need to know about options and what to expect.