hi everyone, on sunday my boyfriend was checked into inpatient after an altercation with his father. our contact has been limited to a call a day and today he found a way around their internet's restrictions to contact me using a messenger app during the facility's designated school time. of course,...

hi there, scarleteen has a policy where they won't answer "am i pregnant" questions or irrational pregnancy fears, so instead they redirect you to some resources to help manage anxiety, here's a good link to a lot of resources you can use: http://www.scarleteen.com/anxiety_and_other_mental...

yeah! it's already gone down a lot and it's all good. thank you!!

hi, today while i was at work i noticed some slight itching and soreness down there and i just took a shower and decided to examine. using a hand mirror, i pulled apart my labia and noticed a pea-sized bump on the inside of my labia minora, close to the vaginal opening but definitely * on * the labi...

heya, i had a similar experience with toys and i'd say it's just your body getting used to it. our bodies are impressively dynamic and adaptable, so your experience is not the first by any means :^) the vagina is a muscle, and like other muscles in our body, we can train them to perform certain task...

hey, something that could help is to just relax and think about things that turn you on to get yourself going physically and mentally. this can make masturbation much more enjoyable. another thing: focusing too much on what feels good or bad can cause that lack of sensation at all - it's better to j...

thank you!!

hi, while topics like these are often very much a grey area, i think the first thing that should be addressed here is the safety of these instances in which you had sex and how you define these sexual acts. making sure you use protection each and every time you have sex is important beyond words and...

i'm in lowell :^)

hi heather,
that would be great and i'd appreciate it a lot, thank you. i'm currently part of a lgbt youth group led by a trans man so i have the emotional support covered. thank you so much

as it is, i really think the only option i have for decreasing it would be to start hrt, but that isn't viable due to my mother's attitudes towards trans people, particularly trans people my age. dysphoria in other parts of my life are easier to deal with because i can just cover up my body or bind ...

it doesn't sound like he's being very fair to you at all and some of his rhetoric is a bit toxic as well. however, it's important to keep in mind, like sam said, that there's really no middle ground between both of your needs; you shouldn't have to repress your natural human sexuality by any means, ...

hi sam, it's definitely a mix of both. for your first point, my voice is absolutely a factor in this dysphoria as his is very deep and mine just sounds like a 12 year old boy tbh. the fact that i can't get completely naked with him during sex also makes me dysphoric because i keep my binder on becau...

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hey! i'm also a trans guy and i think we all feel like this at some point or another. expressing femininity doesn't necessarily mean you're not male, it just means you're cool embracing your feminine side. however, if you're not comfortable expressing as fully male, you could experiment to find what...

hello! for some background, i'm a transgender male and my partner is a cisgender gay male. he's a very affirmative and loving partner and my gender identity has never been a big deal at all, so we never really talk about it. we've been together for a couple months now. however, my gender identity cr...

hi, it can be hard to come to terms with stuff regarding poor self image/body image, so it's good you recognize it! that's step 1 in working past it. our cultural expectations for how our bodies should look often bleed into how worthy we believe ourselves to be of love and approval. i'm sure you con...

today was the doctor's appointment and it went well! the doctor told me the lymph nodes weren't enlarged at all but it was probably more prominent because the node rests on a ligament, making it closer to the surface of the skin. so none of them are swollen and most of my concerns and other symptoms...

thank you! my mom will be making an appointment tomorrow (not without her usual attitude but what can you do about it) because i just noticed one of the lymph nodes in my thigh is also swollen. and yeah, we currently only have penetrative sex together which we always use condoms for :^) and i'm out ...

hi everyone, i've been kinda freaking out because yesterday i noticed one of the lymph nodes in my groin was swollen. of course i hop to google and everything is telling me i have hiv or cancer (or both!) but i'm trying not to catastrophize and jump to the worst conclusion. i feel fine otherwise. my...