What’s sex? What’s sexuality? How do people experience and actively express their sexualities, by themselves, with partners or both? How can we take part in sex in ways that are wanted and consensual, physically and emotionally safe and enjoyable for everyone? How do you figure out what you like? How can you communicate about sex? How do you deal with feelings like fear, shame, anxiety, dysphoria and other body image issues? How do you create the kind of sexual life you want? You’ll find the answers to all these and more here.
Sex & Sexuality
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Breathe: Risks, Realities, and Safer Alternatives to Choking and Breath Play
- Heather Corinna
- Giselle Woodley
Articles and Advice in this area:
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- Heather Corinna
A short, fast, sex ed summary about the basics of sexual consent.
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- Sam Wall
- Jenna Gaarde
- Claire P
The super-basics on what lubricant is and why people use it.
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- Sam Wall
- Heather Corinna
A short, fast, sex ed summary about masturbation.
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- Sam Wall
A short, fast, sex ed summary about pleasure and fulfillment.
Article
- Carrie Kaufman
Disabled people get a lot of practice telling people about our bodies: doctors, therapists, care workers, or people in our support networks like family and friends. It’s so important to be able to tell our partners how to support and pleasure us in the ways that work for us, but even though we’ve got all that practice, this conversation can still be really hard to start. Here’s some help.
Article
- Madison Parrotta
Depending on your disability, everything involving sex may require help – and if your parent is your primary caregiver, bringing up these topics (let alone asking for assistance with them) is not an easy task.
Advice
- Sam Wall
Your question came in well before COVID-19 was on the horizon, but ever since it reared its virus-y head, a LOT of people are finding themselves in your situation. If someone experiences sexual attraction or desire, there is going to be a point in their lives where they feel sexual urges they can’t…
Announcement
- Heather Corinna
Real-deal consent requires clear, open and honest communication. And if we’re going ahead and actually being sexual together in some way, that also means an ongoing, nuanced and pretty highly situational process of communication, not just one or two super-quick, super-basic exchanges. Not only is communication as a process essential to keeping it consensual, it’s a big part of sex actually being any good for everyone involved.
Article
- Heather Corinna
No matter what you call it, masturbation is one of the few things that almost everyone does, has done or will do. Here are some of the basic things to know.
Advice
- Mo Ranyart
The good news is: you aren’t suffering from Too Much Lust, although that might be a fun name for your album when it’s complete. Jokes aside, it’s not wrong or unusual to have sexual feelings about someone you’re crushing on, whether that person is a celebrity you’ve never met or a friend you see…
