relationships

Articles and Advice in this area:

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  • Caroline Reilly

We are living in a time where death and loss are everywhere we look and is a part of so many of our lives, often before we think it will be. Here’s some talk with The Order of The Good Death’s Sarah Chavez about death positivity – what it is, what that means, and who it can help – and how young people can better understand death, can better talk to each other about it and support each another through it.

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  • Heather Corinna

A short, fast, sex ed summary about the basics of sexual consent.

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  • Liz Duck-Chong

We hope every time you open up to someone about your truth they respond with love and kindness. But we also want to make sure you’re prepared in case they don’t, and give you some practical strategies and tools to look after yourself if that’s what happens. With that in mind, here’s a new, totally non-exhaustive, step by step guide to coming out.

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  • Andrew Gurza

It took a long time for me to come to terms with my singledom, but now that I’m here, I couldn’t be happier.

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  • Manola Secaira

As the children of immigrants in the U.S. look for love, a question emerges: how do you deal with the idea of losing your cultural identity?

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…

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  • s.e. smith

Sex isn’t a tit-for-tat experience, but communicating can help you build a mutually pleasurable and fun sex life.

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  • Finn Black

About one in five people in the United States over age 12 — approximately 45 million individuals — are infected with HSV-II, the virus that causes genital herpes. Around 50-80 percent of the adult population has oral herpes, which most people contract through nonsexual contact in childhood.

Advice
  • Hannah Boning

It sounds like you’ve put a lot of thought into what you want from a romantic and sexual relationship, and that’s great! It’s always good to spend some time figuring out what you want and need before you start a relationship. By knowing yourself and your boundaries, you’ve got a solid foundation for…

Advice
  • Heather Corinna

I think what you both should do — or more to the point, the only sound thing I think you can do — is accept each of your feelings and wants instead of trying to change them. I also think it’s important you let your girlfriend know that she should work to accept her feelings as well. I think it would…