Have a friend thinking about or planning to have an abortion, and want to help? Here’s a rundown of the ways you can help, and some things that aren’t so helpful.
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- Jessamyn Fitzpatrick & Sophie Nir from The Abortion Positivity Project
Even pro-choice people fall into the trap of perpetuating abortion stigma, playing into anti-abortion rhetoric and inadvertently helping the opposition.
- Amy Marsh, Ed.D
You can’t actually be “addicted” to porn or sex, even though a whole lot of people might want to convince you otherwise.
- Gabriel Leão
São Paulo hosts one of the world’s main Pride Parades, yet it faces gargantuan opposition.
- Sassafras Patterdale
While being forced to return to a home that doesn’t feel like home might feel scary or overwhelming, try to remember that it’s not permanent.
In this series, Gabrielle Kassel fills you in on what a given kind of toy does, how it can be used, what’s needed to use with it, how to be sure to play safe, how to get it or DIY it when you can and more.
Columnist Adam England has been providing empathetic and kind advice specifically for bi guys since 2021!
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center, founded in 1996, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides vital peer support, community connections, and resource information through helplines and online chatrooms. The original program, the LGBT National Hotline…
- s.e. smith
You’ve seen headlines about grooming. Here’s what it is (and isn’t).
- Heather Corinna
The good reactions…and how they might not always feel so good.
- Heather Corinna
Anyone you are disclosing to should respond to you with acceptance and belief, empathy, encouragement and support. Many people will.
- Heather Corinna
Heather Corinna offers guidance on choosing people to open up to about emotional abuse, and how to talk to them about it with your well-being in mind.
- Heather Corinna
It’s hard to tell someone you’ve been in an emotionally abusive relationship. Here’s guidance to help you get the kind of help and support you need from who you’re telling.
- Heather Corinna
To get help and support either getting out of an emotionally abusive relationship, staying out of one, healing from it, or all of the above, a first step is most typically asking for some validation, help and support, and to do that, we have to tell who we’re asking what’s been happening to us. Too…
- Liz Duck-Chong
I offer this letter against the current moment, in hope of providing some words that help, or at least make you feel less alone.
- Adrienne Santos-Longhurst
Ovarian cysts sound scary, but about one in ten people has one! Get the information you need, whether you just got diagnosed, are supporting a friend, or think you might have one.
- Imogen Mchugh
Dating with a mobility disability isn’t always a picnic—but it can be!
- s.e. smith
A house isn’t built in a day. Neither is a relationship.
- s.e. smith
If you’re imagining a future for yourself without breasts, you’re not alone—and affirming care to help you feel good in the skin you’re in is for everyone!
- Gabrielle Kassel
Despite being one of the most beginner-friendly toys, because there are so many different styles, sizes, and shapes, buying one can often feel overwhelming. Ahead, a guide to demystify dildos.
- Adam England
Mental health struggles aren’t unique to bisexual individuals, but we’re more likely than other groups to find things hard.
- Summer Tao
Being sexual while you adjust to life with a long-term injury can require some creative adaptations. Summer Tao has advice from experience!
- Adrienne Santos-Longhurst
Noticed something’s not quite right on your vulva? Get the lowdown here!
- Gabrielle Kassel
Anal toys—and anal beads in particular—are often dubbed advanced sex toys, but the category itself is not off-limits to those new to the wonderful world of sex toys.
- Adrienne Santos-Longhurst
Anywhere from 40 to 80 percent of people with a uterus have fibroids and the diagnosis might sound scary, but you have lots of options!