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.
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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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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!
- Aliah Maharaj
Don’t let fears of nausea and vomiting hold you back from using birth control: You have lots of options!
- s.e. smith
A partner telling you not to use toys is engaging in controlling behavior. You have agency over your own sexuality.
- Gabriel Leão
In Brazil, attacks on comprehensive sexuality education are cutting LGBQTIA+ young people off from critical resources.
- Sassafras Patterdale
Sex while homeless isn’t always easy, but there are lots of ways you can protect yourself and your community while being sexual and building connections.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Butt plugs do exactly what they say: they plug a bumhole because it can feel good.
- Heather Corinna
- s.e. smith
In stressful times, it’s important to find healthy ways to cope with and express big feelings—and support friends who are going through it too.
- Adam England
If you feel like the only bi guy around, that’s understandable – but you’re definitely not alone.
- Mikaela Duffy
Storyteller and artist Jo Chiang talks about her adaptation of “The Odyssey” and finding hope in dark times.
- Liz Duck-Chong
Did you know you can apply safer sex practices to COVID-cautious choices, as well as other respiratory infections?
- s.e. smith
Bots designed to say yes to everything can’t give you the support you need.
- Heather Corinna
If you’ve noticed that we’ve kept creating and promoting sex and relationships content during the harrowing times we’ve been living in, and you’re wondering why, or feeling like we shouldn’t, our founder explains why we do.
The audience that we get seems particularly international. We’re still very much seeing a lot of the reverberations from the initial wave of COVID-19 and from lockdown. We’re seeing a lot of people who are—in terms of what we know have been historical trends—or feel like they’re starting everything…