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Gabrielle Kassel (she/they) is a queer sex educator and sex journalist with more than a decade of experience creating content at the intersection of queerness, sexual health, and pleasure. In addition to Scarleteen, their work has appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Well+Good, Women’s…

A fluid used in order to make kinds of sex (such as masturbation, vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse or manual sex) more pleasant and comfortable, and/or to help prevent condoms from breaking by decreasing friction.

On the penis, the head of the penis. On the vulva, the external portion of the clitoris, beneath the clitoral hood.

Purposeful harm or mistreatment of another person, which can be verbal, emotional, physical or sexual. An ongoing pattern or cycle of such mistreatment or harm can characterize an abusive relationship.