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Intellectually, I understand that success and safety do not invalidate struggle. I understand that I will feel the impacts of sexual violence regardless of how well I do in school or how much better life gets for me. But because a majority of people in my life only see the “successful” parts and not the difficult parts, and because so often people’s expectations of survivors stand counter to this, many people find it harder to believe that I’ve even experienced sexual violence. And that can make it harder for me and other survivors to emotionally feel and believe what we intellectually understand: our success does not invalidate our struggle.

There isn’t any right or wrong way to navigate sexual intimacy with a partner throughout pregnancy. It’s all about finding what feels comfortable for yourself, and your partner, physically and emotionally. Changes in sexual desire are normal and will usually occur at some point, but the changes — like greater or lesser interest in sex, or interest in new things — are entirely unique to you.

The Iranian Revolution was co-opted by the clerics who then claimed as an achievement the mass covering of an entire nation’s women’s hair. Who owns my hair, let alone my body, when a revolution in which women fought alongside men soon after declaring victory, enforced hijab? When you shave the hair under that enforced hijab, are you then the revolution of one, defying, disobeying, and disrupting? When you rip off that compulsory hijab in public and shave off your hair in public, are you finally completing the revolution that the theocrats and the misogynists stole from you?

Up-to-date information about PrEP, PEP, and HIV testing. If you live in California or Nevada Planned Parenthood Mar Monte also offers appointments at any one of their health clinics.

Folks who have or have had eating disorders have a unique set of challenges when it comes to pregnancy. In this article, we’ll explore some of these challenges, offer up some considerations if you’re pregnant and have struggled or do currently struggle with disordered eating, and provide some ways to find support.

This is a great question. I can really sympathize with how all of these elements can make socializing more difficult and how frustrating that can be, especially at a time when you may feel like you want extra support from the people in your life. I don’t think there’s one clear solution here, but I…

This resource includes options for in-person or online sex education, including trainings to be a peer sex educator, educational games, and resources for sex education and disability. While some courses on this page are more traditional toolkits and curricula for schools, many of them are aimed at…

Kate Adamo is a sex worker who heads up the policy and advocacy work at Reframe Health & Justice consulting, which supports organizations and movements engaging in “practices of care, compassion, and collaboration,” all through a harm reduction framework. Kate shared her thoughts on the necessity of sex workers and their perspective as we fight for reproductive autonomy, and the internalized sex phobia that progressive spaces still need to get rid of.

Saniya Lee Ghanoui is a historian and critical media studies scholar who focuses on the intersection of gender and sexuality, medicine, and media. Through her studies, she became intrigued by how society created stigma and taboo around the menstrual cycle, which led her to focus on critical menstrual studies investigating the construction and depiction of menstruation in television, the history of menstrual education films, as well as the history of sex education in the United States.

Sexual assault and abuse can take so many forms that some people don’t recognize right away or ever. I didn’t initially recognize it. The most simple legal definition of sexual assault is “forcing a victim to participate in sexual acts,” but this definition isn’t always helpful when you’re trying to figure out if you’ve been assaulted. It’s so much more complicated and unique than a one-sentence definition.

AVEN hosts the world’s largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.

As more and more states in the United States criminalize abortion, the amount of surveillance, and the negative consequences of that surveillance, are going to increase. That’s just a sad fact. With that in mind, we’ve put together some basics on how to protect your privacy during each step of the process of seeking abortion help. We made this with reproductive care in mind, but many of the steps here also apply to situations like abusive relationships and the increased criminalization of trans people, families and healthcare.

Part of BEAM, this is a search engine that lets you find Virtual Black therapist, doula, yoga teacher, mediator and much more by your state. US only.

When I tell someone that I help people with problems related to the abdomen, pelvis, and pelvic floor, I often get a curious look. What is the pelvic floor, after all? How do we care for it and the tissue around it? Here’s a thorough walkthrough of the anatomy of your pelvic floor and perineum and how you can keep tabs on this area of the body.

Physical therapist Caitlyn Tivy talks pelvic exams in the current era: what they are, why you might need one, and how to make them a comfortable and positive experience, including modifications that can be made with them that you might want or need.

This edition of Pelvic Problems covers one of the most common problems that pelvic health physical therapists encounter: the non-relaxing pelvic floor (NRPF). This can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from constipation and difficulty peeing to pain with sex and sitting. Fortunately, there’s a lot that can be done to help people with non-relaxing pelvic floors!

This is an international and multilingual app that guides people through accurate, actionable, and comprehensive information about abortion. Languages in the app includes: English, French, Spanish, Igbo, Kinyarwanda, Luganda, Yoruba, Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Swahili.

This is an international online service that helps to connect people with safe, accessible and affordable online abortion care. “People who need safe abortion or contraception can make an online consultation at Women on Web website. After being reviewed by medical doctors, medical abortion pills or…

This workbook is a free pdf that guides people through all the pregnancy options. “We have done our best to give you a realistic picture of all the choices you can make—abortion, adoption, and parenting. You will find exercises to help you make the best decision for you. We have done our best to…

Plan C provides up-to-date information on how people in the U.S. can access at-home abortion pill options online.

This is a talkline for people who are pregnant and unsure how they feel, what to do next, or for people who want to talk about past or current experiences with abortion, adoption, parenting, infertility or pregnancy loss. They offer pro-choice and inclusive support. They serve the US and Canada.

The Dobbs decision changes a lot, but there’s one thing it doesn’t change: we’re going to keep doing the things we have always done when it comes to abortion.

Created by Shout Your Abortion, this site is full of information about abortion pills, where to get information about them, where to get legal help, and other FAQs. It also includes ways to help spread the word about medical abortion access to people who may not know it’s an option.

Independent abortion clinics provide the majority of abortion care in the U.S. If you want to help people access abortions and keep clinics open, this site helps you find clinics to support.

This easy to navigate site will point people to abortion options in their state. If people live in a state where abortion is inaccessible, the site will point them to other options. It is reliable and regularly updated.