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Any kind of sex between people of the same gender is as normal as sex between people of different genders as far as I am concerned. In other words, it is normal – and has always been relatively common – for people of all genders and stripes to have sexual intimacy or to explore sexuality together…

There’s nothing about having a menstrual period which makes it impossible or even difficult for someone to have any kind of sex. In fact, because there are extra fluids present, plenty of people find some kinds of sex – like vaginal intercourse – more pleasant during menses. People can also…

Why would you want to be friends with someone you feel afraid of and who is harassing you? Who you fear may become violent if you take any action to stop his harassment? That’s not the way friends treat each other: this guy is not your friend, and clearly has no interest in being your friend. Sexual…

We don’t condemn or dismiss any kind of relationship model around here. What model is right for any given person or couple is highly individual, and depends on what the people involve want and need. There’s no one right kind of relationship for everyone, and we’ve talked about casual sexual…

Vibrators cannot “desensitize” anyone in any permanent way. There have never been any findings through sound research which have shown that vibrators or other vigorous stimulation of the clitoris do anyone harm or change anyone’s anatomy or sexual response permanently. Sure, they can kind of numb…

Sounds to me like you could use some good, old-fashioned vulva reclaiming. And it’s so not just you that does, I swear. Let’s start by tossing out terms like “va-jay-jay.” Seriously, when television writers – on a medical show, of all things – have to be cute about it you know we’re living in a…

This is as fine a place to ask as any. :) You know, this is the case with most people with any kind of emotional maturity who knows that people are more than two-dimensional and sex is about people, not appearances or our ideas about people based on appearance. Of course, we can look at someone in a…

Why do you feel bad about using emergency contraception? Just like condoms, how it works is to prevent a pregnancy, and emergency contraceptive pills (Plan B or the Morning-After Pill) work the exact same way any combination hormonal birth control works, it just only needs to be taken after the fact…

A lot of people don’t realize that there are changes to the vulva during puberty. The labia and clitoris so expand some, and in addition, because of the rest of your body growing and changes in your body composition, the mons of the vulva tends to pull back, which can result in the inner labia…

Virginity, in and of itself, is a societal concept not a medical one. Certainly there used to be the thought that as long as a woman had a hymen, she was a virgin (and unfortunately some people still subscribe to this belief). However, a hymen is just thin, flexible folds of mucous tissue that…

Readiness for sex isn’t something that only happens once, or happens once at a certain age. It can be normal at any age, in any situation, for any person not to feel ready for any kind of sex with a partner. When we’re first ready is going to vary a lot from person to person, based on our life…

It seems to me that you’re dismissing the fact that your girlfriend may have her own sexual desires, too. Now, whether or not you’re who she wants to explore them with, or whether or not she feels like it’s the right time in your relationship to do that is something else, but if you two like each…

If you want to use a behavioural method or spermicides and need help deciding between them.

If you’re considering withdrawal (“pulling out”) as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering the vaginal ring as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering the contraceptive sponge as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering spermicides as a birth control method, or already use them and want more information.

If you’re considering minipills as a birth control method, or already use them and want more information.

If you’re considering fertility awareness (FAM) as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering emergency contraception – pills or a copper IUD – as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering Depo-Provera as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

If you’re considering the contraceptive patch as a birth control method, or already use it and want more information.

Contraceptive implant research and development began at the Population Council laboratories in New York in 1966. The development of implants was made possible by the discovery of silicone and its bio-compatibility in the human body.

If you’re considering cervical barriers as a birth control method, or already use them and want more information.

If you want a hormonal method of contraception, but need help deciding which one.