The Huffington Post by Sandra LaMorgese Ph.D. Whenever we hear “sex education,” most people imagine a high school health class teacher outlining the basics: monthly periods, the human development cycle, birth control, and maybe an uncomfortable informational film. However, the topics in these classes barely skim the surface of the …
NY Mag By Matthew Hutson Fifty Shades of Grey has shaped a whole culture’s view of BDSM (bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism). In that fictional world, a powerful man plays out his sadistic fantasies as a powerless woman indulges her masochistic ones. This narrative demonstrates what’s …
Archer By Renee Glover The wildly varied world of BDSM can provide a safe space to communicate, play, and release the pressures of everyday life. At pre-dawn on a Monday morning more than 20 years ago, two friends and I sped towards a four-hour cleaning job that had to …
Gay Iceland by OLAV VEIGAR DAVÍÐSSON Iceland is the only Nordic country that still lists BDSM as a mental illness. A clear example of thoughtlessness, says the chairman of the Icelandic BDSM association. Members want the government to acknowledge BDSM as normal sexual behaviour. Not categorize it as a sickness. …
PopSugar by Maya Jordan I was once a little girl too with little girl dreams. I wasn’t always a sex-positive, independent diva of the highest order. I just happened to have some divergent imprinting at an early age that suggested that the traditional family dynamic (married to a dude with …
Philly.com by Dr. Timaree Schmit When asked about the uptick in reporting on polyamory, Kari Collins of West Philly tells me that she is “ambivalent.” It’s exciting to not have to explain what polyamory means over and over again, but the representations are really limited. “A lot of …
Lavender Magazine By Steve Lenius “A Taste of Kink”, an evening of interactive kink demonstrations and discussions, recently allowed over 100 sexual health professionals from across the country to see, and perhaps experience firsthand, the dynamics and feelings associated with kink and BDSM practices. The evening was part of …
Trending News: Women Are More Likely To Initiate An Open Relationship AskMen Why Is This Important? Because the lady in your life may not be as opposed to spicing things up as you’d think. Long Story Short OpenMinded.com, a site for people looking for open relationships, surveyed …
Metro.co.uk by Siam Goorwich If your only reference for the life of a male dominant is 50 Shades of Grey, you have a lot to learn. We caught up with award winning male dominant Master Dominic, to find out what life is really like when you kick people in the …
Miley talks politics, her sexuality, and working with the LGBT community Elle UK BY LENA DE CASPARIS In the issue Miley, 22, talks about her role as a gender activist and a politically engaged young woman, on a mission to make the world more tolerant, and gender and sexual identities …
