I can remember the first time I read Macho Sluts by Pat Califia. While all the sex was really hot, a few of the stories stood out because...

Guest Post By: Spices of Lust Your BDSM experience is personal to you — and your partners. It’s meant to be whatever you make of it, and ...

I have spent nearly 30 years working in political activism. My graduate work in political psychology focused on identity, education and p...

There is a new call to add a K for “kink” to the LGBTQ+ acronym. This call for more inclusion has highlighted a couple of issues in both ...

A couple of months ago I was performing with Bawdy Storytelling and had the great pleasure of hearing Race Bannon tell a story about the ...

It’s great that vanilla America is finally discovering the idea of consent. Not our judges or politicians apparently, but a large number ...

News headlines are floating around about 20 percent of Millennials identifying as “non-binary.” This is based on a new study by GLAAD wor...

I have been thinking a lot about apologies lately. Nationally, men have been issuing varying forms of apologies for sexually harassing wo...

This weekend, the call for women (sic, originals post was problematically gendered) to post “me too” on their Facebook page to indicate t...

With the passing of Hugh Hefner today, lots of sex writers and educators are reflecting on his influence on their lives and work. It is u...

Hello Readers! Sorry I have been away for so long. I had a severe infection and no help from doctors. But, despite the deplorable state o...

I pass as a heterosexual cis-female and I hate that. I have always passed (well, more or less) regardless of what I wear, my hair, binder...

The other night I was at a poetry open mic billed as a “safe space” for the LGBTQAII community. As per the norm in such spaces, the host w...

Guest Author: Joie de Vivre Joie de Vivre is a the co-producer of Peepshow in San Francisco and a burlesque performer. She regularly perf...

It’s Pride month again. This is the second year pride comes when I have a male partner and we are exclusive. This makes pride events stra...

I am a fat girl. I have been for a long time. I don’t mince words or try and elide the fact that I am fat. I am okay with it. Most people...

Kink, in many forms, is now more popular and more visible than ever. I knew we had gone mainstream when American Dad, Family Guy and even...

We are living in an age where certainty is demanded. Any time someone changes their mind or expresses any level of uncertainty, people po...

We are living in an age where certainty is demanded. Any time someone changes their mind or expresses any level of uncertainty, people po...

In The Princess Bride one character keeps using the term “inconceivable.” Every time he says something is inconceivable the thing happens...