Nowadays, we can put our preferences into our phones and find a perfect potential partner in seconds.
But there was a time when it was far harder to meet likeminded folks; a time when LGBT+ people had to find covert ways to meet and date.
Kinky sex is becoming more mainstream by the year, with BDSM – which stands for bondage and discipline, dominance and submission and sadism and masochism – is one of the more popular options. Acting out any BDSM scene can be extremely emotional for either party, but particularly submissives, who experience what is known as ‘subspace’ and ‘subdrop’.
Sophia Mindus, a London-based educator, facilitator and artist interested in kink and sexuality, explains everything you need to know about the two states.
There are a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be trans, especially when it comes to sex. Between the negative stereotypes and the complete lack of information out there about trans bodies, it can be hard for trans people to find the resources that a lot of cisgender people (aka people who aren't trans) take for granted.
Taking on additional sexual partners while in a committed relationship has long been taboo. And while it’s not exactly mainstream now, there’s still rising interest in being open.
In an excerpt from her new book I Had a Miscarriage, psychologist Jessica Zucker, who specializes in maternal mental health, dives into the impossible challenge of feeling sexual after the trauma of a loss.
