BY: NADIA ZAIDI Recently, a close friend of mine told me that she was trisexual. I paused for a minute, and hoping not to offend her by my silence (which was actually a thought-pause), I blurted: what’s trisexual? The rational…
My training as a sexological bodyworker brought me home to my body
BY: CAITLIN ROBERTS Featured photo by Adrianne Pennings “How would you like to be touched?” I take a fulfilling breath and exhale loudly. “Mmmmmm. I’d like you to lightly trace your finger tips all over my entire body. Very slowly. You…
Polyamory could revolutionize the way we look at relationships
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT For most people, discussions of the ideal romance might center around the idea of “the one”. Your other half, the person with whom you have a bond that you couldn’t possibly share with anyone else. But in…
The story of Gay Bob, the controversial 1970s doll that would be just plain offensive today
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via Christy Havranek/Huffington Post. 1977: what a year, one which many of you will remember clearly. Apple Computer, Inc. was incorporated; palaeontologist Elso Barghoorn annouced he found a 3.4 billion year old one-celled fossil, which was the…
Proud mom posts India’s first gay marriage ad to prove a point about her son’s happiness
BY: LISA CUMMING Padma Iyer made history when she posted the first-ever gay marriage ad in a Mumbai newspaper’s matrimonial pages. The subject of the ad, her son Harrish Iyer, is a leading gay rights campaigner in India. What made…
This is what it’s like to live without sexual attraction
BY: JESSICA BEUKER We live in a hyper-sexualized society. Where TV shows and movies are consistently showing more and more skin, specifically designed apps can connect you with someone to have sex with in an “instant” and breasts are used…
Gay conversion therapists are convincing victims they have a “cure” for being gay
BY: MICHAEL LYONS [Warning: This article mentions torture and sexual abuse.] Can gay people be “cured” with reparative therapy? The long answer is one that’s tangled with a history of spiritual, legal, medical and social discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual,…
Dating outside binaries: OkCupid adds over 70 new gender and sexuality options
BY: AL DONATO Finding love on the Internet is hard. And for anyone hooking up often means to lying your ass off. All mainstream dating sites are notorious for ignoring LGBTQ individuals’ diverse identities. For gender, choosing between just male…
Drag Kings are becoming an endangered species
BY: EMILY CRAIG-EVANS Under pink light, in front of a red-checked curtain, a man about five-and-a-half feet tall is bobbing around to some version of “River of Jordan” inside a box made to look like a killer whale that hangs…