Sex Archives

[Photo: The cover of the book The Wonder Down Under A User’s Guide to the Vagina By Nina Brochmann and Ellen Stokken Dahl]

‘The Wonder Down Under’: A Refreshing Guide on Sexual Anatomy That We All Needed

Lorraine Berry

While reading the guide, I found myself wishing that I had possessed this book not only when I had been in my teens and first sexually active, but also as a mother.

[photo: phone showing the icon for the Grindr App.]

This Week in Sex: Grindr Reluctantly Agrees to Stop Giving Outside Companies Access to Users’ HIV Status

Martha Kempner

Elsewhere, gonorrhea is getting harder to treat, and, no, kids aren’t snorting condoms.

[photo: woman sitting on couch while therapist takes notes]

California Democrats Want to Make ‘Conversion’ Therapy Consumer Fraud

Nicole Knight

"Courts have found that claims that sexual orientation change efforts are effective in changing an individual’s sexual orientation constitute unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business practices under state consumer protection laws."

Rhode Island Faith Leaders: Pass ‘Roe’ Protections Now

Auditi Guha

“The blessing of the Roe decision was that Roe recognized the moral agency of women. We cannot let that go away. We simply cannot allow women to become invisible again."

[Photo: A teenager sits and looks at her phone in school]

High Risk, Few Resources: Bisexual Kids Lack Help When They Need It Most

Heron Greenesmith

Bisexual young people face intense bullying and harassment and report poorer mental health outcomes than gay, lesbian, or straight youth.

[Photo: A demonstrator wears a cape that reads 'I had an abortion, Im not ashamed or Sorry!' as protesters rally during a Women's March in New York]

New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again

Garin Marschall

The fact that these reproductive health proposals failed is, perhaps, not surprising to political insiders familiar with the dysfunction in Albany, but we should all be angry.

Even in ‘Progressive’ States, Doctors Can Still Shame Women Out of Accessing Birth Control

Dr. Melissa Bird

In areas where medical care is scarce and everyone knows your name, OB-GYNs in private practice may refuse to provide desired long-acting contraceptive methods such as IUDs and implants, give inaccurate information about contraception, and openly judge women for their decisions to seek it.

Sex

‘The Wonder Down Under’: A Refreshing Guide on Sexual Anatomy That We All Needed

This Week in Sex: Grindr Reluctantly Agrees to Stop Giving Outside Companies Access to Users’ HIV Status

California Democrats Want to Make ‘Conversion’ Therapy Consumer Fraud

Rhode Island Faith Leaders: Pass ‘Roe’ Protections Now

High Risk, Few Resources: Bisexual Kids Lack Help When They Need It Most

New York Lawmakers Brush Aside Reproductive Rights—Again

Even in ‘Progressive’ States, Doctors Can Still Shame Women Out of Accessing Birth Control

SESTA Is Already Having Devastating Impacts on Sex Workers—Just Like They Predicted (Updated)

‘Only God Can Judge’: Why My Religion Supports—and Doesn’t Hinder—My Ability to Provide Health Care

Maine Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto to Pass Preventive Health-Care Protections

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