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Niko Bell is a writer, editor and translator from Vancouver. He writes about sexual health, science, food and language.

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OUTtv joins the Netflix generation

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Unique Vancouver sex club is closed, at least for now

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December 19, 2016
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Blued, political purges and National Geographic

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Doppelgangers, Moroccan teens and gay liberation

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Walmart, sex addiction, and kinky cat parasites

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Is asexuality a sexual orientation?
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Is asexuality a sexual orientation?

What we still don’t know about people who don’t want sex

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Castro’s legacy, Indian pride, and the beauty of positivity
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Castro’s legacy, Indian pride, and the beauty of positivity

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These medical students want to give PrEP to all the wrong people

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