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Love & Sex

My partner gives bad head
Ask Kai: Quickies

My partner gives bad head

Am I allowed to tell them how to do it better or is that rude?

By Xtra Video
Should I tell my friend I have feelings for them, even though they’re in a relationship?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

Should I tell my friend I have feelings for them, even though they’re in a relationship?

“What if clear and honest expressions of desire, messy as they are, were seen as opportunities for growth, change and deepened intimacy?”

By Kai Cheng Thom
Love at first lust
Love Like Mine

Love at first lust

A young writer explores a lasting love denied… or is that deferred?

By Jamie Valentino
How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity
Excerpt

How the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ ‘wine, not the label’ speech helped mainstream sexual fluidity

An excerpt from Emily Garside’s new book “Love that Journey for Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek”

By Emily Garside
A conversation about African queerness and the writing life
Books

A conversation about African queerness and the writing life

Ghanaian writer Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah and Canadian-Nigerian novelist Francesca Ekwuyasi talk about sex, food and their literary influences

By Francesca Ekwuyasi, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
How can I support my bisexual partner?
Ask Kai: Quickies

How can I support my bisexual partner?

Just remember, you’re in it together

By Xtra Video
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Despite lockdowns, my queer friend group grew during COVID-19
Love & Sex

Despite lockdowns, my queer friend group grew during COVID-19

I needed new queers in my life, and against the odds of the pandemic, I found them in abundance

By Russ Martin
LGBTQ2S+ sex workers are calling out Mastercard’s adult content policies
Power

LGBTQ2S+ sex workers are calling out Mastercard’s adult content policies

Sex workers are calling on the payment provider to roll back planned changes to payments for online adult content

By Mel Woods
What can queers learn about ourselves by conversing with the past?
Books

What can queers learn about ourselves by conversing with the past?

Comedian Tricia Black interviews writer Brian Francis about his hilarious and touching new memoir

By Tricia Black
10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer
Books

10 queer books we’re absolutely and completely loving this summer

Need a beach read? We revisit some of the best works of fiction and non-fiction our writers have picked up so far this year

By Paul Gallant
What safer sex looks like in a post-pandemic world wildly in flux
Sex

What safer sex looks like in a post-pandemic world wildly in flux

Can we really have a “hot vax summer”?

By Bobby Box
A self-described ‘polyamorous slut’ asks: Has dating changed forever?
Love & Sex

A self-described ‘polyamorous slut’ asks: Has dating changed forever?

What queering public spaces with anxious, hopeful bodies might look like post-lockdown

By Quenby
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How to get started with dominance and submission
Ask an Expert

How to get started with dominance and submission

Rope bondage expert Midori on playful, lighthearted, compassionate kink

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How TikTokers are giving great sex education while avoiding the censors
Tik Talk

How TikTokers are giving great sex education while avoiding the censors

From bottoming tips to alternative strap-on harnesses, there’s a lot to love

By Mel Woods
The physics of a failed relationship
Love Like Mine

The physics of a failed relationship

We were like two subatomic particles moving in space, never really able to be in the same place or time

By Alena Papayanis
The amazing aunties and uncles of Desi Rainbow
Relationships

The amazing aunties and uncles of Desi Rainbow

Why this support network for South Asian families took off last year during the pandemic

By Krishna Rau
Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry
My Safe Space

Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry

I needed a place to ground myself, a place of solitude, of familiarity, of nourishment. I needed the pantry

By Allyson Darling
Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask
Ask an Expert

Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask

Queer performer and educator Lotus Lain on getting started making porn, thriving over the long term, and why we should all be paying for porn

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
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