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Love & Sex

Finding my place with Fun Home
People Like Me

Finding my place with Fun Home

I had been looking for someone like me for years

By Melanie Woods
You thought your coming out story was complicated?
Love Like Mine

You thought your coming out story was complicated?

I was a lesbian who turned straight overnight. Then my husband came out as a trans woman.

By Lindsay
Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl
People Like Me

Being loved back with Boy Meets Girl

A possibility for trans love that is rarely realized

By Gwen Benaway
How Tumblr helped me find community and love
Love & Sex

How Tumblr helped me find community and love

We found each other in the endless wastes of the internet

By Deidre Olsen
New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination
Health

New draft of Assisted Human Reproduction Act continues anti-gay discrimination

Sperm donors must refrain from having sex with men for six months prior

By Rob Salerno
How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay
Love Like Mine

How weekly trips to the theatre with my father helped me come out as gay

He learned that my sexuality didn’t entirely define me

By Joey Moser
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He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger
People Like Me

He clawed his way to my gay heart — a cartoon tiger

Discovering myself with the Thundercats

By Andrew Wheeler
Getting ghosted: a queer love story
Love & Sex

Getting ghosted: a queer love story

Who they gonna call? Not you!

By Matthew Cassano
A sex toy story: how adult toys can improve your life and relationships

A sex toy story: how adult toys can improve your life and relationships

What curious beginners and veteran enthusiasts should know about these intimate accessories

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I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant
Hard Labour

I had sex with a client in a Chinese restaurant

‘I wasn’t sure I was in the right place’

By Devon Delacroix
I came out as trans while in a heterosexual relationship
Love Like Mine

I came out as trans while in a heterosexual relationship

‘He said he was not attracted to men — even the man who used to be his girlfriend’

By Jonathan U
Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire
People Like Me

Celebrating being Black and gay with The Wire

I began to see the possibility of loving and being loved by women who look like me

By Tobi Abdul
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How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better
Love Like Mine

How coming out to my wife changed our relationship — for the better

‘She told me I must now embrace the man I was always supposed to be’

By Max Morgan
How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity
People Like Me

How Mashrou’ Leila helped me celebrate my queer Arab identity

Mashrou’ Leila’s music reflects ways in which I, like other queer Arabs, am allowed to exist

By Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer
Love & Sex

The question of my trans-ness has a complicated answer

It’s not F to M, it’s F to something else entirely

By Katie Sly
Why I couldn’t stay hard in a gangbang
Hard Labour

Why I couldn’t stay hard in a gangbang

‘Even in the most anonymous situation, a reliable erection requires some kind of connection’

By Devon Delacroix
Do adults need an advanced sex education of their own?
Sex education

Do adults need an advanced sex education of their own?

I’ve encountered dozens of individuals with little to no basic knowledge about sexual health

By Matthew Cassano
What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship
Love & Sex

What it’s like to be a bisexual woman in a heterosexual relationship

As someone who is in a heterosexual relationship, it’s easy to assume that I’m just another straight woman

By Hannah Bing
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