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Is Canada’s blood ban really over?
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Is Canada’s blood ban really over?

A public health researcher weighs in on what queer and trans people need to know about donating blood in Canada

By Cassandra Kislenko
What do I need to know about HRT and birth control?
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What do I need to know about HRT and birth control?

Can you still get pregnant while taking testosterone? Does estrogen affect fertility? An expert answers your questions about gender-affirming hormones and contraception

By Laurence Fox
Can I still take testosterone if I have polycystic ovarian syndrome?
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Can I still take testosterone if I have polycystic ovarian syndrome?

Amy Weimer of UCLA’s Gender Health Program explains how PCOS works when you’re trans

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How to talk about suicide
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How to talk about suicide

LGBTQ2S+ folks face a higher suicide risk than their cis, straight counterparts. Mental health researcher Alex Abramovich weighs in on how we can better help each other

By Ashleigh-Rae Thomas
How to squirt
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How to squirt

Is squirt pee? Can everyone do it? Lola Jean, sex educator and world record-holder for volume squirting, answers your questions

By Andrea Zanin
What you need to know about non-monogamy and mental health
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What you need to know about non-monogamy and mental health

Non-monogamous relationships can come with a set of unique challenges. Here’s how to keep your mental health—and your partnerships—strong

By Diamond Yao
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Dr. Katrina Karkazis discusses rethinking the popular understanding of testosterone
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Dr. Katrina Karkazis discusses rethinking the popular understanding of testosterone

“The number one misconception is that it’s a male sex hormone”

By Lito Howse
How to make schools safer for LGBTQ2S+ youth
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How to make schools safer for LGBTQ2S+ youth

GLSEN interim executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers on creating liberatory spaces for queer youth

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses
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How to prevent—or reverse—opioid overdoses

In 2020 alone, more than 100,000 North Americans died preventable opioid-related deaths. Here’s how you can help to reverse opioid overdoses and keep yourself—and your community safe

By Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard
Dr. Jen Gunter answers more of your questions about menopause
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Dr. Jen Gunter answers more of your questions about menopause

“We’re really lacking data outside of the heterosexual lens,” Gunter says

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Dr. Jen Gunter answers your questions about menopause
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Dr. Jen Gunter answers your questions about menopause

“This has totally been erased from our public discourse”

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How to get started with dominance and submission
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How to get started with dominance and submission

Rope bondage expert Midori on playful, lighthearted, compassionate kink

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
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Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask
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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
Getting into yoga with Jessamyn Stanley
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Getting into yoga with Jessamyn Stanley

Stanley talks body positivity, making yoga more inclusive and how to get off your phone

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How to navigate addiction during the pandemic
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How to navigate addiction during the pandemic

Dr. Tauheed Zaman on finding queer community and evidence-based medical care

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
How to be a better hookup
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How to be a better hookup

Sex educator Allison Moon teaches all of us how to be kinder, more playful, more ethical sluts

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
Decoding vaginismus
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Decoding vaginismus

A gynecologist talks about sexual shame and the mind-body connection in diagnosing and treating the condition in queer and trans folks

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
New to fisting? Here’s our handy guide
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New to fisting? Here’s our handy guide

Nurse practitioner Miles Harris answers every question—and we mean EVERY question—you might have about fisting

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
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