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Attacks on sex-ed may be more subtle than pronoun policies, but are just as dangerous

OPINION: Both parts of Saskatchewan’s new regulations are a threat to kids’ agency

Why the world’s only Vagina Museum deserves a permanent home

OPINION: On Wednesday, when the Vagina Museum in Bethnal Green, U.K., was forced to shutter for the second time in less than two years, the community lost a vital sexual health resource

By Quinn Rhodes

In the culture wars against sex-ed, disabled LGBTQ2S+ youth are getting left behind

Disability advocates and educators weigh in on what’s still missing from curricula—and how to build better sex-ed

Kansas governor vetoes ‘unnecessary and divisive’ anti-trans bills

Gov. Laura Kelly joins a bipartisan group of governors who have stood up to their legislatures

Virginia is about to enact a Florida-style law censoring LGBTQ2S+ education in schools

If passed, the bill would give parents the power to ban curriculum they deem “controversial”

By Ursula Muñoz S.

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

Accidents happen: Why we need to get comfortable talking about incontinence in the bedroom

Overcoming stigma means better, more comfortable sex for everyone

By Dev Ramsawakh

8 innovative masturbation apps to help you wank better

From guided masturbation meditation, LGBTQ2-inclusive audio erotica to virtual vulvas, there’s no shortage of apps to help you explore your own body

By Suzannah Weiss

Being a Christian teen abstinence activist shaped my Black queer feminism

Growing up, I thought that purity was the only choice when it came to sex — until I began questioning what that meant

By Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza

What you need to know about Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum

For starters, there’s no use of the acronym LGBTQ2 in the document

Who in the world isn’t mad about LGBTQ2-inclusive education?

Nobody, apparently

Defunding Catholic schools could help solve Ontario’s sex-ed woes

The schools, still funded by the province, have created major barriers for LGBTQ2 education

By Davide Mastracci

Two Catholic school graduates fact-check their sex-ed textbook, ‘Fully Alive’

It taught our Grade 7 selves everything we knew about sex. But we have concerns

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis

Ontario reverses its reversal on sex ed. Now what?

A roundtable discussion on new curriculum and what it means for LGBTQ2 youth

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese

Doug Ford’s confusing case against sex ed

Even in court, the Ontario government fails to own up to its own inconsistencies over the sex-ed debacle

By Douglas W Judson

Meet the people fighting Ontario’s sex-ed repeal

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

Doug Ford’s attack on Charter rights should also worry LGBT people in Ontario

Ford could use the notwithstanding clause to strip other rights away in the future

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