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Y’all know what June is: Pride! And while we at Sexual + Being are loud and proud every day of the year, it’s always nice when warm weather rolls around and the community gets together to celebrate. This year, as the pandemic (hopefully) winds down, felt particularly special as the LGBTQIA+ emerged from a year…
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We’re wrapping up another May in the DMV and we don’t know what you’ve been doing, but we’ve been over here celebrating trans lives. Also: Lots of masturbation stuff. (You know we’re never going to sleep on a Masturbation May!) Check out all the events that happened for May is Trans, learn how to be a…
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This year May is Trans is going digital! May Is Trans elevates the profile of the trans and gender non-conforming communities in the greater Washington, DC, area through advocacy, workshops, and providing a safe space to be your authentic self. SaVanna Wanzer, the founder of Trans Pride, and May Is: All About Trans, has been intentional…
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This April, the world started to feel a little bit different again. As spring sprung across the Northern Hemisphere, so did the availability of Covid-19 vaccines. We stated to feel something that has seems almost unimaginable over the 12 months of forced hibernation during this pandemic: Hope. Here at Sexual + Being, our focus reflected…
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In March 2021, we focused on women. Like usual, right? But this March — and the preceding year — was anything but normal. We’re officially one year into a pandemic the likes of which none of us alive has ever seen before and the strain is really showing at all of our seams. On that theme,…
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February is about two things: Black History Month and Valentine’s Day! And this February, we celebrated both. We talked about Black Love, relationship alternatives to monogamy, how sex positivity fits into Black Lives Matter, and we threw in some info about PEP, too, as a bonus. Give ’em a read, follow us on IG and…
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Welcome to the end of the first month of 2021, y’all! And what a month it’s been. January took a look at the pandemic and politics and the many once-in-a-lifetime moments of 2020 and basically said, “Hold my beer.” But amidst the insurrections and inaugurations, we at Sexual + Being have been over here pumping…
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While we at Sexual + Being firmly believe that trans lives should be celebrated (and trans deaths mourned) every day of the year, we’re one hundred percent here for the annual Trans Day of Remembrance. This year, we recognized the violence faced by trans women with a moving piece by writer Naomi Kanakia. We also…
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This October, we at Sexual + Being got a little spooky sexy. We talked about kink and role-playing and how to have a COVID-safe sexy Halloween. We also touched based with our friend Murray Penner, a face of our U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable) campaign and a person who has lived with HIV for a long…
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Autumn is a time of transition and this September, as the air started to cool, we turned inward. We explored what truly great sex education could look like. We took an intimate journey into the home gallery of one woman’s 30-year career in erotic art. We interviewed Kenya Troutman at the DC Department of Public…
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