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Well, it’s safe to say that this year didn’t go as anyone planned. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States in mid-March, all our lives got turned upside down. And that includes the sex positive community. No more sex parties. No more casual sex. Really, barely any dating! But the flip…
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Social disconnection is very real this holiday season, as we round out a full nine months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent studies have shown that due to COVID-19, there have been increases not only in isolation measures like social distancing, but also widespread increases in anxiety, loneliness, and insomnia. Remember that the loneliness, grief, and…
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“We make the rules up.” I said this statement over and over as I biked past a barricaded police block on a bright and warm Saturday afternoon, on my way to meet my first date in seven years. Normally I’m never that nervous for a date; much less if it’s with a stranger from the…
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I am a medical assistant at an abortion clinic in Texas. It can be an emotionally wrought experience under normal circumstances, but during this pandemic it has only intensified. As Texans, our patients are up against their own unique set of obstacles to obtaining care. When the lockdown first went into effect in March, our…
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May is our favorite time of year over here at Sexual + Being. As spring gets sprung and human animals start peeping out of their houses, it’s also the month that we celebrate International Masturbation May. To recognize this holy time this year, we talked about how to masturbate during a pandemic when you have…
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The global pandemic known as COVID-19 or coronavirus, has been referred to as “the ultimate equalizer,” affecting people regardless of their background. But people who existed at the intersections of oppression prior to the pandemic are still living under those same (if not worse) conditions. For example, transgender people in DC have found that the…
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After more than eight years in the field of STI education and activism, I can talk a lot about the challenges of living with the herpes simplex virus (HSV). And there’s one major thing I’ve learned: The majority of problems related to living with HSV have less to do with the virus itself and more…
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