Alcohol, Drugs, and Safer Sex Decisions
Alcohol and drugs can change how people flirt, communicate, make choices, assess risk, remember details, and recognize danger. Sometimes substances are part of nightli...
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Boundaries, Pleasure, and Safer Sex
Safer sex is often described as a way to avoid harm: avoid STIs, avoid pregnancy, avoid regret, avoid panic, avoid the “we need to talk” text at 8:03 a.m. And yes, red...
Read ArticleCondomless Sex: How to Reduce Risk Without Shame
Let us begin with honesty, beloveds: not everyone uses condoms every time. Some people use condoms consistently. Some use them with new partners but not regular partne...
Read ArticleConsent Is Sexy: A Practical Guide
Consent is not a mood killer. Consent is not a legal form in triplicate. Consent is not a whispered technicality squeezed in between kissing and bad decision-making. C...
Read ArticleHookups, Apps, and Safer Choices
Hookup apps can be fun, convenient, affirming, messy, direct, awkward, exciting, and occasionally a full theater production in your messages. Whether you use Grindr, S...
Read ArticleHow to Be a Better Partner When Someone Discloses an STI
If someone tells you they have an STI, take a breath before you respond. That person may be nervous. They may be embarrassed. They may be afraid of being rejected, jud...
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