sexual health
Birth Control Implants Empower Filipinas Like Me, Now a Senator Wants to Stop Funding It
How are women supposed to find the right birth control method for their bodies if you limit their options?
Indian Women Are Fighting Stigma by Sharing Their Personal Abortion Stories
The My Body My Choice campaign is creating a safe space through which abortion can be discussed and understood openly by women in India.
Ten Years of 56 Dean Street, the Pioneering LGBTQ+ Health Clinic
Located in the heart of Soho, the NHS centre offers free sexual health testing and counselling services. A decade on, patients tell us why we can’t take it for granted.
People are Posting Photos of Their STIs on Reddit and Asking for Advice
Reddit is proving to be a safe space where thousands of people can ask strangers to diagnose their venereal diseases.
What Schools Should Teach Queer Women About Sex
Yes, women who hook up with women can get STIs. But it's still a subject a lot of us aren't fully clued up on.
1 in 16 Women Report Their First 'Sexual' Experiences Were Rape or Assault
Extrapolated to the whole U.S. population, this would mean 3.3 million women have experienced "forced sexual initiation."
Some Indian Women Are Quietly Cancelling Their Periods, and It’s Empowering
While we’ve been conditioned to believe that a monthly period is a sign of good health, women actually have a choice to give up on menstruation. We meet some Indian women who’ve made that choice.
Remember Crabs? Turns Out They Didn't Disappear Along With Our Pubes
When pubic hair became less fashionable, so did talking about crabs—but they're just as common as they've ever been.
Bad News: Tongue Kissing May Transmit Gonorrhoea
We spoke to an Australian researcher who recently discovered that the STI can be spread through french kissing.
Please Stop Putting Garlic in Your Vaginas, OB/GYN Begs
Congratulations, you’ve turned your most sensitive orifice into Gilroy, California for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON—according to Dr. Jennifer Gunter.
Not So Fast: Women Who Have Premature Orgasms Explain How They Deal
Premature orgasm doesn't only affect men. Here's how women who come early found help through masturbation, edging, and being open with their partners.