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Is There a “Right Way” To Have Public Sex?

Your girlfriend loved gym bathroom sex but you’re not so sure you wanna do it again. Also: how to feel…

the team

Oct 3, 2025

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How To Handle Traumatic Resurgence During Sex

Trauma has a way of resurfacing in vulnerable moments. It can happen even if there’s no relationship between that trauma and sex.

Summer Tao

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Feb 29, 2024

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Anonymous Sex Diary: A Couple Rekindles Their Sex Life with “Intimacy Boot Camp”

We’re both trying to avoid the lesbian bed death trope, hoping to be remembered in history as lovers, not “really good friends.”

Guest

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Feb 21, 2024

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How To Make Sexual Consent Sexy

Many people (myself included) love clear and direct communication. But not all of us lean into that style of sex. Thankfully, we can fold check-ins into sex without separating people…

Summer Tao

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Feb 13, 2024

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You Need Help: How Do I Ask My Girlfriend To Freshen Up Before Sex Without Killing Our Sex Life?

Your girlfriend is putting a lot of trust in you, and that trust should be honored and celebrated.

ashni

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Feb 6, 2024

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29 Pictures Of Lesbian Sex According To Stock Photography

Dressing up like nuns, tying our t-shirts together, braiding each other’s hair, making omelettes, wearing hats, wearing leg-warmers upside-down — the lesbian sex photography fun NEVER ENDS!

Riese

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Feb 2, 2024

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Things I Do To Feel Submissive Even Though My Partner Isn’t Super Dominant

There’s room for ‘incompatibilities’ if we find mutually supportive ways to manage them.

Summer Tao

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Jan 4, 2024

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I’m a Trans Woman, and This Is What’s in My Sex Bag

I have the profound misfortune of being a germaphobe who is very into anal sex.

Summer Tao

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Dec 26, 2023

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How To Please a Pillow Princess, by a Pillow Princess

The term pillow princess has its roots in 90s lesbian circles.

Summer Tao

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Nov 24, 2023

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How To Make Sexual Consent Sexy

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29 Pictures Of Lesbian Sex According To Stock Photography

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