Big Man on Campus

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A fragile boy with learning disabilities transitions from home school to college.

Do You Know These 6 Elements That Your Sexuality is Made Of? (Video)

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Hank Green explains the differences between sex, gender, romance, orientation and more.

Gay Israeli Culture from an Israeli’s Perspective

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American travel writer Sophie Needelman meets an Israeli soldier who shows her the gay State of Israel.

Israel from an American Lesbian Perspective

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The first in a two-part series, in which travel writer Sophie Needelman brings her identities as a West Coast American college student to the State of Israel, and begins to unpack.

The Gay Look

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Being a gay man has everything to do with being a masculine man.

Is BDSM Just a Phase?

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A dominant man’s sexuality matures and evolves with experience.

You’re Never Not What You Are

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Young self-identified masters and dominants often have to fight for their identities BDSM spaces. Olivia Davis looks at why that’s wrong. In some ways, BDSM is a subculture of title and tradition. The rigid backbone of many kink organizations is Leather—regimented, highly organized Leather. Dating back to WWII vets desperately seeking military structure in their [...]

In Defense of Demisexuality

Obviously, I am obsessed with sex and the politics of sex. I spend large chunks of my day staring at arguments about sex, kink, and gender. Equally immoderate chunks of my night are spent writing about those things. Sometimes, I even have sex. I think it’s serious business. But I have a dark, secret heart [...]

“Bisexual men are treated as vectors of disease and ‘in-group traitors’ by heterosexuals and homosexuals.”

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This is a comment by Mark on the post “Bisexual Men: 8/4″.

“The ‘bear community’ is where I finally got comfortable just being a big, strong, hairy, burly guy with a beard.”

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This is comment by NCH on the post “Bear Pride”

Masculinity Olympics

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HeatherN explains how masculinity and heterosexuality have traditionally been assumed to be one and the same in our society, and points to how this is changing.

Searching for a Unified Theory of Orgasm: Part Two

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Clarisse Thorne had an orgasm once. Then, she couldn’t have another.

Searching for a Unified Theory of Orgasm

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Clarisse Thorn searches her past experiences, physiology, and sexual preferences to shine light on what constitutes the female orgasm.

Can You Trust Your Johnson?

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Gary Wilson and Marnia Robinson dispute the common conception that the penis never lies.