Tracy Clark-Flory

“The ‘I can’t help it’ argument retains the idea that something is amiss. The truly progressive stance is that all people should be treated with respect, dignity and equality regardless of the mechanisms that led them to prefer having consensual sex with one group over another, at any point in time.”

Marta Meana, a clinical psychologist at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, in my article, “When gay is a choice.”

Ever wondered what kissing looks like from inside your mouth? Wonder no more.

[via Mission Mission]

“‎”The normal pushing and shoving, pluralistic conflict-driven politics doesn’t work when it comes to sexuality.”

Marty Klein in my latest, “The GOP’s bizarre war on sex.”

Swag received at the office from a strap-on company.

“It seems to me that most of us treat medical professionals with kid gloves when it comes to our sexual health, as though we’ll shock them if we reveal what we really get into behind closed doors (maybe because we’re privately shocked by, and embarrassed of, our sexual selves).”

Do IUDs limit kinky play?

“It’s crazy that guys have touched my prostate but don’t know my name.”

A male reader in an email detailing his wild experiences at gay clubs

“Judgment is easy when it comes to extreme or socially unacceptable manifestations of sex. But, increasingly, my own reaction to people’s erotic idiosyncrasies — whether it’s their interest in strictly vanilla sex or a fetish for latex animal costumes — is: Aw, sweeties.”

“The education of a sex writer”

“Dismemberment, disembowelment? Eh, no big thing. But the idea of a woman falling in love with her brother, now that gets people talking.”

Why is incest all over prime time?

Prevent rape without blaming victims

When the news broke, I took straight to Facebook: “Not to be alarmist,” I wrote in my status update, “but San Francisco friends, FYI.” There followed a link to the police department’s notice about a suspect in two rapes that took place within days of each other in my neighborhood. A local blog gruesomely reported that the latest victim was assaulted while walking to work at 6:30 a.m. — and that afterward, the fire department had to rinse blood off the street. An email from a friend warned, “It’s particularly brutal (breaking necks) and he’s doing it in public. Keep reading…