To answer a question from a reader, in my last column I covered some of the mental and emotional preparation needed to enter into an open relationship with your partner. This reader’s real question,...

This week’s column is based on a question from a reader and will be answered in two parts! Check back next week for the followup. Dear Jodie, My husband and I just agreed to an open...

Having a sexually transmitted infection (STI) doesn’t mean your sex life is over – true story. I know all of the scary literature and after-school specials have tried to scare you off of having sex...

Our knowledge about safer sex usually includes reduction of risk and getting tested. We learn about the different kinds of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and what they might look like. When we don’t have...

I generally think resolutions are stupid: we all pledge some variation of the same vague things we think we should be doing to be a more acceptable version of a human being. We’re going to “eat...

Jodie Layne, volunteer staff There are only a small number things in this world that no one wants to hear, but few are as hard to stomach as someone you know disclosing their sexual assault...

The words “kink” and “fetish” are thrown around a lot in mainstream culture without most of us knowing what they really mean. It seems like if you want to write a lady-mag article about...