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Asexuality Is a Sexual Orientation, Not A Disorder

...aspects of their sexual identity. For example, on the spectrum of asexuality, a person can identify as somewhere in between allosexual (a person who experiences sexual attraction) and asexual. Gray-A...

By Nadia Nooreyezdan

Tracking Transitions

Sexual Orientation Is Fluid Between Adolescence and Adulthood

...the future to better understand how a range of sexual orientation experiences and patterns over time can shape sexual minorities’ experience of distinct health disadvantages and the effects of discrimination....

By Anubhuti Matta

Diversity Problems

Sexual Orientation Gap Exists in STEM Fields, Study Finds

A new study recently quantified the sexual orientation gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), finding men in same-sex relationships were 12% less likely than men in heterosexual relationships...

Banning Blood Donation Based on Sexual Orientation or Practices Is Unfair and Ineffective

...their sexual behavior, especially their male-to-male sexual activity. The issue is these lifetime blood donor bans are ineffective in securing safe and infection-free blood for patients needing transfusions. They are...

By Abhinav Verma

Kink Outside The Box

The Psychology of Sexual Kink

...psychology. “Everyone has a sexual orientation in regard to gender because that’s how we’ve defined sexual orientation,” Copulsky writes in a presentation for the Alt Sex NYC Conference. “Everyone has...

The Effects of Sexual Harassment on Teens

...sexual harassment as being subjected to derogatory sexual remarks about appearance, behavior or sexual orientation; unwanted sexual attention; rumor-spreading; unwanted sexually themed images; and similar behaviors. The study questioned nearly...

By Karun Bhandanker

‘Cat Person,’ New Research Challenge How We Think of Women’s Sexual Desire

...women who identify as bisexual, lesbian and heterosexual. The interviews confirmed that multiple sociocultural factors influence desire in all women, but particularly in LGBQ*, or sexual minority, women. “Sexual minority...

By Liesl Goecker

Feminist Porn and the Glory of Ethical Sexual Representation

...inclusion in the porn industry since 2006. In feminist porn, filmmakers employ actors of diverse ethnicities, who also have different sexual orientations, which expands boundaries of gender and race in...

It's Not Just Physical

Pansexuals Disregard the Gender or Sex of Potential Partners

...queer women, reported sexual attraction in the homosexual range.” This shows that observing a pansexual person or their relationships might very easily look like they’re bisexual or homosexual, and their...

It’s Time We Accept Those Questioning Their Sexuality, Gender as Unquestionably Queer

...worst, as bisexual-lite, or simply posturing. Bi-curiosity is painted as a desire or curiosity toward a certain type of sexual orientation; bisexuality the ‘actual’ or ‘real’ deal. This is just...

Tinder Brainiacs

Sapiosexuals, It’s Not Revolutionary to Be Attracted to Intelligence

...an unduly glorified sexual preference to a sexual orientation — an aspect of identity for which many people face social discrimination and judgment. No, sapiosexuality is not a sexual orientation....

Stronger Together

LGTBQ+ Jawans Are Already in the Army; Welcoming Them Would Make the Ranks Stronger

...be used to punish consenting adults, soldiers or civilians, the vague wording of the Army Act means “any kind of homosexual or heterosexual behavior that falls under the category of...

By Nadia Nooreyezdan

Fingers Crossed

This Is What It’s Like to Come Out as Queer in India

According to historian George Chauncey, the phrase “coming out” — commonly used to denote publicly revealing one’s sexual orientation as LGBTQIA+ — owes its genesis to debutante balls, at which...

Can Parenting LGBTQ Kids Be 100% Supportive in India?

...and there are many other children who are homosexual or gender-questioning. Encourage your child to explore and build their strengths and interests, so they don’t feel their sexual orientation or...

By Tanya Vasunia

The Bed Needs A Break

It’s Okay: To Not Make Sex an Important Part of Your Life

...sexual. For some people, both sides sound like exhausting archetypes, because they reflect a universal scrutiny on sex and sexuality. There is a greater focus on shaming sluts over shaming...

Legalizing Love

Watching Section 377: The Single Woman

...sexual orientation. But I am not very comfortable with going out, seeking partnerships, especially on online portals, because I’m really scared about the violence against homosexual people. And cyberbaiting is...

By The Swaddle Team

Negative Points

New Report Outlines Scale of Homophobia, Transphobia in Sport

...offenders, while gay men and people with other sexual orientations said other sports participants were the problem. Transgender people were more likely than cisgender people to report harassment from a...

By Liesl Goecker

Hang On Every Word

Dictionary.com Adds LGBTQIA+ Terms Such as ‘Deadname,’ ‘Biromantic’ in Biggest Update Ever

...suffixed by “sexual,” such as bisexual or pansexual, to also include emotional attraction, apart from romantic or sexual attraction. And it has updated the definition of “ace,” from only referring to...

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