ISSUE 9
SEX
THE FACE OF ARO-ACE: LET’S GET TO KNOW YASMIN BENOIT
FEATURED ARTICLES
Sex Parties: The New Frontier
Sex parties. Once the place where visibility was limited to jokes about swingers meeting up in living rooms to put car keys in a bowl.
News flash: Sex isn’t just about making babies
We chat pleasure, consent and becoming a sexpert with Gigi Engle.
Disability After Dark x Unicorn: Let’s Get Cozy, Comfy & Unicorny
Andrew Gurza schools Unicorn on queer sex, cerebral palsy, podcasts, and how British people are obsessed with custard
Embarrassing Sex Stories ft. Cillit Bang, Car Sex and David Tennant
Are you haunted by your embarrassing sex stories? Why not laugh at ours instead…
Let’s Throw Virginity In The Bin
Maddie votes to veto virginity and discusses how it harms queer people
Inclusivity, Identity and Queer Sex Ed with Aida Manduley
Nithila chats to Aida Manduley about their work as a queer sex educator
Sex, Drugs, and…‘Can We Stop Now? I’ve Had Enough,’: My Truth About Sex on Anti-Depressants
Feature Illustration by Anya Perepelkina We are always told that our first time won’t be up to scratch. That-despite unrealistic expectations-we’ll probably just be left
What Happens When a Catholic Bi Girl Attends a Sex Ed for Grown Ups event…
Sinners, sex, safety and statistics.
Intimate Partner Violence In India: Through A Queer Lens
For Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness week, we look into the state of queer intimate partner violence in India.
Queer Sex Workers: Defining the Odds
What is queer sex work and how do we discuss it?
Coitus, consent and dreamy collabs
We chatted with digital illustrator A Little Bit Sketchy.
How Intimacy Co-Ordinator Rufai Ajala Helps Actors ‘Own Your No’
Roo gets into the juicy details of film-making, intimacy co-ordination, kink, and sexy high fives
The OnlyFans Drama: How The ‘Ban-Not-Ban’ Really Impacts Our Queer Sex Workers
Beck discusses the major struggles for queer sex workers as OnlyFans’ porn lives to see another day.
DIBiY: 5 Creative Pleasure Tools For Doing It Bi Yourself
Is it just me, or is there something about being bisexual and loving to masturbate? Or at least loving to talk about it?
Out With The Old, In With The New: The Generational Queer Divide
Nithila explores the generational gap within the queer community and why we should fix it
Investigating Bisexual Relationships: The ‘Question of Monogamy’
Grab your magnifying glass, let’s inspect into the queering of relationship structures by Oli Lipski
Body-ody-ody: Sex and Self Positivity with Emma ‘Trouble’
We chat about how chronic illness shouldn’t stop you feeling frisky
Erotica, but like…Queer: An Insider Perspective
Nithila talks stigma, double standards, and sexuality with four queer erotica writers
Somewhere To Belong: Archiving The Queer Community
Maddie talks to Kim Scopes and Laura Furner about their bi+ archive and hit show, ‘Somewhere To Belong’