One of the things that often surprises people is the fact that being queer, kinky, and poly doesn’t have to mean that someone is promiscuous. “Promiscuous” is such an interesting word. My dictionary has two definitions for it: having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships demonstrating or implying an undiscriminating or unselective approach; indiscriminate […]

Clipped from: yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com (share this clip) Every so often, there’s another cycle in the fight over casual sex. This time, the argument was sparked Jaclyn Friedman’s piece on Yes Means Yes! The author describes her sexual explorations and describes how they brought her pleasure, fun, and healing.  She never suggests that her path will work […]

Over on the Good Vibrations Magazine, I received a comment from a woman whose husband travels a lot. The two of them have a non-monogamous relationship and she’s had some difficulty finding casual partners: I wanted to address your concept of having casual sex in a positive fashion, and how difficult that seems to be, […]

You may have seen the post from a couple of weeks ago, announcing that Heather Corinna, the founder of Scarleteen.com, was looking for people to participate in a short, anonymous online survey about their experiences with casual sex. She’s just announced an even shorter follow up survey, which will help fill in some of the […]