Today is Give OUT Day! Support Our LGBT/Ally Nonprofit Friends! May 9th is Give OUT Day, the amazing nationwide initiative to support LGBTQ-and-allied nonprofits. It’s a fantastic opportunity to donate any amount and have the synergy of many donors add up. Our friends at the Center for Sex & Culture have been selected as one of
Author Archives: Dr. Carol Queen
Good Vibrations Sexologist Dr. Carol Queen: IUDs and Kegel Balls
Are there risks to having an IUD and using Kegel balls? I’ve been told I can’t use a DivaCup because of the suction. Thoughts? — Scared of the Suction Because this is a medical question (the IUD is a medical device, even though Kegel balls are not necessarily used or obtained for medical reasons),
Thanks For All The Magic, Magic Wand!
There’s an argument to be made that the very existence of Good Vibrations — maybe even the whole women’s sex toy revolution — comes down to one iconic item. It’s not the Rabbit Pearl, though that cute-cute-cute sex toy already had legions of fans before Sex & The City made it even more famous.
Carol Queen’s Commentary Spot: What Makes a Sex-Positive Space?
At CatalystCon I participated in a panel called “Slut-Shaming in Sex-Positive Communities” — and I’m going to tell you what I told them: that I don’t think a community, or a space, where people are subjected to slut-shaming (or homophobia, biphobia, “heterophobia,” kinkphobia, transphobia, etc., etc.) can be called “sex-positive” at all. “Sex-positive” has, in some
Feminist Porn Awards & Conference Recap
Hail Canada! Trippin’ to Toronto to Celebrate Feminist Porn Of course the US is full of people who enjoy and make feminist or queer or alt porn. Well, maybe not full, but we do have many people below the 49th parallel who are into alternatives to mainstream porn. However, the fabulous land of Canada is
Porno Makes My Heart Warm
Carol Queen’s Sex & Culture Commentary Spot. (Yes, that makes it the C-Spot, doesn’t it?) Porno Makes My Heart Warm. That’s a line from the Alien Sex Party movie soundtrack. It’s a lovely song… continues, “It’s more than just an art form.” Isn’t that the truth! And it’s a fraught one at that. I spent
Women over 50! Talk About Sex & Win a Seat in Joan Price’s Workshop!
Women over Fifty — What do you want to tell us about sex? Let us know and win a FREE seat at Sex after Fifty: A Workshop for Women, with Joan Price on Sunday, April 14th, 2:00 – 5:00 pm. Submission Information: Question: What do you want to tell us about sex? Selected responses will be published
Catalyzing & Inspiring at CatalystCon
The wonderful sex-positive conference CatalystCon, held twice a year, draws a variety of people: sex educators and community activists, academics, students, writers, sexuality professionals across a range of experiences, from sex workers to therapists. It’s all pulled together by the indefatigable Dee Dennis and her friends in the Evil Slut Clique, held (in the spring)
Help Gender Icon Kate Bornstein Kick Cancer!
The below is from Kate’s friend Laura, who’s set up Kate Bornstein’s GoFundMe.com Campaign. Kate Bornstein is an icon of gender theory, an advocate who fights against suicide, a fabulous writer, and basically one of the most notable people on the planet. Her friends and fans are pitching in to support her in getting the
Farewell to Harry Reems
The other star of Deep Throat, the 1972 movie that changed US culture’s relationship with pornography, has died. Harry Reems (born Herbert Streicher) succumbed to complications from cancer this week, not quite eleven years after his famous co-star, Linda Lovelace (nee Linda Boreman) was killed in a car accident. Both stars had left the limelight,
