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Having Sex With Straight Men and Learning to Love as a Transgender Woman
As a teenage boy, and later a woman, I saw men try, fail, and finally succeed at learning to love.
What It's Like Growing Up with the Belief that Tampons Take Virginity
As a teen, I felt stuck in a miserable balancing act: hiding tampons from my family or being shamed by friends for not using them.
A Bridegroom Explains Why He Ditched the Virginity Test on His Wedding Night
The Kanjarbhat couple took a stand against their community’s tradition.
I’m a 29-Year-Old Pregnant Virgin
"This is me giving a middle finger to the people who told me I couldn’t do it because I'm not married yet."
How I Lost My Camgirl Virginity
The awkwardness and apprehension is the same as with any life-changing first.
What It’s Like Being a Virgin at 40
“Hearing stories from people about dating, songs about sex and love, or even reading about it, has always made me feel abnormal as a human being.”
Hymen Reconstructions Are Still Very Much a Thing in Europe
I hung out with a Spanish Roma woman while she was having her virginity "reinstalled."
The First Time I Had Sex with a Woman and Realized I Was Bisexual
"I started feeling this rush when I was around her and I didn't know how to pinpoint the way it made me feel. I'd look at her lips and think, I feel something."
Virgins On What They Think Sex Is Like
"I have quite realistic expectations, but there’s also that part of you that wants it to be a big deal: all your female ancestors stand in a line and congratulate you and shake your hand, you know?”
The Truth Behind the Rise of Polygamist and Virgin Auction Sites in Indonesia
The rise of sites offering men "halal" loopholes to premarital sex are eroding women's rights in the world's largest Muslim-majority country.
Are New Zealanders a Bit Crap at Sex?
We don't stack up particularly well when it comes to performance or protection.