Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 7, 2015
China’s leading advocate of one-night stands, sadomasochist sex, the decriminalization of pornography and the legalization of same-sex marriage has announced that her partner of 17 years is a transgender man. The reaction has been overwhelmingly supportive. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigFeb 17, 2015
The feminist, socialist, hilarious writer, who also goes by the name Penny Red, has this smart and comic reading of the "Fifty Shades" brouhaha. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 29, 2015
For years now we've heard about randy grandparents getting nasty in the old folks home. Yet studies of septuagenarian sex continue to make the news as if it's weird, shocking or gross. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 22, 2014
Had Bill Clinton heeded the glaring signs of the sea change ushered in by that now-infamous scene from a boat in Bimini called the Monkey Business in the spring of 1987, he could have spared himself, not to mention the rest of the country, a big hassle during his presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigSep 12, 2014
Soon, men may be able to shoulder the burden of contraception without the finality of vasectomy or the muss and fuss of condoms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
Hippocrates took a crack at it, postulating that this mysterious activity was designed to flush harmful air from the body. Cut to the 19th century, when that notion lost traction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJun 10, 2014
Thank the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the gold rush happening in the field of condom research. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 17, 2014
Scientists said this week that they had made the long-sought discovery of how sperm latches onto an egg in the very first spark of reproduction, the outcome of a near decade-long hunt. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 13, 2014
The conflict between religious freedom and gender/sexual equality has become "the most important civil rights issue of this time." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 14, 2014
Having trouble remembering key things due to the stress of the everyday grind? Forget your ginkgo biloba tablets, have some sex instead. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found an 11 percent rise in syphilis and a 4 percent increase in gonorrhea cases in 2012 in the U.S. But what does the XY chromosome have to do with these sexually transmitted diseases? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2013
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that views on sexual conduct reveal more about a person's religious beliefs than their ideas about lying or cheating. But what are the implications of these "highly heretical" findings? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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