relationships

You can read a book. You can read a map. But reading people, that’s difficult in any situation.

If you are a teen or young adult who lives at home during COVID-19, and are dating or sexually active with a partner, navigating this part of your life – with your partner, with parents or guardians – is complicated. A lot of households and families are having to negotiate what the new dating normal looks like. Here are some ideas to help make those discussions smoother.

For as long as I can remember, I have worked on cultivating strong and meaningful friendships. It’s through these friendships that I have discovered what I hope to get out of romantic relationships. My friendships teach me the importance of trust, communication, and commitment.

Here are some tips on how to seek and obtain consent with nonverbal partners and how to communicate so sex can be safe, satisfying and fun for everyone.

Despite the initial shame, guilt, name-calling, jokes, and fear related to disclosure, my STI presented me with a chance to love myself more deeply. It gave me a chance to sit with myself, who I thought myself to be, who I thought I was going to become, and who I really was.

Just because you face your own set of specific challenges doesn’t mean you get a free pass to discount the humanity of someone else.

For individuals on the Autism spectrum or anyone with some kind of disability, it can be hard to ask for help. Here’s a little advice from someone who knows.

The Order of The Good Death’s Sarah Chavez about death positivity — what it is, what that means, and who it can help — and how we can better understand death.

A short, fast, sex ed summary about the basics of sexual consent.

We hope every time you open up to someone about your truth they respond with love and kindness. But we also want to make sure you’re prepared in case they don’t, and give you some practical strategies and tools to look after yourself if that’s what happens. With that in mind, here’s a new, totally non-exhaustive, step by step guide to coming out.