Online dating has created a nuanced social environment, and each site or app can have its own subculture. Handling a conversation can depend on a specific app, sexual preference, age range…
Test yo’self before you wreck yo’self
Being sexual with your partner or someone you’re highly attracted to is all fun and games until one of you has tested positive for sexually transmitted infections. If you read…
Dealing with stigma of HIV positive
It is estimated that more than 1.2 million people in the United States and a total of 36.7 million people worldwide are living with HIV infection. Because the infection can…
Click here for booty
Oh god, you’re so horny. Ohhhh soooo horny. Yeah, baby. But you’re by yourself! And you don’t want to actually get up and go to a bar or fabricate a…
Sexy student groups
Sex Week at the Queer Resource Center A Conversation with QRC office manager Melanie Altaras Vanguard: What are some of the QRC’s goals? How have you seen these goals succeeding…
Herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea—oh, my!
If there’s one thing that everyone can agree on in 2017, it’s that unprotected sex can have disastrous consequences for a variety of reasons. Being sexually active doesn’t have to…
The ins and outs of hysterectomies and vasectomies
Here’s the dilemma: You’ve either parented your way through the sleepless nights, the crayon drawings on the wall, and the years of teenage angst—which were just as restless and confusing…
FetLife and a girl with a ‘high IQ and low morals’
“I’m too kinky for FetLife,” was the line I heard while watching Scott Steven Erickson’s song, “A Pervert’s Guide to Avoiding Loneliness,” during the Portland Mercury’s annual Hump Film Festival….
V-Day stands for victory, valentine and vagina
Midterms should be over by the time you read this. Unfortunately, as I write this midterms are still in full swing. It is for this very reason that I condensed…
Sex myths to consider
While we are on the topic of sex, here is a short list of common sex “myths” to consider: “Queefing isn’t real.” Is anyone else outraged that the word “queef”…
Are pickup lines still used?
Jamon Sin/PSU Vanguard Do you ever wonder if pick up lines are still a thing? Do they even work? I took a couple hours and walked around campus to ask…