What Makes Queer Sex Queer?

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us What Makes Queer Sex Queer? It’s Pride Month and what better time to consider the highs and lows, twists and turns and curlicues of sexuality?  This week we look at what we mean by queer sex, I answer a question from a young gay man who is surprised by his lack of erections, and we visit a library full of labia.  We end with a consideration of the best sex you’ve ever had.  ~  Cory Cory Silverberg Sexuality Expert What Is Queer Sex? What I love most about this question is how it uncovers what might be a disturbing fact to many people:  we have no idea what any kind of sex is, really.   Of course what’s disturbing to some is exciting to others (and by others I really mean me). READ NOW Share Young, Gay, and Frustrated "I am 22, gay, and I only recently started to have sex. There were so many factors contributing to me starting so late - according to friends, media and my ego - which were hindering but when I try something happens. I want to have sex so bad, and I will be really into a guy, but my penis will not get erect. I thought this was just a problem for older people or people who had health problems." READ NOW Share Checking Out the Labia Library An online resource from the Australian organization Women’s Health Victoria offers a catalogue like no other.  Read an interview with Jessica Malone, the head librarian at the Labia Library. READ NOW Share What Is Optimal Sexuality? What would happen if sex researchers and therapists stopped focusing only on what’s wrong with our sex lives and instead started researching those of us having amazing sex?  What would happen is a concept like optimal sexuality. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM • James Brown Had a History of Domestic Abuse • What's Your Relationship "Fighting Style?" • Relationships are far more complicated than many seniors remember • The 8 Dos and Don'ts of Sexting • 4 Things To Avoid When Dating After Divorce • All You Wanted to Know about Shirley MacLaine's Unconventional Marriage • Inside the Marriage of Justine Simmons and Rev Run • 4 Reasons Your Wife Doesn't Want to Have Sex With You Advertisement About Dating & Relationships   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Sexuality newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved