Sexual Anatomies & Sexual Health

There's no scientific evidence that the vaginal corona (hymen) is proof of virginity but cultures around the world keep insisting that it is.

How do you tell a crush, date, romantic⁠ interest, or current partner⁠ that you are intersex? This advice can work for any type of relationship⁠.

An intersex writer offers these starting points for finding healing, pleasure, and desire despite the stigma and pain that often accompany being an intersex person.

Where is the line between intersex and not intersex? Who gets to decide?

Purity culture spreads a lot of falsehoods about virginity. What is true and what isn't?

In this podcast episode, a married couple shares how they navigate their sexual and emotional relationship when penetration causes vulvovaginal pain.

Even our language betrays the sexist bias of reproductive health studies. Elizabeth Hlavinka discusses how we're still being harmed by a long history of ignoring, misperceiving, and discounting women's bodies.

This Scarleteen article provides an overview of the vaginal corona (also known as the hymen) and answers questions about its relationship to virginity.

Dr. Evelin Dacker, a physician and sex educator, shares tips on how to communicate with potential partners about sex, including STI (sexually transmitted infection) status.

How can we navigate the workplace after pregnancy loss, when so much silence and stigma still surround miscarriage? Jennifer Maerz draws from her personal experience and expert knowledge to provide guidance on how to heal amid the demands of work.

In this article, a pelvic health physical therapist explains how sexual trauma affects the body and contributes to chronic pelvic pain (CPP) as well as other bodily systems and cycles.

This video provides a general overview of endometriosis and the menstrual cycle, focusing closely on the personal story of Noémie Elhadad.