Sexuality

L.A. County Meningitis Stats Raise More Questions -- County Only Recently Began Tracking Sexual Orientation

Updated at the bottom: Health experts say only some types of bacterial meningitis are spread person-to-person, these types are not as contagious as flu and are not sexually transmitted. The CDC says there is no increased risk among gays and no rationale for county officials to alter their approach. ... More >>

Joe Jonas Says No To Ball Gags

Joe Jonas, a sometime area resident who once wore a no-sex "purity ring" in his days with boy band Jonas Brothers, did not have sex on tape, his rep says. News of a Jonas sex video has rocked our world here at LA Weekly World Headquarters. But -- alas -- not only did he not go all bondage-style wit ... More >>

Sex Addiction One Step Closer To Becoming Recognized Disorder -- UCLA

Listen up Charlie Sheen, Anthony Weiner and the entire porn industry. The good folks at UCLA have come up with a set of scientific criteria for what ails you, a.k.a., sex addiction. And the new guidelines make this one step closer to becoming recognized as a legitimate mental disorder along the lin ... More >>

Murderball Director Dana Adam Shapiro Has a New Book About Divorced People Giving Relationship and Sex Advice

See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament What makes seemingly happy relationships go sour? And once a marriage crumbles, is it possible to find love again? Dana Adam Shapiro, a single, never-married, Venice-based filmmaker, traveled the country to find ... More >>

Potential Space

Teen Sexting: More Than 1 in 10 L.A. School District Kids Do It

Sexting is the new teen scourge, apparently. Yet another academic study has found that more than 1 in 10 teens have been sexting lately. This research, however, is local: 1839 students in the L.A. Unified School District were questioned about their texting. The results?

Why L.A. Schools Should End Their Ban on Hugging

By Dr. Paul Abramson and L.J. Williamson Riot Act is a semi-regular column that challenges conventional wisdom in controversial issues Last month, Tennessee, the state where Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13-year-old first cousin and John Thomas Scopes was convicted for teaching evolution, made waves ... More >>

Drake Was Whispering Encouragement in My Ear While I Was Having Sex

The other night, my wife and I had sex. Now, this isn't an altogether rare occurrence. The odds are against us (we've been together more than 10 years; we work multiple jobs; two profoundly talented 4-year-old cockblockers patrol the house endlessly like goddamn sex sniffing dogs), but we're still ... More >>

Gay Hist-Orgy! Part 1 & 2, by Ian MacKinnon

iPod-Powered Vibrators: We Masturbate To Jack White's Music

​Music-powered vibrators. What a concept! The original, from a company called OhMiBod, has a cigar-shaped design that you plug into an iPod; the vibrating stimulus matches the beat of the song playing. But now there's a pair of fancier new wireless versions, and, guess what? We test drove ... More >>

Women Would Rather Facebook Than Have Sex With Husbands, Says Valentine's Week Survey

patriziaasoliani​Aw, how romantic. A new survey by the women's lifestyle site iVillage indicates that two-thirds of married women would almost rather do anything than have sex with their men. (Way to serve your ladies, guys). In fact, according to an iVillage statement, a vast majority of ... More >>

4 Sexy Things Cleaner, Less Expensive Than Going to Coachella

So Coachella weekend 1 sold out milliseconds after its 10 a.m. open sale time today, and weekend 2 will likely be squeezed dry within the next few days. Unexpected? Nope. But if you're one of the several whose Coachella purchases were thwarted by a day job, shitty Internet connection, or empty wal ... More >>

Yogasms & Other Self-Made Orgasms Found in Public Places

Yoga-loving women everywhere swear their twisting, bending and inverting is helping their sex lives. Sure, practicing those pelvic floor muscle exercises (kegels, ladies!) will certainly bring more attention to all that's going on around the root chakra, it's the in-class orgasm - aka the yogasm - t ... More >>

Men Need to Cuddle More Than Women (Really), According to New Kinsey Institute Study

Kinsey Institute director Julia Heiman.​Men are big babies. That we already know, right ladies? But did you know that men in long-term relationships are more likely than their better halves to require "cuddling and caressing" to feed their happiness? That's according to a study from the Kins ... More >>

Sex Survey Finds Angelenos Do it More Than Anyone Else in America

Jimi Photog​It should be no surprise that the city that's home to the porn industry, Hugh Hefner and Charlie Sheen is also the place where people have the most sex in America. The latest Trojan "U.S. Sex Census" puts L.A. the top of the horn-dog heap: We have it 135 times a year, beating ou ... More >>

Drummers Really Do Get Laid the Most: Phil Varone's Had Sex with 3000 Women

We'd rather know many she's had​Phil Varone, the drummer for Saigon Kick, Skid Row and Prunella Scales, is unleashing his sexy on the world with his XXX movie Phil Varone's Secret Sex Stash (sorry, we just gagged, too). In the highly NSFW teaser, alongside which appropriately features a phot ... More >>

Sex Toy Sales to Rival Smartphone Buys in The Next 10 Years: Stars Like Cameron Diaz Popularize This Booming Lady Business

Cameron Diaz talks about this stuff. For real.​Ring ring. Who is it? It's your libido calling. It wants a new toy. And not an iPhone 4, either. A British study making the rounds this week claims that sex-toy sales will rival smartphone purchases in the next 10 years. Of course, your pocket ro ... More >>

The Real Meaning of Tricky Dick

Live Nude Sex Demo in Los Angeles Will Recreate Controversial Northwestern University 'Kinky People' Seminar

stockroom.com​It was a traumatic experience for the administrators at the button-down campus of Northwestern University: Psychology Professor J. Michael Bailey invited his human sexuality class to an optional "Networking for Kinky People" seminar that had a woman being stimulated to orgasm by ... More >>

Orgasm Inc.

Weird Science: Saffron Helps Your Sex Life

djjewelzCarrot Salad, Saffron Anglaise Cream, Pearl Onions, Citrus, and Mustard Powder at Ludobites 4.0.​The amorous effects of wine and chocolate are mostly imaginary, but adding saffron to your diet really can make improve your sex life, according to the results of a recent Canadian study. ... More >>

Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist

There are always strings attached, no matter the venue

UCLA Sex Survey Results: Threesomes, Celebrity Affairs, Masturbation, and How to Prevent Nude Photos of You Turning Up on Facebook

Read more in our sex features, "Sex and This City: What are Angelenos Looking For?," "Give Sodomy a Chance," "iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!," and "Uncomplicated Casual Sex? Not Easy to Find on Craigslist." ​College campuses have quite a reputation for bawdy behavior these days, espec ... More >>

Mystery Of The Female Orgasm To Be Revealed In SoCal: MRI Study From Rutgers Prof Barry R. Komisaruk Shows The Way

MGMSally schooled Harry, but will science, er, come through?​It was a legendary question that Sally put to Harry way back when: "How do you know that they're really ... ?" (Stumped? Video after the jump will explain). You don't really know. But one man knows. He's the Neil Armstrong of the bi ... More >>

Movie Review: The Virginity Hit

Hustler Hollywood Hosts Safe Sex Party

Safe sex isn't always as thrilling as one would like. That's why there's a new hot threesome who got together to show just how to add that extra element of excitement to make your O face your best, while still practicing safe sex. Hustler of Hollywood, The Screaming O and the Association for Safe Fu ... More >>

Queer Town: Johnny Weir Reacts to L.A. Weekly, Sticks with Label Logic

In a Queer Town column on Monday, we examined a few of the disconnects between the life and public image of Olympic ice skater and reality TV star Johnny Weir, who dodges questions about his sexual orientation yet considers himself something of a shoot-from-the-hip rebel.Johnny Weir​Some people th ... More >>

WHEN IN ROMAN . . .

Father's Dildo Takes a Walk; Gay-Marriage Bigot Is Denied Advice

Spring's Awakening

Queer Town: Good Fun at the Cock Ring Toss

It is six o'clock on a warm Saturday evening, and the Christopher Street West Gay Pride Festival on San Vicente Boulevard is jammed. Nothing much is happening at the Rogaine booth, but free ID Lube is a big hit. At the Circuit Dance tent, revelers move to their own peculiar, inner beat, regardless o ... More >>

Why Is Sex With Someone You Don't Know Such a Powerful Fantasy For So Many?

The charge of the unknown

In (Partial) Defense of Eliot Spitzer

Is it cheating if it's with a sex worker? Is it preferable to a

Best Rapture

Babeland Sex Shoppe

Tell Me You Love Me: The Thinking-Person’s Excuse for Graphic Nudity

The end of meaningless sex

Skid Row

Revolutionary Fetishist?

Rick Castro explores ?the depths of the erotic soul

Feeding Boys, Ayaya

Letters

Oh So Natural

Sexual selection, the Good Book and why gay is good

The Bumbler Goes Live

Lyndon Bush Johnson climbs out from under his desk at the White House

Heavy Petting

Tracy Nakayama’s sex from a woman’s perspective

DIY

A cultural history of masturbation

Head Games

From Oblivious to Sex and the City

Hard Times for Net News

Scenes From My Life in Porn

In the Country of Women

Director Catherine Breillat

Dick

(Not the movie)

Plug Me In, Turn Me On

Cyberdildonics gives Net sex new meaning