National Sexlife Journal

Public health programs in Canada have used text lines and anonymous e-cards for sexual health information and STI partner notification.

A neutral look at whether regular vibrator use can change sexual response, and how couples and sex educators discuss the question.

A neutral overview of post-intercourse soreness, condom fit, internal condoms and herpes transmission, drawn from a reader question.

Background on condom types, materials, effectiveness reporting, regulation in Canada and efforts to improve design.

What is known about frequent masturbation, porn use and the disputed label of addiction, including how health bodies classify it.

How Canadian clinicians discuss low sexual desire in women, wider health links and gaps in medical education.

A neutral look at how experience, age gaps and differing desire levels can shape who initiates sex in a partnership.

A married couple's public project on desire gaps and household labour, set within the wider debate on scheduled intimacy.

Findings on desire in long-term couples and on texting and Facebook in dating, drawn from a Canadian psychology researcher.

A Canadian blogger's reported view of online dating: what grabs attention, what turns people off and how rejection feels.

A Canadian study of Toronto participants found differing guilt patterns around sexual and emotional infidelity.

A neutral explainer on pillow talk, the relaxed conversation after intimacy, and how it is generally understood.

Munches, play parties and conventions structure Ontario's kink scene, which depends heavily on volunteer organizers.

Munches are casual, clothed social meetups for people interested in kink, held in ordinary public venues.

A look at how some performers enter fetish modelling through BDSM communities, based on paths that performers have reported.

Professional domination links kink culture and paid work; trans practitioners describe acceptance, prejudice and a move online.

A Newfoundland writer and educator reflects on sex as power, blogs about kink and has taught rope bondage workshops.

How leather workshops and fetish shops in Canadian cities became hubs for kink communities and social nights.

Burlesque spans comedy, dance and theatre; Ottawa's scene illustrates the variety that one city can hold.

A look at crocheted pasties as burlesque costume pieces, custom orders and adult-themed handmade goods sold online.

A Winnipeg troupe shows how comedy, body diversity and the tease define a growing prairie burlesque scene.

How some performers move from fetish shows to burlesque, and what they say about style, influences and popularity.

How Toronto burlesque and cabaret performers build stage personas, and how they talk about sexual energy and stigma.

A look at boylesque in Halifax and Atlantic Canada through one performer's stage career.

Independent sex work in Canada seen as a question of labour, safety, stigma and law, without promoting any provider or service.

A profile of Vancouver's PACE Society, its harm reduction model, peer staffing and the Downtown Eastside context.

How an Ottawa-Gatineau advocacy group, a landmark court case and competing views on decriminalization shaped Canada's sex work debate.

Stereotypes about sex worker clients, set against the motives and concerns described in interviews and research.

A large survey of sex buyers challenged stereotypes and drew interest from health and social service providers.

Toronto sex worker organizing, bad date reporting and law reform in the Canadian context.

Older adults are often treated as asexual in public talk; community events for ageing queer women address that gap.

A Toronto group of straight allies used school talks, letters and Pride marches to back same-sex equality.

How drop-in groups for Black queer and trans youth begin, what they offer, and what members say about identity and family.

How a Toronto stage workshop grew into an educational video about trans identity, barriers and pride.

A southern Alberta writer and advocate on trans organizing, stigma and misconceptions about transition.

Vigils across Canada honoured queer and trans youth lost to suicide and opened talk about bullying, school climate and community support.

How the idea of hookup culture formed, and why perceptions of student behaviour often differ from survey findings.

Web magazines for queer women emerged to address a gap in Canadian queer media, where funding shapes survival.

A look at novelist and columnist Daniel Allen Cox and the small-press and LGBTQ press tradition of Canadian queer literature.

Audiovisual installations in Toronto have invited women to take part in representing their own sexuality.

Toronto writers and burlesque performers who treat sexuality as a creative subject, and the tension with public image.

Erotic romance as a genre and a business, seen through an Ottawa author who published e-books across several levels of heat.

An explainer on the slang phrase for losing virginity, its link to the hymen and how its meaning has broadened.

Judy Blume's 1970s novels treated puberty and first relationships frankly and became both teen favourites and frequent library targets.

A non-explicit overview of partner-on-top positions and why preferences for movement differ between partners.

Sperm competition, pubic hair grooming and gaps in sex education, as discussed in a Halifax interview with a psychology professor.

Why disability is often absent from sexuality education, and how storytelling projects counter that.

Illustrated kink guidebooks introduce BDSM practices, consent and safety frameworks to curious adult readers.

A neutral overview of anal toy shapes, materials and built-in safety features.

Materials, chemicals and waste concerns behind the green sex toy movement.

Common materials, design trends and the regulatory setting for sex toys sold in Canada.

A neutral look at the sex toy guidebook genre, its usual product categories and why couples are a stated audience.

What bullet vibrators and jelly holsters are, how basic models are generally described, and the debate over materials.

A neutral overview of masturbation sleeves: materials, textures and care.

How private adult lifestyle clubs generally operate, including membership, screening visits and house rules.

How independent sex shops can combine retail, trans-related products and community education.

An inaugural Vancouver awards night recognized Canadian performers, support agencies and advocates in the adult industry.

How boutiques centred on women's sexual and reproductive health combine retail, workshops and education across Canada.

How cabaret nights, educator workshops and community radio give Toronto's sexuality conversations a public home.

A monthly Toronto panel series used the salon tradition for queer conversation, including evenings devoted to sex.

How assumptions, living arrangements and funding shape sexuality and relationships for people with developmental disabilities.

How courts treat a lack of sexual relations in marriage, with a Canadian divorce-law comparison.

How Canadian courts and municipalities treat female toplessness, and why provincial and municipal rules can differ.

Transit agencies sometimes remove ads over sexual imagery, sparking debate about advertising standards and public taste.

Public sex carries legal risks in Canada, from indecency and nudity offences to social consequences, and has a long place in subcultures.

Background on seduction guides, critiques that some tactics undermine consent, and how Canadian law defines consent.