Category: Love & Sex

In this edition of GAY TIMES’ polyamory advice column, Leanne Yau explores supporting a partner who is struggling with their mental health.   WORDS LEANNE YAU Welcome to A Polyamorous Perspective, an advice column where I, Leanne Yau – polyamory educator and trainee sex therapist – answer your burning questions on navigating all things non-monogamy. I’ve been in various forms of open relationships since 2016, and have been publicly sharing tips, personal stories, and resources on how to practise healthy, sustainable polyamory since 2020 on my page, @polyphiliablog. Hi Leanne Hope…

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“Sometimes you just need to intertwine yourself in silence with a (very hot) warm body and ignore the world burning around you for a few hours while your cells regenerate.” WORDS ANYA SCHULMAN COVER IMAGE ‘VENUS AND CUPID’ (1626) BY ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI This may come as a shock to some of you (I’m pretty sure it is glaringly obvious), but I am American. On 5 November I worked at my local polling place from five in the morning to half ten at night, and started refreshing my phone at seven…

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In this edition of GAY TIMES’ polyamory advice column, Leanne Yau breaks down the non-monogamous community’s opinions on sex work.  WORDS LEANNE YAU Welcome to A Polyamorous Perspective, an advice column where I, Leanne Yau – a bisexual, polyamorous, and neurodivergent educator, writer, advocate, and expert at Taimi – answer your burning questions on navigating all things non-monogamy. I’ve been in various forms of open relationships since 2016, and have been publicly sharing tips, personal stories, and resources on how to practise healthy, sustainable polyamory since 2020 on my page, @polyphiliablog.…

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In her column DYKE DRAMA, GT’s own “sapphic Carrie Bradshaw” rings in spooky season by exploring ghosting in the sapphic community. WORDS ANYA SCHULMAN COVER IMAGE ‘DIE VISION DER KATHARINA VON ARAGON’ (1781) BY HENRY FUSELI   The witching season is upon us, and even though my period is no longer perfectly synced with the full moon, something spooky is afoot. I’m not talking about the ever-growing trend of people using Esty witches to deliver comeuppance to their exes or get someone to text them back. I’m not even talking…

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First emerging from Craigslist personals in the early aughts, ‘T4T has transcended hookup culture to describe intra-communal solidarity and support. WORDS BY QUINN RHODES   “t4t is a promise. You just promise to love trans girls above all else. […] We aim high, trying to love each other and then we take what we can get. We settle for looking out for each other.”  – Torrey Peters, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones You might have seen the phrase ‘T4T’ in trans people’s dating apps bios, or perhaps you’ve come…

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