The pill put condoms out of style – now fashion designers are reviving a flaccid market
From Saint Laurent’s £5 specimen to a Diesel-Durex collab, spring/summer 2023 is the season of the aesthetically pleasing prophylactic
‘The sex ed class you wish you’d had’: the influencer doctors teaching Americans the basics
With schools failing American students, OB-GYNs use TikTok to tackle questions and dispel myths
Inquisitive, beloved Canadian sex educator Sue Johanson dies aged 93
Johanson was venerated as a forthright educator who filled voids left by the absence of sex ed curricula at US and Canadian schools
‘Between pleasure and health’: how sex-tech firms are reinventing the vibrator
A new wave of sex toys is designed to combine orgasmic joy with relief from dryness, tension and pain
Syphilis cases at highest level for 75 years in England last year
Figures also show gonorrhoea diagnoses rose by 50% to 82,600 – the highest figure since records began in 1918
My cheating boyfriend told me he was a sex addict. Was it a disorder – or just an excuse?
When I found out my partner had been lying for years, my whole world shattered. Did calling it an addiction mean I had to forgive him?
Dorothy Milne obituary
Other lives: Family planning and sexual health doctor who co-founded the One25 charity
‘I miss the sex’: Why are the sexual needs of the bereaved still a taboo?
A woman mourning the loss of her husband was advised to take up gardening, another was told to get a dog… But intimacy and desire among grieving people is something we all need to know about, writes Kat Lister
From scheduling sex to being selfish: 10 ways to improve intimacy
What should you do if things have cooled in the bedroom? Relationship therapist Peter Saddington reveals how to regain intimacy with your partner
Full speed ahead: why do some of us struggle with low libido – and five ways to help
For most of us, the key to boosting sexual interest is to find what works your accelerator and what slams on the brakes. Could a new hormone treatment play a part in improving sex lives? Plus debunking the most common low libido myths
‘When people can talk about sex, they flourish’: the rise of sexual wellness
Advice on sex is available on myriad apps, sex toys are on the high street, and the science of sexual fufilment is blossoming. Will it all have the desired effect?
Asking For It is urgent, difficult viewing on Australia’s consent crisis
Rape, deepfake porn and misogyny in schools: Jess Hill’s new SBS documentary examines how Australians’ attitudes towards sex and consent are being shaped
Sex education overhaul in England based on ‘overblown’ claims, say teachers
DfE proposes age ratings for classes after Tory MP claimed children were given ‘graphic lessons on oral sex’
A psychologist’s guide to talking to teens about online porn
Listen, be non-confrontational, and be clear about what is unacceptable behaviour in online pornography
How we educate children about sex is vital. Don’t let it be part of Britain’s toxic culture war
Of course schools don’t always get the details right, but if the issue is politically weaponised, pupils will suffer the most, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff