What the $@&% is consent? Dr. Laura McGuire talks the #MeToo movement, Time's Up, and the five steps to ensuring consent in this month's Asking for a Friend!…
Asking for a Friend: What the $@&% is Consent?
Posted on July 6, 2018
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Asking for a Friend: Does This Make Me Queer?
Posted on June 8, 2018
Does this make me queer? Dr. Laura McGuire talks queer fantasies, finding the right label, and more in this month’s Asking for a Friend!…
Asking for a Friend: Queer PDA, How Much is Too Much?
Posted on May 14, 2018
Queer PDA: How Much is Too Much? Dr. Laura McGuire talks public canoodling and more in this month's Asking for a Friend!…
Gently Healing from Within: Dr. Laura McGuire Hosts Houston Trauma Recovery Workshop
Posted on April 9, 2018
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a time when survivors and their allies come together to be seen, heard, and create change for the future. We talk a lot about prevention and crisis, which are both vital parts of the conversation, but rarely do we discuss long-term recovery. Sexual violence isn’t the kind of emotional or physical wound that heals easily. The pain and injury is deep and, even after the trauma has become a distant memory, it is a…
Asking for a Friend: Has the #MeToo Movement Gone Too Far?
Posted on April 6, 2018
Welcome back to Asking for a Friend, our monthly queer love and sex vlog! In this episode, host Dr. Laura McGuire tackles the question: Has the #MeToo Movement gone too far?…
That Damn Dame: Mars Capone Promotes Body Positivity Through Burlesque
Posted on March 9, 2018
It’s the last Friday night of the month, and a burlesque troupe dressed in pirate-themed garb takes the stage at Numbers night club in Houston. The dancers of Dem Damn Dames slink their way through tantalizing choreography, peeling off layers of costume jewelry, dresses, and hats. During an interlude, dancers swing to a piano- and drum-heavy tune about pirate code.…
WATCH: Asking for a Friend is Now A Queer Love + Sex Video Blog!
Posted on March 2, 2018
Asking for a Friend is now a queer love and sex video blog! In this month’s episode, host Dr. Laura McGuire reveals what it means to be a certified sexologist, how to avoid fake “sexperts,” and creating queer-inclusive, sex-positive spaces.…
Donate for a Date: Her Destination Unknown Hosts Annual AIDS Charity Auction
Posted on February 19, 2018
Her Destination Unknown (HDU), a Houston-based queer women’s social club, is gearing up for their 8th annual AIDS charity auction on February 25 at Pearl Bar. The benefit will showcase 10 eligible queer ladies, who will donate their time in the form of a date to the highest bidder, with all proceeds going to a local LGBTQ organization that is walking in AIDS Walk Houston.…
My Life as an Online Lesbian Dominatrix
Posted on February 9, 2018
All of this is done over web camera—the physical and legal protection of which I am grateful. On camera, there are no STDs, no vice squad, and a far lower risk of being followed home by fans. Online, my clients and I explore our common kinks and sexual tastes while preserving the delicate balance of our vanilla off-camera lives. For numerous reasons, many of my clients need to keep their desires to be dominated and sexually-controlled private. They have jobs…
Sanitized or Subtle? ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ ‘Moonlight,’ and Queer Male Sex in Cinema
Posted on January 24, 2018
Like the Oscar-winning Moonlight last year, another gay drama has cut into mainstream cinema and garnered Academy Award buzz. Based on the novel of the same title, Call Me by Your Name is a film set in 1980s Italy, following 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his fleeting summer love with Oliver (Armie Hammer), a graduate student in his mid-20s who works temporarily as an archaeological assistant with Elio’s professor father at their decadent villa.…
