Guides
Short, plain-language explainers that bring the glossary together, one topic at a time.
- Your body: a plain-language mapA calm tour of reproductive and sexual anatomy, hormones and cycles, with the everyday words and the medical ones side by side, plus the routine checks worth knowing about.
- Choosing contraception: the main optionsAn overview of the main families of contraception, from condoms and pills to implants, IUDs and permanent methods, and the questions that help people choose.
- Sexual health testing: the basicsWhy STI testing matters even without symptoms, what happens at a test, how window periods work and the prevention tools that sit alongside testing.
- Ethical non-monogamy explainedWhat ethical non-monogamy means, how polyamory, open relationships and other styles differ, and the vocabulary people use to make these arrangements work.
- Understanding the asexual and aromantic spectrumsWhat asexual, aromantic, graysexual and demisexual mean, why sexual and romantic attraction can be described separately, and common myths worth setting aside.
- Gender identity words: a starter guideThe core vocabulary of gender identity and expression, from cisgender and transgender to non-binary, pronouns and transition, explained simply and respectfully.
- Consent and boundaries: the basicsWhat meaningful consent looks like, how to set and respect boundaries, the ways consent can be undermined, and where to find support.
- Kink and BDSM: consent, negotiation and safety 18+A factual, non-explicit overview of how kink communities approach consent, negotiation, limits, safewords and aftercare, and what separates kink from abuse.
- Dating-app slang survival guideA quick decoder for the abbreviations, euphemisms and profile phrases you meet on dating apps, from LTR and FWB to GSOH, plus a few terms worth questioning.
- Attachment and connection: the psychology of intimacyHow attachment styles, everyday bids for connection, conflict patterns and desire research help explain why closeness feels easy for some people and hard for others.