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Asexual stories need to be told. So, when BBC3 got in touch and told me that they wanted to cover the UK Asexuality Conference 2018 as part of a documentary on asexuality I said yes. I would be speaking on two panels at the conference, providing some representation for Black aromantic asexual women.  I was […]

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The sexual education in schools today is outdated. It doesn’t provide young people with the information they need in an encouraging way and therefore does not to cater to the needs of young people. If young people are to have safe and positive sexual encounters, we need to do more than remind them to use […]

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Tanzania’s president John Magufuli has come under recent criticism for telling women in East Africa, ‘don’t use birth control’. The 58-year-old’s reasons for the outrageous comments are, that somehow, in family planning, women will become ‘lazy’ in not having a large family to ‘work hard’ for. Interestingly, Magufuli makes no mention of men or their […]

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My evening started this way: I looked into the mirror and nodded my approval at the reflection of my eager self looking back at me. I applauded myself for cultivating this iconic outfit. It was simple, yet complex. Safe, yet daring. Most of all, it was a debut outfit. By this, I mean that every […]

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Last year, I wrote an article for LAPP describing my fairly traumatic experience with an IUD and how dealing with that led me to (thankfully) discover that I’d contracted a high-risk strain of HPV. Although I was apprehensive about sharing my story, I received a lot of great feedback and support from others dealing with […]

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If you’ve watched a rom-com in the past century, then you’re probably aware of the negative connotations that are attached to having sex with an ex in the modern world. It may seem like a good idea, but look where Gatsby ended up. Dead in his own pool. Do we believe sex with an ex […]

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My asexuality has never been a mystery to me. In my private life, it was more-or-less common knowledge. However, in the public sphere of my work as a model, I hadn’t announced it. While I don’t believe that anyone has to announce their sexuality or lack of it, staying quiet meant that there was a […]

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I remember doing extensive research after realizing I had been assaulted. I was looking to know that my feelings weren’t invalid and that I wasn’t alone in feeling them. That’s when I came across the term, second rape. It is used to describe the physical and emotional after effects of sexual assault. I had seen […]

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In 2017, The Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act was introduced by Republican senator Rob Portman. More commonly known as SESTA, the law would assist attorneys looking to sue websites that provide a platform for sex trafficking; a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through means of force, fraud, or coercion. Countries have been […]

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We live in an age where we are more open than ever about sexuality, and have seen the rise of classifications for identities that have been traditionally ignored. Asexuality being one of these such identities,  can be described as the lack of sexual attraction to others. In recent years, it has slowly become integrated into […]

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New York lawmakers have passed a bill that bans police from having sex with people in their custody. After Eddie Martins and Richard Hall were found guilty of having sex with an 18-year-old female last September, the bill was drawn up and passed in March 2018. The two on-duty officers plead not guilty to the […]

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In late 2014 I was 21, a new graduate, pregnant and terrified. This pregnancy couldn’t have come at a worse time! What was I going to do? Do I keep this baby? How was I going to tell the father? What about my own parents? Unbeknownst to me this pregnancy was the start of the […]

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