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SEX TOY OF THE MONTH: THE DOUBLE PLEASER

30May

By Roberta MooreNo Comments

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SEX TOY OF THE MONTH: THE DOUBLE PLEASER

We must not be ashamed of exploring our sexuality. We have all endured the strap-on phase. But this is the strap-on of the century ! At 6 inches long and only 5 inches of insertable pleasure it strikes a woman’s G-spot just right. I have spent years searching for the Holy Grail of toys and here she is ! At £24.99 with free delivery Harmony have created the perfect gift either for you or your partner. The dildo is not too soft but firm enough to not slip out or snap when carrying out certain positions. We know far too well of those awkward moments when the dildo slips out aggressively, hurting our vaginas and causing us to no longer want to persevere. This strap-on initially frightened me as do most sex toys but I cannot keep running away. Without my partner knowing, I took one fo...

The Transexual Heroine: from suicide to hope

27May

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The Transexual Heroine: from suicide to hope

With a handful of pills and a bottle of vodka, she was moments away from ending her life. My opinions are mostly not appreciated within the community. I for one, shall not be dictated to think and to believe a certain way. The transgender movement is mostly formulated based on a fashion statement or used to drive and push a specific agenda. The transgender community does not include transexuals and post ops. The transgender community is one of fiction whereby men and women randomly chose days on which they will either dress a certain way and behave in a certain manner. The issue with this movement is that it is costing the taxpayer a little fortune in unnecessary bills such as the re-issuing of public toilets, signs, incomprehensible legal aid etc. This little fortune could be spent on sa...

The snake in the Garden of Eden: Married women lurking behind the lesbian scenes

25May

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The snake in the Garden of Eden: Married women lurking behind the lesbian scenes

At first glance, you will notice a well dressed woman somewhat unsettled, leaning against the bar with a glass of wine. Though she finds herself within a female surrounding, her lack of the unexplainable floats above her head. We can immediately suss out that she’s a married woman. We all love to have a bite of the forbidden fruit but is this married woman the snake in the Garden of Eden ? I needed first insight into this world and decided to interview a friend who journeyed through this unfortunate experience. Gia is a passionate and caring individual who has a bomb of loving emotions waiting to explode inside her. She’s the type of woman who would put her coat over a puddle so that you wouldn’t have to skip on to the pavement. She’s been single for some time and it is not by choice b...

Agenda pushing ‘gender dysphoria’ is a mental health illness

23May

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Agenda pushing ‘gender dysphoria’ is a mental health illness

Let’s get one thing straight ! no pronouns will cure gender dysphoria. It is a mental health illness which can be regulated with therapy. The denial of therapy being the key success to regulation is simply absurd while the belief that labels and pronouns ‘they’ and ‘them’ are of great assistance. Such allegation parallels that of ‘all schizophrenics can be treated by admitting that the hallucinations are real’. When someone suffers from a mental health illness, the first point is to find the source of the problem. The definition of gender dysphoria by the NHS is as follows ‘a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there's a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity’. It's sometimes known as gender incongruence.’ In other words, to cure gender in...

PrEP – What you need is a correct information – Pt.2

22May

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PrEP – What you need is a correct information – Pt.2

Life is too short to have no care for you! Our journey into the world of PrEP continues with the help of Pietro, an expert at the Milan Checkpoint PrEP counter. We had left ourselves in Pt.1 with many questions and answers and now let's continue from here. What is its correct use for a prophylaxis that works? For PrEP to work, correct adherence is required, i.e.: taking suggested doses according to the established schedule, otherwise, the concentration of the drug in your mucous membranes is not sufficient to give effective protection from HIV. Depending on personal needs and lifestyles, it is possible to take PrEP every day, or only in view of sexual intercourse, with different dosages. Over time, it is possible to change the intake timing, or even stop the cure for a period of tim...

A Gentleman Jack, the answer to lesbian relationships

21May

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A Gentleman Jack, the answer to lesbian relationships

Love has become a misconception in the 21st century as ‘having to marry the right sort of person’. What is the right sort of person ? Financially secured, come from a good family, well mannered and presented, career ambitious, successful and all round what society perceives as perfection. In the lesbian community, there are far too many of us that settle for second best because we feel that what we are looking for does not exist. What most of us seek is a gentleman jack. A woman who would catch us when we fall and would provide the emotional support one needs. The lesbian bars are filled with ill mannered, poorly dressed and behaved women. Women who are far too concerned about the drama and who they are going to jump into bed with next. Whatever happened to desiring what we act...

PrEP: what you need is a correct information – Pt.1

19May

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PrEP: what you need is a correct information – Pt.1

There is still a long way to go when it comes to correct information about PrEP: this dark shade on it puts us in the risk of falling into mistakes and harming our-selves even more in the attempt of taking care of us. We had a chat with Pietro Vinti, responsible manager of the PrEP desk of the Milan Checkpoint - an association which offers medical and psychological support - to whom we asked a series of questions about PrEP we received from our readers. What does PrEP Mean? PrEP stands for Pre Exposure Prophylaxis. It means that by taking a specific drug before a risky sexual relationship, for example sex without condom, you can prevent the transmission of the HIV virus. The drug used was born to keep the virus under control in people who already live with HIV, but in many years of obse...

I will not call you anything else but ‘she’ and ‘he’

18May

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I will not call you anything else but ‘she’ and ‘he’

She, he, they, her, his... why should we complicate our lives? Scientifically there are only two genders: male and female. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and begin by opening this dialogue with ‘what if someone considers themselves to be gender fluid ?’. Gender fluidity is a paradox, in layman terms it is self contradictory. For example, you cannot support gender equality and claim that gender is non-binary. If we are to debate this topic scientifically then let’s use a relatively easy case. If you are to receive urgent medical care then how on earth is the doctor supposed to guess your gender ? Would you as a woman or man claim to be the opposite gender, therefore injecting you with a lethal dose of medication ? Scientifically we all observe two genders but chose to be neither one or b...

Is it safe to travel to “anti-gay” countries?

18May

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Is it safe to travel to “anti-gay” countries?

Maybe the real question is: are "anti-gay" countries really dangerous for LGBT+ people, or maybe the influx of tourists can help change things in these countries? We know that summer holidays 2019 are just a memory now, but mind travels (at least mine is already thinking about where to go to for the next summer) and so here is a little travel reflection of the Editor in Chief ... maybe useful, maybe not ... but certainly interesting. Time Flies Only 60 years ago, a time that may seem long but believe me it is not, Spain was a rather repressive place. Under the grip of General Franco and the Catholic Church, las Costas (Costa Brava) was then a non-fun and not at all safe area. For example, when the first flights brought tourists in search of fun from the UK and Northern Europe in gene...

A man in women’s clothing is no lesbian’s wet dream

16May

By Roberta Moore2 Comments

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A man in women’s clothing is no lesbian’s wet dream

What you see, might not always be real. My first experience of a sexual assault in a lesbian bar did not come from a woman but from a man dressed as if he was to attend an upmarket soiree - instead, he was roaming the dark, pink and fruitful Candy bar down Deen Street. He dressed in an elegant olive green satin blouse tucked into tight off white slim fitted trousers with heels that were fit for a ball. He wore a light brown wig with ginger highlights and a dark but elegant red lipstick. My initial thoughts were ‘what is he doing in a lesbian bar ?’. Though he looked better than most lesbians in the term of dress sense, he had no place in a lesbian bar if he was to grope women and grope he did. I was thrown against the black railings outside the bar, his hand laying firmly on my pelvis whi...