So Glad You Asked: Sex Sense

So Glad You Asked: The Sex Sense Blog

In February 2023, in honour of the 60th anniversary of Options for Sexual Health and the start of Sexual Health Week, Sex Sense launched their new blog, So Glad You Asked! For the past 20 years, Sex Sense has been answering questions about sex, sexuality and sexual health by both phone and email. We offer free, pro-choice, sex-positive, non-judgmental, evidence-based information and resources.

Sex Sense is a confidential service both for those who ask us questions and those of us who answer them. For that reason, those of us who work at Sex Sense all go by the same name “Robin”. However, we are actually a team of registered nurses, counsellors and sex educators from a wide range of backgrounds.

We receive thousands of questions each year and although there is lots of variation, clear themes emerge. A lot of similar things are obviously on a lot of our minds! And so, we wanted to begin sharing some of what we’ve learned answering these questions as well as about some of the resources we most recommend. So Glad You Asked is where we do that, usually about once every two weeks.

Places you can find our blog posts:

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The Options for Sexual Health Website: When they are first published, you can see our blog posts at the bottom of the home page in the News and Events Section. To see older posts arranged by subject, please see below.

Previous ‘So Glad You Asked’ Posts:

Abortion

March 14, 2023: Abortion Access in BC

Accessing Sexual Heath Care

March 14, 2023: Abortion Access in BC

March 21st, 2023: Finding Sexual Health Care in an Overloaded System

April 12th, 2023. Caring for your Penis, Prostate and Testicles

April 26th 2023: Everything You Want to Know About Taking A Pregnancy Test

Highlighting Our Favourite Resources

Feb 22nd, 2023: Resource Highlight: Queer Sex Therapy

May 25th, 2023: Menstruation, Myth-Busting and More! Podcasts About All Things Vagina and Vaginal Health – Options for Sexual Health

Parenting/Kids

March 29th, 2023: Help! How do I Talk to my Kid about Puberty?!

Pregnancy

April 26th 2023: Everything You Want to Know About Taking A Pregnancy Test

Sexual Desire, Arousal and Pleasure

Feb 16th, 2023: Low libido? Drowsy sex drive?

Sexual and Reproductive Health Conditions

May 11, 2023: Lichen ‘Em? I Don’t Even Know Em’! Everything You Didn’t Know About Lichen Sclerosus

Sexually Transmitted Infections

March 1, 2023: The Positive Side of Herpes

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