Sexuality

Kitty's South: Has classic theater turned shuttered stroke palace run out of lives?

Yesterday on our Show and Tell blog, Bree Davies said goodbye to Kitty's East, an East Colfax landmark that was shuttered in recent days after being declared a public nuisance; in addition to offering up orgasm helpers, it seems the joint served as the setting for crack-cocaine dealing. The closure ... More >>

Sex marks the spot: Planned Parenthood hosts its first Get Yourself Tested trivia night

In what U.S. state is it illegal for a man to have sex with a fish? If you want to know the answer -- and are looking for something both fun and educational to do Thursday night -- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has you covered. It's hosting a sex-trivia night at Hamburger Mary's Club M a ... More >>

Can a sex worker help my mentally ill brother?

Sex and drugs at Colorado Senate today

Want evidence of just how colorful Colorado has become? Stop by the Colorado Senate this morning, where two big bills will be considered. One, calling for new sex education standards, shows how very blue the Colorado Legislature is these days, The second, HB 13-1061, which would set standards for "r ... More >>

Do Mexican-American women still save themselves for marriage?

Sex in the City

Orgasms, tattoos: Women's prison abuzz over electric shavers

Colorado prisoners complain about all sorts of indignities, from the high price of candy bars to the degrading (now banned) "labia lift" procedure some female inmates were subjected to. But not all the recent squawking about a change in hygiene equipment at the Denver women's prison is negative, app ... More >>

Kasi Alexander on BDSM, polyamory, and why mainstream readers are ready for her book

Local author Kasi Alexander's first book, Becoming sage, is an emotive and realistic peek into both the BDSM and polyamorous lifestyles. It takes readers by the hand--gently places a leather cuff on the hand--and leads them through a raw, sensual world of power exchange and many loves that mainstrea ... More >>

Becoming sage explores BDSM, polyamory and realistic relationship dynamics

Becoming sage, by Kasi Alexander, has everything a reader could want: sex, violence, mastering, slaving. And the emotional autobiographical novel also two things that can't be safe-worded out of -- cops and family drama. In it, Alexander, a local author, tells the story of a woman who leaves the v ... More >>

Denver kinksters stage a protest at the KinkForAllDenver conference

A group of Denver kinksters staged a protest at the KinkForAllDenver conference last weekend. The demonstration was planned and executed amid accusations -- prior to the event -- that two KinkForAllDenver organizers censored presentations to discourage too much BDSM content and actively sought to ex ... More >>

Salt-N-Pepa

Saturday, December 17, Gothic Theatre, 303-788-0984.

Commenters weigh in at patheos.com

Here be Dragons and other perilously prurient plays at Denver's Dangerous Theatre

Denver's Dangerous Theatre has been tickling funny boners and titillating naughty parts since 2007, and its latest play, Here be Dragons, is a tale of Christianity and homosexuality -- with a dangerous hint of science and a delicious smidge of naked man-ass. But the theater itself still lurks in th ... More >>

The History Colorado Center's beer-bottle floor will be revealed next spring

Divulge your inner freak, take the 2011 Westword Sex Survey

​Inspired by this week's cover story, "Kink of the Jungle," Westword's crack team of researchers got to thinking about the collective hang-ups, preferences and opinions of related to the sex lives of Coloradans -- and we've put together a survey to learn more. Don't worry, it's anonymous. We'r ... More >>

A glossary of kink terms you didn't want to know but now will

​There are rules to every game, and learning about kink starts with identifying some basic BDSM definitions -- and reading this week's cover story, "Kink of the Jungle," of course. Below is an abbreviated selection of terms that may be unknown to non-kinksters, or as they are known, vanillas. ... More >>

Reader: Anus lady opposing Civil Union Act needs a lesson on the ettiquette of anal sex

​Our post featuring video testimony of a woman who interpreted the location of the sphincter as nature's argument against the Colorado Civil Union Act attracted plenty of wacky commentary. Here's one of our favorites.

Denver-area woman Gabi Jones says overeating gives her orgasms

Gabi Jones from www.gaininggabi.com​A Denver-area woman who goes by the name Gabi Jones recently told the British newspaper Metro that eating to excess causes her to have orgasms. "Junk food makes woman have orgasms" was published last week, and the story has since been picked up by news outl ... More >>

Ted Haggard in GQ: Masturbation by male escort isn't "sex sex," he'd be bisexual if younger

Ted Haggard.​The problem Ted Haggard is facing in his continuing effort to rehabilitate his image enough to become a national media star again is that the very thing he doesn't want to talk about -- his dalliance with male escort Mike Jones -- is pretty much the only thing that intrigues repor ... More >>

Praga Khan of Lords of Acid on the role of sexuality in his songwriting and writing music for Mortal Kombat

​ In 1988, Belgian electronic artist Maurice Engelen released a song under the name Praga Khan called "Sit on Acid," and it became something of an international dance club hit. Ultimately that aesthetic and sound became what is now known as Lords of Acid. The unvarnished sexual themes of Lord ... More >>

If sex were food: the definitive comparison guide for foodies and horn-dogs alike

When sex and food meet​Biologically speaking, humans are bound by just a couple of things: we've got to eat and we've got to procreate. Sex and food, then, have potential to walk a similar emotional line -- and elicit similar types of reactions. I recently equated sex to La Tur cheese, the ta ... More >>

Three things not to be: A prison guard, pregnant and charged with rape

"Inappropriate? Moi?"​Corrections officers aren't supposed to brutalize the inmates in their custody, but they're not encouraged to be too fond of them, either. The system frowns on "inappropriate relationships" between staff and prisoners -- and such dangerous sexual liaisons tend to lead to ... More >>

Stiff Morals

Focus on the Family: Gay people still can be fixed

Focus on the Family's James Dobson.​The American Psychiatric Association's rejection of therapy intended to turn gay people straight, announced yesterday, is unlikely to change the views of Focus on the Family, the Colorado Springs-based organization, founded by James Dobson, that's made "reor ... More >>

What We Talk About

When we talk about sexuality and gender, what do we say?

Comments on Rocky Mountain News' obese-women-have-sex report funnier than the article itself

Coming out, Mexican style

They Might Be Trashed, But Denverites Keep the Condoms Close at Hand

Turning the Tables on Valentine’s Day

Erotic Provocation

Strange Bedfellows

Enjoy hors d'oeuvre and horny talk.

Kink in the System

Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Court.

The Joy of Sox

Boulder parents get their panties in a twist over a high-school sex talk.

The Psychology of Pain

No Pain, No Gain

The Enclave has Commerce City fit to be tied.

Naughty, Naughty

007 on Speed

Cap City Tavern

Last Resort

Middle-aged sex tourists fail to get their groove back.

Milkshakes

hi-dive

Off Limits

Coffee to Go

Talking Shop

Go into Hysteria, and find just what the doctor ordered.

The Low Down

Life on the down low can be risky business.

Lust Lost

Unblinking Beirut imagines an era when AIDS poisons intimacy.

Follow That Story

Doctor No

Love's Recipe

Allie’s Cabin offers a meal that arouses several appetites.

Raw Passions

Hapa doesn't list a roll in the hay on its menu -- but close enough.

Off Limits

In a class by itself...

Erotic City

Talking Head

Car-nal Knowledge