attraction

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  • Heather Corinna

Know how sometimes when something is wonky with a laptop or a phone, we need to shut it all down and give the machine a full reboot?

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  • Mo Ranyart

I want to start by answering your question about whether it's normal or common for bisexual people to doubt their orientation, because it's something I've seen often, both in my experience as a volunteer here at Scarleteen and as a person with a lot of bisexual friends and acquaintances. I'm not...

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  • Sam Wall

There are a lot of binary ideas and definitions happening in your questions. By that, I mean you're viewing things as only having two possible options, when really there are more than that. Let's tackle the question with the simplest answer first. If you like a trans guy, then you like guys, because...

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  • Mo Ranyart

I'll answer your last question first, since it has an easy answer: no, you aren't too old to be waiting to feel attraction to someone. There isn't an age that's "too old" when it comes to feeling attraction; even if there was, sixteen wouldn't be it! People can experience attraction in vastly...

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  • Sam Wall

I'll be honest, Tre: dating apps can be a great option for some people, but you're far from the first person to come to Scarleteen brimming with frustration over your experiences on them. While they can put us in the orbit of cool people who'd we'd otherwise never meet, they can also pressure us to...

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  • Sam Wall
  • Heather Corinna

A short, fast, sex ed summary about crushes, and some simple dos and don'ts when you have one.

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  • Mo Ranyart

I love this question, because it's something I think doesn't get discussed enough, and while I think the answer is fairly simple, that doesn't mean it's easy. I know the thought of asking someone out can be intimidating even to people who've done it before, so when you haven't had any experience...

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  • Manola Secaira

The coming out of celebrities like Janelle Monae pave the path for a better understanding of sexual identifiers.

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  • s.e. smith

When we talk about disabled people having awesome sex lives, sometimes something dehumanizing creeps into the mix: Some (usually nondisabled) people profess an "attraction to disability." What they mean is they find disabled bodies — not disabled people — sexually stimulating. That means seeing your body as a sexual object. If that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up, you're not alone.

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  • Sam Wall

What to do, and what to avoid like the plague, when you're crushing on someone hard.