Even though Massachusetts tends to be a safer place for LGBTQ+ rights than other places in the United States, homophobia happens here, too. This past June, Via Luino, a librarian in Burlington, MA faced backlash for making a Pride display at her library. She was ultimately fired over it.

We spoke to Via about what happened, queer censorship in Massachusetts, and how censorship impacts the LGBTQIA+ community.

P.E.T.E. (whose kink name stands for Pedular Enthusiast Ticklee Extraordinaire) is a kinkster, educator, and organizer with a focus on social justice. He is active in anti-racist, anti-oppressive men’s work, and fetish communities in the Boston area.

Being in one of P.E.T.E.’s classes feels like having your humanity—and the humanity of everyone in the room, including P.E.T.E. himself—brought to the forefront in the most affirming way as you learn how to navigate whatever fetish or social justice issue he is there to teach you about.

Karishma Swarup is a disarmingly down to earth sex educator. In her classes and videos, she answers questions about all different aspects of sexuality with zero judgment, and instead meets people right where they're at.

Having taught sex ed in India before moving to Boston, Karishma's perspective shows how universal the need for accurate, shame-free sexuality information truly is.

Teaching kids about sex is so much more than “the talk” at the start of puberty.

Learning about consent and body awareness from a young age helps kids build a foundation for healthier relationships with themselves, their bodies, and others. These fun and funny books help introduce kids to consent, body positivity, and more in an age-appropriate and affirming way.

"Where were you during the first Sex Week Boston?" is a question you'll get for decades to come. Now's the time to make sure you have a good answer!

From May 11 to 18, Sex Week Boston is hitting the city with a vibrant lineup of events that celebrate community based sex education, queer and trans joy, and sexual liberation. Each day of the week has multiple events, so clear your schedule!

We’ll continue to add to this list as we find more. Feel free to send recommendations!

I started Pleasure Pie in 2014 because I wanted to give people the affirming sex education that I never got as a teenager.

At the time I was teaching sex ed to teens in Boston. We had to follow a strict curriculum, which was dictated by the state. The curriculum had an optional add-on section about consent.

​Here are a bunch of zines about abortion from Pleasure Pie, Pleasure Pie collaborators, and other zine makers. Feel free to print as many of these as you'd like and distribute them wherever (just don't sell them). 

Are you interested in kink and BDSM and not sure where to start (and living in the Boston area)? Meeting other people who are into BDSM and finding a community can make being kinky a lot more fulfilling. We recommend going to some events in person and finding an online community.

Here are our suggestions for connecting to the BDSM community in the Boston area.

More than half (56%) of young men voters in the U.S. (ages 18-29) voted for Trump in 2024. This came as a surprise to a lot of people, especially as many young people are increasingly adopting liberal political views. So what happened, and what can we do about it?

We spoke to Caroline Hayes, whose work focuses on addressing harmful masculinities online. Caroline works at Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice, a nonprofit that publishes groundbreaking research on the manosphere.

Allegations of sexual violence against Israelis on October 7, 2023 have become a key talking point in attempts to justify the Israeli government’s mass killing of Palestinians.

​Zionist rhetoric has long used various forms of “liberal” propaganda to validate violence against Palestinians, including “pinkwashing,” or presenting Israel as a haven for LGBTQIA+ rights to excuse its violent occupation of Palestine. These allegations of sexual violence follow the same script: the narrative shifts focus away from Israel’s violence in Gaza and frames its military response as justified self-defense, painting Israel as the victim.

This year marks ten years of Pleasure Pie's existence! Here's a brief timeline of what the past ten years have consisted of.

I came up with the idea for a local sex-positive email newsletter when I began putting my own sex-positive work online and a bunch of local sex-positive people started coming out of the woodwork.

Sexual justice is where sexuality meets social justice. It is about seeing the ways in which free sexual expression and sexual wellness are not accessible to all—and working toward a more sexually just world.