If warm, sunny weather is inspiring you to get hot and heavy, you may want to skip getting it on in the pool, and save your nookie time for dry land. Although making sweet love in the water sounds sensual and natural, since you're wearing next to nothing already, it's not exactly the safest way to get it on. Here's a mood killer for you: lake, river, ocean, and pond water contain bacteria, so Read more

This question is from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! I have been dating this wonderful guy for the last two months and we were going to get intimate for the first time last night. He goes on to tell me that he does not want to because he has HPV and does not want to infect me. Little does he know that I also have HPV. I didn't tell him Read more

For Sexual Health Week, the UK's Family Planning Association is targeting middle-age Brits after statistics revealed they're contracting STDs twice as often as they were a decade ago. I have to give the campaign credit. Depicting people our parents' age on sex benders is a dangerous pursuit, but these ads focus on their fashion prime rather than their sexual second wind. And we've seen a lot of Read more

This question comes from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! My husband was in the military before I met him and contracted herpes.  He knew he had it and was treating it secretly.  Before we got married I asked him if he's been tested for HIV and everything and he said yes and that he didn't have anything.  Now after 16 years of marriage and 2 Read more

MTV has jumped in bed with Foursquare, hoping that a lust for badges will help young people get on board with STD testing. As part of its GYT (Get Yourself Tested) campaign, the network wants people to check-in when getting checked out for STDs. Doing so, will unlock the GYT badge, letting your friends know that you are taking control of your sexual health — hopefully, they won't follow up for Read more

Welcome to Hump Day, TrèsSugar's sex advice column. If you have questions about sex, send them to TrèsSugar, and our friend Dr. Charlie Glickman from Good Vibrations will offer his sound advice! Today's question: I’ve noticed that guys are willing to have sex without a condom. How can I bring it up without killing the mood and without resenting them for trying to have sex without Read more

Welcome to Hump Day, TrèsSugar's sex advice column. If you have questions about sex, send them to TrèsSugar, and our friend Dr. Charlie Glickman from Good Vibrations will offer his sound advice! Today's question: “I just found out I have HPV. Since it’s a pretty common STI, I’m curious if I have to tell everyone and since I probably want to, I’m wondering what’s the best way to go Read more

Sixty-five million people are living with STDs in the United States, and each year 15 million people contract one or more infections. Yet it's one of the most under-recognized health problems in the country. Here's a breakdown of just how surprisingly common they are. 20 percent of people in the US has an STD. 50 percent of sexually active youths will contract an STD by 25. 20 percent of Read more

Welcome to Hump Day, TrèsSugar's sex advice column. If you have questions about sex, send them to TrèsSugar, and our friend Dr. Charlie Glickman from Good Vibrations will offer his sound advice! Today's question: “I contracted genital herpes in my last relationship. I now feel like I am cursed to never be in a sexual relationship again. How do I tell new partners that I have herpes? If thanks Read more