LONDON — The U.K. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long-running dispute between a feminist group and the Scottish government. Several women’s groups that supported the appeal celebrated outside court and hailed it as a major victory in their effort to protect…
When I was 13, my father took me on a weekend trip to New York City. I remember sitting with him at the Howard Johnson’s in Times Square, nibbling on fried clams, and somehow the question of homosexuals arose. Now, I was an extremely closeted Cincinnati, Ohio, teen back then and had no inkling of…
PUBLISHED ON: Mar 6, 2025 | Duration: 04:37 Min In this video, Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker, Consultant Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeon, MetaHeal- Laparoscopy and Bariatric Surgery Center, Saifee, Apollo and Namaha Hospitals, Mumbai shares advice on making balanced food choices and incorporating nutritious meals into your daily routine. These tips can help you maintain a…
Love is simple, says Reverend Paul Anthony Daniels, because “in its most visceral form,” it boils down to three things: spit, semen, and sweat. Ok, maybe four. Sometimes there is blood. “To share love in that way is so visceral.” I have a confession, I tell Daniels. I have never been in love—not in the…
Privacy can be hard to come by in India. Life is a communal swirl of relatives, neighbors and friends. Cities are crowded, and prying eyes are everywhere. Enter Oyo, a popular hotel-booking platform. The company, backed by big names in venture capital, built a hip reputation as a gateway to “love hotels” for unmarried couples….
To fix that, several startups launched niche dating apps—some puzzling, others entirely predictable—designed to satisfy unique needs, with many of them built around the promise of AI. Volar, created by a former product director at Snap, uses a chatbot to message back and forth with potential daters on your behalf. There’s also Rizz, Iris, and…
How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Jessica and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, I’m a bisexual male who is no longer in the closet. But for the purposes of hook-up apps, I am somewhat discreet. Overall, I reserve my face photos for within chats and…
I stifled laughter as I dangled a pair of nipple clamps from my fingers. Sprawling across a friend’s couch in a vintage silk nightgown, I struck the most seductive pose I could muster. “Are you sure this isn’t too ridiculous?” My friend snapped a few more photos, and we both exploded with giggles. “It’s perfect,”…
Photo-Illustration: Marylu Herrera In this week’s story, a young architect starts a new job, and possibly a new relationship: 25, single, New York. DAY ONE 8 a.m. It’s my first day at a new job, and my first week living on my own in New York. I’m starting on the lowest level at this architecture…
The singles of today’s dating horticulture are not happy. A vast majority of young people report they’re burned out by app dating, and many are also struggling to date IRL. Even with the bevy of options and tools we have abetted around dating, singles from their 20s to their 40s told me that finding meaningful,…