Dan Savage expounds on the virtues of cockrings and gives tips on settling (or not), anal best practices and hiking

Dan consults an expert when a reader asks if being held down by the neck is safe if the pressure doesn’t involve being choked

Dan talks terminology when a woman says she wants to watch her husband have sex with other women – but not in a degrading way.

A reader tells Dan that intercourse with her FWB is painful, and he’s inconsiderate – but she can’t bring herself to ditch him

Dan Savage advises a gay man in a sexually stagnant marriage on whether he should introduce his husband to his Daddy

Dan advises a cis woman who seeks penis-havers on hook-up apps, but doesn’t want her profile to sound transphobic

Quick questions on monkeypox and when to say those three little words, plus Dan asks readers to help name a sex act

An expert discusses whether sex can chemically produce emotional bonds, and Dan notes that open relationships are not a free-for-all

Ahead of Pride, Dan reruns an old column that asks the white gay community to take a hard look at its “preferences.”

A submissive asks if she should call out a bad Dom, and a “paramilitary-looking” dude wonders if he can say he’s bi.

Dan counsels a reader who’s had a few bad relationships and no longer trusts their own judgment.

One reader asks if money and status define his new relationship; another wants kinky partners who won’t judge him for believing in God.