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Queer it up – Here at Queers Next Door, we believe that just about everything needs queering up, esp...

Jenny Guerin is one of the lovely sex writers we met at Eroticon this year, so when she offered to write this piece answering one of queer life’s eternal questions, we jumped at the chance. ...

Pride Month is here and it’s not just queer folx who are celebrating! Fresh from inside queer/trans/...

Jen Dragon talks about sex and transitioning...

An intrepid queer couple tried out our ATOM and ATOM PLUS cock rings with their favourite strap-on. ...

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It’s more common than you think – the need to form a close emotional bond before having sex. Guest writer Lucas Jackman unpacks the meaning and identifying traits of demisexuality. Think you...

Pride Month is here and it’s not just queer folx who are celebrating! Fresh from inside queer/trans/...

Many folks have bisexual partners and unfortunately, this pa...

Bisexual: “the potential to be attracted to more than one gender.” If you’re bi or questioning here are some resources to support your journey. Let’s put an end to bi-erasure (and start feel...

Thinking of dating a non-binary person? Spotted someone on Grindr or other dating app but not sure h...

Most folks don’t just wake up one day and think, “I’m nonbinary!” But those who do... we’re jealous. It’s normal to be uncertain or have fluctuating feelings about gender that may never comp...

Regardless of how you identify, your gender was assigned to you at birth – and you had no say in it. That’s why everybody benefits from a critical analysis of gender. Here is the first arti...

Trans person walking in the rain with a rainbow umbrella. ...

For the final installation of our NB 101 series, guest autho...

Serge Nicholson, Sex and Relationship Therapist, on how tran...

Author Jane Fleishman, PhD, MEd, MS breaks down sex drive science for senior women. Warning: your do...

Ask out senior sexpert Joan Price a question about sex when you're older...

We call them “sex toys,” but vibrators and other pleasure stimulators are far more than “toys,” espe...

Senior Sex means keeping that spark for life. No matter your age, you are never too old to enjoy a fulfilling sex life....

Painful sex at menopause – Going through the perimenopause and menopause might mean your sex life ta...

Are you feeling sexy these days? Whether you’re sheltering in place with others or alone, your libido is probably feeling the effects of stress and isolation. Maybe you feel sexier than usua...

Our Hot Octopuss Senior Sex Hub usually aims to answer your questions and help you fix your sex and relationship problems. ...

The happiest and most sexually satisfied seniors communicate concerns and figure out inventive senior sex solutions and adaptations....

“Is there sex after menopause?” a reader asked, dismayed by her sexual changes. Sex after menopause ...

In this compelling article, Joan Price interviews Jane Fleishman Ph.D., author of “The Stonewall Gen...

Want to strengthen your erection? Dr Judson Brandeis provide...

Our resident senior sex expert Joan Price asks how you can t...

Can sex toys help with erectile dysfunction? The JETT penis ...

Author M. Christian delves into how BDSM can become an enjoyable part of anyone’s sexual activities,...

According to our sex and ageing survey, seniors experiment m...

Orgasms change as you get older. But, says Joan Price in this piece for National Orgasm Day, they ca...

One of the benefits of being a prolific sex blogger and erotic memoirist a decade ago was trying out...

Joan Price is an advocate for ageless sexuality, runs a blog about senior sex and is one of our favourite sex educators. Here she is with her ultimate tips for staying sexy in later life....

Dr. Jane Fleishman weighs in on sexual shame. This article combines research with expert advice on h...

For seniors, masturbation is an important part of our self-care practice. Not only does it cause a mood boost, but it also keeps our genitals functioning and healthy. Here are the best toys ...

Ready for 2021 yet? At Hot Octopuss one of the highlights of 2020 was the launch of our Senior Sex Hub. Before we go racing into the new year, resident sexpert Joan Price gives a roundup of ...

When a woman tells me a partner is ‘really good in bed’, I always wonder what that actually means fo...

Improve Your Sex Life In 2021: Here are Joan Price’s top tip...

We’ve been working with senior sex educator Joan Price for s...

Following last month’s awesome ATOM PLUS review from Violet Fenn, which got a great response when we...

When Joan Price asked her newsletter subscribers how they were dealing with sex during lockdown, many said their sex lives were as good as before, or better. Here are their senior sex storie...

Changes to libido and sexual response are normal during perimenopause. Pleasure products can help. Nicci Talbot shares her top sex toys for perimenopause....

Major studies recently concluded that we are having less sex than we were a decade ago. Is it true? Read on to find out more. ...

We’ve wanted to attend Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit for a while. So this year we were chuffed to b...

These sex tips for disabled women aren’t exactly traditional...

At what point does a ‘sex toy’ become a ‘sex aid’? A mystery for our ages, perhaps. In fact, we’d pu...

We've collated some of the best Hot Octopuss products that can help people with disability enjoy a new type of pleasure....

Following last month’s popular post introducing some stigma-busting sex and disability bloggers, her...

At Hot Octopuss we’ve been working closely with sex bloggers for over five years, and it’s been exci...

Pleasure Rebels is a weekly podcast by Hot Octopuss hosted by Kelly Gordon that talks about sex, sexuality, disability, gender and how to have better sex....

PULSE DUO and PULSE SOLO ESSENTIAL have a unique design that specifically combats sexual dysfunction in patients with physical or neurological disabilities without the need for health practi...

Disabled Sex means knowing that pleasure has no limits. No matter your disability, you have a human right to a fulfilling sex life....

Mobility issues can make it difficult – or sometimes impossible – to masturbate independently. Yet a...

Disability campaigner Andrew Gurza writes breathtakingly honest and insightful pieces for Huffington Post and other platforms about his experience of being a queer disabled man navigating se...

When blogger Zec Richardson became disabled, his first conce...

Leandra Vane is a sexuality writer and speaker – her groundbreaking blog The Unlaced Librarian covers body identity, relationship styles, sex and disability, kink and book reviews....

It’s Sexual Health Week 2019, and the focus is on relationsh...

At Hot Octopuss to celebrate International Day of People Wit...

One of the best things about working at Hot Octopuss is hearing from disabled customers who’ve found...

We were catching up with Alix Fox’s brilliant ‘Close Encounters’ podcast recently when one story rea...

Kelly Gordon’s personal mission is to bust the myth that disabled people are sexually limited. After...

Leandra Vane, otherwise known as The Unlaced Librarian, wrote an excellent blog for us about disabil...

Want to become a master of foreplay? Feel like you need to brush up on – or level up – your foreplay...

At 70, I am experiencing a lessening of my ability to keep an erection throughout sex. I have tried ...

From evil spirits to impotence ‘courts’, history has some very strange tales to tell about erectile ...

It’s not every day you’re perusing a medical journal and you get the inspiration for a brand new sex...

I have slept with a lot of men who have worried about their erections, and it’s time we talked about...

Temporary erectile dysfunction caused by alcohol – or ‘brewer’s droop’ – is something most men understand only too well. Overdoing the booze on a night out can mean a frustrating, horny even...

Erection problems or erectile dysfunction (ED) don't have to put a stop to a satisfying sex life. Hot Octopuss products could be the answer. Our range of penis toys can help you orgasm witho...

Greetings, my fellow possessors of a particular. anatomical appendage! If you don’t mind, I’d like ...