Homosexism and Sides with Ronald Hellman, MD A prejudice exists about the sexual behaviors of men who have sex with men, and it is not called homophobia, finds Ronald Hellman, MD, former associate professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Now semi-retired, [...]
Let’s talk about queer I still remember the childhood bullying, teasing and “queer” name calling I endured growing up. Queer was considered a negative slur against the LGB community. It’s 30 years later, I am 62 years old, and I still will not use that term to describe me. I [...]
Navigating Libido with Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr. Jennifer Vencill In this episode of Smart Sex, Smart Love, Dr. Joe Kort interviews Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy, and Dr. Jennifer Vencill dive into the complexities of sexual desire discrepancies between partners. They discuss the differences between [...]
The fight for LGBTQ+ rights under the Trump Administration with Jay Kaplan In this first episode of Smart Sex, Smart Love's fifth season, Dr. Joe Kort talks with Jay Kaplan, an attorney for the ACLU of Michigan’s LGBTQ+ Project. Jay shares insights on the Trump 2.0 administration’s executive orders [...]
Teenage girls can stop the struggle of internalizing emotions Another deadly school shooting! This time, it was a 15-year-old girl from a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin. She killed a student and a staff member, injured six others and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Preliminary police reports say the motive [...]
Mixed orientation marriages can work with Samantha Wynn Greenstone and Jacob Hoff “For a while, we thought we were a fluke in the system,” announces Samantha Wynn Greenstone, a social media influencer and actor who “came out” less than two years ago about her unconventional marriage to a [...]
Still feeling helpless and hopeless over election results? More than 300 million Americans were invested in the 2024 presidential election results. From billionaires to your next door neighbor, it seemed that everyone tightly held on to their beliefs, sometimes speaking peacefully and other times shouting angrily. Even before voting started, [...]
Boys and Barbies do mix with Jim Taylor “I remember my dad telling me when I was 12 or 13 that I was too old to play with toys,” reports internationally known Barbie collector Jim Taylor. He opened Season 4 of Smart Sex, Smart Love by [...]