Society

If what we understand by sexual relations involves another person, it is not actually necessary, although it does bring a sense of physical and mental wellbeing

A group of researchers in Colombia has discovered a new species of the flower that’s barely one centimeter in size.

A new film portrays the daily life of the icon of Barcelona’s queer underground who survived the Franco years and still performs today

The State Duma has announced more restrictive regulations to muzzle gay people and prohibit the dissemination of any ‘information demonstrating non-traditional sexual relations’

The end of menstruation is still surrounded by social stigma and ignorance, as though it were an obscure disease

The UNESCO site, which is famous for its thermal pools and travertine terraces, is at risk due to over-tourism

José Luis Pereda says he was a victim of pederasty at a Spanish boarding center. Traumatized by his experiences in Iraq and Somalia, he buried his early recollection of sexual violence for decades, but now he’s finally speaking out

Singer/songwriter Grimes and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis both gave birth to the entrepreneur’s children just weeks apart, according to ‘Business Insider’

The actress was joined by other celebrities such as the socialite Kim Kardashian and the singer Dua Lipa

UNED professor Antonio Guillamón has published a book with the results of years of research on the psychobiological bases of gender identity

Research indicates that 18% of depressive disorders could be avoided if stress at work were minimized

Historian Mary Ziegler shows how a change in campaign financing law enabled anti-abortion groups to elect extremists like Trump and control the Supreme Court

The media organization was also recognized for its weekly newsletter ‘Americanas,’ which incorporates gender perspective

In Afghanistan, the number of child marriages and sales of babies is growing with the spread of the pandemic and poverty

Politicians and activists are outraged by the repeal of a law that granted the right to vote to documented immigrants, approved in December by the City Council

German guide and mountaineer David Goettler reached the roof of the planet on May 21 thanks to years of training, state-of-the-art materials and lots of suffering

The artificial intelligence tool hasn’t corrected its algorithmic biases, so it tends to draw white men with better careers than women and people of color

The far right is promoting the theory that large companies, governments, and political parties of almost every stripe have surrendered to cultural Marxism in their feminist, LGBT+ and environmentalist components

EL PAÍS traveled across the Midwest, from the tolerant state of Illinois to Missouri, where abortion is already banned, to Iowa, whose fate is still undetermined

The memory of Nazi extermination is losing its last living witnesses. Authors such as Primo Levi, Liana Millu or Imre Kertész are already part of a culture that will no longer write itself in the first person

One in five adults has practiced consensual polyamory at some point in their lives. And yet, experts say: ‘Monogamy is presumed and you have to be constantly explaining yourself’

A platform of explicit sex education videos, focused on exploration of female sexuality and supported by scientific evidence, has arrived in Spain. We spoke with its founder, Laurène Dorléac who insists that ‘pleasure is a very serious thing’

Spanish prosecutors and animal protection officials shut down a fake veterinarian’s lucrative animal blood business

The BA.4 and BA.5 coronavirus omicron subvariants continue to infect and re-infect people in Spain

An upcoming three-part documentary details the rise and fall of the lingerie empire that launched the careers of models like Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima

The obesity epidemic does not spare children. Rigorous nutritional guidelines are one way to fight it

‘I can’t walk, my speech is fucked up, and I can’t do anything for myself… my wife helps me get into bed and I can’t dress or put on my shoes,’ said the man who once owned the most famous nightspot in New York City