Then you better get ready for some challenges, like having sea foam and sewage blown all over you. Or, as the New York Times' Brian Stelter notes, never having time to pee and having to use prophylactics to keep your gear in proper working condition. more ›

According to numbers tabulated by Trojan (yes, the condom people), residents of the District of Columbia is the most sexually active place in the United States, with a whopping 75 percent of residents saying that they were gettin' it regular. more ›

Last spring, Washington became the first American city to organize a campaign to distribute free female condoms in areas of the city where HIV/AIDS infection rates were highest. The good news: the public-private D.C. Female Condom Project campaign -- given the catchphrase "DC’s Doin’ It!" -- has been fairly successful so far. According to statistics released earlier this week, 25,000 D.C. residents were made aware of the female condom during the program's first year. That figure includes 13,000 men who were made aware of the contraception's existence -- a rather impressive showing, considering that the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration had assumed that zero fellas would take an interest in the contraception. more ›

Yesterday, we noted that the District of Columbia Department of Health was going to be testing doctors as part of an initiative aimed to get the word out about HIV/AIDS in D.C. Another big part of that initiative is DOH's "The Rubber Revolution" campaign, which aims to inform people how to use and procure the contraceptives. We're always in favor of getting the word out and are excited to see that the Department had a good time putting it together. Look at those funky 70s fonts! more ›

We were eagerly anticipating the findings of the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior -- a comprehensive survey of 5,865 people, ranging in age between 14 and 94 and of various backgrounds and orientations -- which were released to the public yesterday. Want some interesting factoids? This thing's got them in spades. The survey proves definitively that sex, like race, is so much more than simply gay and straight (as if we didn't already know that) -- there were 40 combinations of sexual activity described by the participants as their most recent sexual event. Men think that women have an orgasm in 85 percent of sexual encounters, while women claimed they only climax 64 percent of the time. Men prefer getting right to knocking boots; women prefer a melange of sexual activities. Plus, we couldn't help but notice that pretty much every media outlet utilized the same (admittedly fantastic) AP file photo to illustrate their reports. more ›

Washington will be the first American city to distribute free female condoms in areas where HIV/AIDS rates are spiraling out of control, according to a report in this morning's Washington Post. Wards 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 will see distribution points open in the next three weeks; female condoms will be available "[a]nywhere male condoms are available" in those areas. more ›

Over the weekend, Aaron picked up a story about D.C.'s Prostitution Free Zones that's been making the rounds on the internet. Privacy and safe sex advocates are worried about the results of a sex worker survey that purports that carrying more than two condoms inside a declared Prostitution Free Zone could lead you to be arrested for prostitution. more ›

In a city where the HIV/AIDS infection rate has reached epidemic proportions, is it OK for drug stores to keep their condoms under lock and key, theoretically discouraging skittish shoppers, especially teens, from purchasing them? more ›

10. Rochester, New YorkThe presence of such illustrious locales at Boise and Buffalo seems to indicate that at least part of the results show that people in cities with not a lot going on may get busy more often than those who have more nightlife options. Then again, Seattle, Portland and of course we'd argue D.C. are all pretty happening places. Maybe we're just having safer sex than people in other major cities? Has everyone in Chicago stopped using condoms for some reason? This latest Forbes list baffles just a little. more ›