Let's take a brief reader survey, shall we? Have any of you ever thought that it was a good idea to do engage in any of the following actions? more ›

A 54-year-old woman recently walked into Georgetown University Hospital, claiming that she could not remember anything that happened in the 24 hours since she had an orgasm. more ›

The District is one of two jurisdictions in the country that requires an HPV vaccine for sixth-grade girls, and now the city's public schools will start testing students on human sexuality, contraception and drug use. more ›

$22,000: that's how much an allegedly drunken sex romp inside a rapidly moving vehicle is going to cost 22-year-old Salem Trad. 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 ›

If anyone was hoping that the latest iteration of the National Survey of Family Growth -- a measure of the sex lives of American citizens conducted by the federal government -- would clear anything up, well, you're in for a disappointment. So what stats can we pick at? Well, it appears as if something's going on between the ages of 24 and 25 in this country: more than a quarter of men and women aged 15-24 said they'd never had sexual contact, but in the 25-44 group, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who hadn't had intercourse. Let's see, what else? Well, 44 percent of men age 25-44 report having had anal sex, which is probably a bit higher than you'd guess. Hmm, what else -- oh, and here's a good one: 13 percent of women and 5 percent of men reported engaging in some "same-sex sexual behavior," whatever that means. Of course, trying to draw conclusions about a subject as universal and vast as sexual behavior from a group of 13,495 men and women aged 15 to 44 that were questioned several years ago is kind of like trying to put out a blaze with a Super Soaker -- but at least you can't ever accuse DCist of not giving you something to talk about during happy hour. 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 ›

TBD's Amanda Hess spoke with Metro TeenAIDS executive director Adam Tenner regarding the controversial "sex survey" that has reportedly upset several parents of students at Hardy Middle School in Georgetown. (Our original post on this issue can be found here.) Tenner told Hess that "[a]s far as we know, there's only been one registered complaint about this, and we've addressed it." Tenner did admit, however, that the organization thinks that some parents of students at Hardy quoted in the Dish's report did not receive the opt-out letter before the survey was administered, and said that Metro TeenAIDS is "really regretful of that." more ›

How far is too far when it comes to asking the District's public school students about sexual behavior? Is it acceptable to ask them if they can name the bodily fluids that transmit HIV? If they know how to put on a condom correctly? Whether they know how to "convince a reluctant partner to use barrier protection?" Where do you draw the line? That's the question raised by this report in the Georgetown Dish, who discovered that a survey which was given to students at Hardy Middle School is asking some very frank questions about sexual acts and identity -- ones that I'd be willing to bet many adults would blush at. more ›

In one of the more disgusting crime stories we've heard in some time, Amanda Hess reports that Montgomery County police are looking for a man who allegedly ejaculated on the arm of a student while she sat in a library on the Takoma Park campus of Montgomery College. According to an advisory released by the Takoma Park police, the subject "walked past" the woman "and ejaculated on her arm," then "[stood] behind her with his 'private parts' pulled out of his pants" before fleeing the scene. Hess was able to confirm that the victim of the assault was a student at Montgomery College. The victim reported the assault to a library employee, who then alerted campus security. The suspect has been described as African-American, 6'2" and between 200 and 230 pounds. Montgomery College campus security were apparently able to get the suspect's license plate number, but have turned over investigations to the Takoma Park police. The incident is but the latest semen-related attack in Maryland: in July, a Gaithersburg man sprayed numerous women with his own ejaculate as they shopped. 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 ›

Yes, we all had a good laugh about the enforcement of "prostitution free zones" during last year's Inauguration festivities. But a DCist reader emailed this morning to point our attention to this post at change.org which strikes a much less whimsical chord. more ›

With a hat tip to Huffington Post's Ryan Grim, it seems that Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) got up to speak on the House floor yesterday about an amendment to the hate crimes bill, and ended reading off a very, very long list of peculiar sex acts. more ›

The National Zoo got a new male red panda, Tate, from the Cape May Zoo in New Jersey over the weekend. They've already introduced him to Shama, the Zoo's female red panda, and he reportedly "immediately exhibited breeding behavior." Tate, it seems, is something of a ladies man. A bow-chicka-bow-wow from DCist to you, sir. more ›

We got pretty excited when we noticed the National Zoo had added some video to the DCist Videos pool titled "Giant panda breeding season starts early at National Zoo." Had the Zoo just hand delivered us footage of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, you know, doin' it? Sadly, the closest they get is just after the 1 minute mark, when the two adult pandas kind of paw at each other a little. After that, the video tragicially cuts away without showing any acción. We suppose that since Mei had to be quickly artificially inseminated because "competent mating did not occur," that could mean that there was simply no hot panda love footage available. Still, we're disappointed. more ›

Congress has probed the Interior Department and come out with hard allegations that members of the department have gotten drunk, used drugs and had sex with officials for the oil companies they allegedly regulate. The reports charge that those responsible for dictating where the oil companies can drill have let the drillers take them to parties at hotels and received their illicit gifts. more ›

Over at City Desk, they've obtained an internal letter from the Child and Family Services Agency's new interim director, Dr. Roque Gerald. In the letter, addressed to "CFSA Colleagues," Gerald responds to revelations that he was sued over 20 years ago by a suicidal patient with whom he had sex. "Twenty years ago, I made an error that I recognized, regretted, and admitted immediately. I have continued to regret it ever since. That one-time lapse was a painful lesson, but it strengthened my commitment to the high standards I lived before and have upheld every day since." The entire letter is posted here. more ›

Intern season is in full swing in Washington, and one local blogger has taken notice of just how many gross older dudes are hoping to hook up with them. The concept behind m4intern is simple: posting entire Craigslist ads, with links, that are expressly designed to lure young women in D.C. interning for the summer out for dates and sex. It's not like you can't find these on your own, but when someone is taking the time to compile all the best ones, certainly you can make room in your RSS reader. more ›

Hordes of summer interns have once again descended on Washington, leaving many of us rolling our collective eyes and bitching to friends about the latest thong sighting, overheard "I was sooo drunk" story, or just being stuck with training someone who appears to lack the ability to function in an office. But let's say you're one of those rare interns who has actually come to D.C. to learn something, or are planning on using the connections you're here to make to get a real job. For you, DCist asked Glamocracy blogger and soulless former lobbyist Megan Carpentier put together a list of ways not to be that guy or girl that the people you're going to need recommendations from complain about. 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 ›

Which stories did DCist readers think merited the most attention this year? more ›

The majority of Overheards in D.C. fall into only a few categories: funny sex stuff, dumb tourists and weird kids. There's the occasional amusing political thing, or some quip that somebody sent in because they think they or their friends are funny. But there are always those that make absolutely no sense unless you are knowledgeable about some extremely narrow area of trivia, such as say, documentaries about lost and possibly mythical Brazilian cities. more ›

Good morning, Washington. We'll be standing by for a good chunk of the day to see what the Metro Board decides to do about the proposed fare hike - the Board is meeting at 11 a.m. for a session that is expected to produce a final vote on the fare hikes, which could go into effect as soon as January. Board members have indicated they would likely pass a fare hike that is slightly less than the current proposal. more ›

The thinly veiled sexism oozing out of today's Examiner column by veteran local politics observer Harry Jaffe is hard enough to take, but to whomever thought up this gem of a headline, be they copy editor or author, DCist salutes your willingness to go boldly where no human beings in the 21st century were thought to be capable of going anymore. Yes, if the recent Office of Tax and Revenue scandal has taught us... more ›

DC for Marriage, an eight-month-old group advocating same-sex marriage rights in the District, will hold a "Marriage Equality Community Forum" tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in room 412 of the Wilson Building. This is the group's first public event, which is co-sponsored by several local LGBT organizations including the DC Center, DC Black Pride, AQUA DC, and the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League, among others. Yesterday, DC for Marriage announced Sabrina Sojourner, the first open... more ›

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by conventions of three-fourths of the several States: "Article – Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the... more ›

Are you ready, D.C.?! That's right: it's the first snowfall of the season. We talked about it yesterday, and the outlook remains pretty much the same. Both Capital Weather and our local TV weatherpeople agree that we'll get about an inch of unusually fluffy snow, with most of it falling by early afternoon. City Starts Looking For More Theft: Watch out, D.C. government ne'er-do-wells: Dan Tangherlini is on your trail. NBC4 reports that the... more ›

The anti-gay, right wing group Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) will present "raw and unedited" footage shot at this year's Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco at the National Press Club at 1 p.m. tomorrow. AFTAH president Peter LaBarbera specifically targets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with this conference, urging her "to do the right thing by condemning the public nudity and perversions — and blatant anti-Christian bigotry — that occurred in her... more ›