Today, June 9, is National Sex Day. It’s a day when we’re supposed to celebrate sex, love, connection, fun, pleasure — all the good things in life.
We should live in a society in which we can have open and frank discussions about sex, sexuality, gender expression and connection. But our discourse is dominated by right-wing efforts to limit discussions of sex and sexuality in schools, attack drag queens, and create dangerous panic about trans kids and their place in schools and sports. America has long been a puritanical country — influenced by conservative Christian views about gender roles and abstinence from sex outside the context of marriage and procreation — so none of these struggles are new.
