Infidelity, jealousy, separation...they aren't just human problems. Members of the animal kingdom also face such relationship afflictions. Consider, for example, Harry and Pepper.

Since 2003, the two male Magellan penguins have been a happily paired gay couple well-known to visitors of the San Francisco Zoo. In addition to nesting together, Harry and Pepper became parents when they incubated an egg laid by another penguin in 2008. Homosexual Couplings Popular In The Animal Kingdom

But things turned sour earlier this year when Linda, a recently widowed female penguin, befriended Harry. Pepper quickly became violent, and zoo officials were … Read More

Have you ever wondered what goes on in your neighbors' bedrooms? Well, we're here to tell you.

No, we didn't go all Patriot Act on strangers. We just read the results of Trojan's recent sex survey.

Turns out, if your neighbors are like 75 percent of Americans 18 or older, they have had sex within the past year. Which means, if Trojan's random sample of 1,000 people is indicative, a quarter of adult Americans have not had sex within the last 12 months. Of course, unsurprisingly, both the frequency of sex and reported satisfaction with it goes down with age. Sigh. … Read More

May is such a wonderfully diverse month.

Not only can we pick out kitten cards for our moms and horrify Memorial Day pool-goers with pasty winter bloat, but now we can masturbate with an added fervent passion. Why? Because it's National Masturbation Month, folks! Spank and rub it like you mean it. These 31 days only come once a year.

National Masturbation Month was founded in 1995 by San Francisco sex toy store Good Vibrations. The owners decided to dedicate May to the art of masturbating after former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn … Read More

BDSM torture area. Check. Voyeurism peep hole. Check. Dad, grandma and sister on the payroll. Check. Welcome to the Power Exchange, a sex club unlike any other in San Francisco, California. Like a lot of sex clubs, there's a place to get spanked and a plethora of comfortable, water-resistant furniture. But unlike any we've come across before, it's family owned and operated and has been since 1995. That said, we don't think we'll be bringing Aunt Josie there anytime soon.

San Francisco Chronicle’s Violet Blue had a Q & A with a sex worker currently working the San Francisco market. Quite an interesting read, we must say. Lots of details.

So how do the Bay Area boys rate? All in all, she says the men are polite, well-rounded, liberal, and ideal clients.

Unfortunately, there’s more paid sex to go around than there is interested parties:

"…the ratio of straight men to other people is different than in most other major cities such as Chicago, New York, Boston or Philadelphia. So the ratio of providers to consumers … Read More

We may never out-fetish Tokyo’s love hotels—the Hello Kitty boudoir is just not meant for export—but Stateside hospitality is getting hotter. DO NOT DISTURB signs are making a comeback as hotels roll out sexy amenities designed to spice up your stay.

Hotel Diva, San Francisco This boutique hotel’s Romance & Raunch package gives new meaning to R&R. Enjoy champagne, sexy movie rentals, and a Victoria’s Secret gift card. Just what we’d expect from the city of free love. hoteldiva.com, starting at $169 per night.

Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas The Palms’ Erotic Suite deal offers a steamy “Show … Read More

New York by Kelly Bare

Obvious choice? Maybe. Wanna make something of it? The truth is, leaving this brash five-borough beast of a town off any list of superlative cities would be unthinkable. It's impossible to deny that the place that spawned Sex and the City and metrosexuals, G-strings and gossip rags, really did write the book—and publish the magazine article, and broadcast the Katie Couric interview, and bring you the reality-TV show—of love, American-style. Best of all, you don't have to get engaged to Donald Trump to enjoy the finest wooing and cooing … Read More