[Editor's note: This is an update to the Guest Opinion Mr. Lessik wrote in April, "Sex in the time of COVID-19"].If you were locked down over the last several months with your partner or partners, intimacy has likely been a key part of quarantine survival.
But for those of us who are single or in non-monogamous relationships, our ability to attend to our emotional and sexual health needs was severely diminished.
Abstinence or pleasuring ourselves with video, chats, sex toys, porn, and our own imaginations kept us safe and alive. Now many of us are wondering how to reconnect in real time.Over the last six months, we have been following public guidelines to reduce exposure.