Not to be too forward or anything, but can we ask you some questions about your sex life? Yes, it’s time once again for The Coast’s annual Sex+Dating survey. At this point, we’ve got a pretty good rhythm going, Halifax. Last year over 1,200 of you shared your biggest secrets, sweetest memories and kinkiest fantasies […]
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Major date night ideas
Whether you’re swiping on Tinder or hitting up all the campus parties, the start of the school year is prime time to meet someone new (or maybe actually talk to the person you did nothing but stare at in meal hall last semester, you weirdo). Figuring out where to go on a date can be […]
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The future is sexy at the Everything To Do With Sex Show
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 The Everything To Do With Sex Show Friday, January 27, 5:30pm To January 29 Cunard Centre (Pier 23) halifax.everythingtodowithsex.com 
The sex industry has long been a leader in technological advancement, including recent developments like streaming video on the iPad or RealDoll’s push to design AI sex robots. 
Naturally, Halifax’s largest sex show will be […]
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Let us love you: The Coast’s Sex+Dating survey
[Image-1] We want details, Halifax. The holidays are over and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, which means it’s once again time for The Coast’s annual Sex+Dating survey. Every year we ask everyone in HRM to share their deepest desires, sweetest memories and kinkiest fantasies. Last year over 900 of you delivered on all […]
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The realities of dating as a queer minority
[Image-1] Growing up, Mateo Ferguson knew that things wouldn’t be easy for him as a gay black man. He’s part of a minority in a minority, living in a town that can be ignorant and sometimes even hateful of both. The 19-year-old has remained “optimistic,” though. Like many other gay students, he uses Grindr. For […]
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What’s the biggest question you have about sex and dating?
[Image-10] After asking you a bazillion nosy questions about your wants, needs, parts and partners, it was only fair that we opened the floor for questions from the Sex + Dating survey-takers. But because we’re not Dan Savage, we don’t have the answers to these questions (except for the herpes one, the answer is NOW). […]
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What’s your biggest sexual regret or missed opportunity?
[Image-14] Two roads diverged in a wood, and one of you took the one that didn’t lead to Jacob Hoggard’s hotel room. I’m sure that’s made some kind of difference. Asked to name your biggest sexual regret or missed opportunity, respondents of this year’s Sex + Dating survey mostly felt bad about the rock stars, […]
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Is Halifax a good city to be single?
[Image-1] Are you looking for true love, or just a good time? Depending on the answer, Halifax is either a great or terrible place to be single. Dating in this city can be a breezy bacchanal of sexual encounters with an interchangeable roster of gorgeous twenty somethings straight out of a CW drama, or an […]
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What does your partner do during sex that drives you wild?
[Image-11] So how does Halifax get its jollies? In this year’s Sex + Dating survey, our readers kindly peeled back the covers and anonymously revealed all the juicy (sometimes literally juicy) details—the grabbing, moaning, nibbling and sucking—that make them weak in the knees. Take a gander and maybe add a few moves to your own […]
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to get back at an ex?
[Image-15] Revenge is a dish best served cold, and we had to bundle up to tabulate the results of one loaded question from our Sex + Dating Survey—”What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to get back at an ex?” Among the many angels who claimed they aren’t “that kind of person” were a ton […]
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’Ships start here
[Image-1] Halifax wants to lock it down. Go steady. Bring you home to meet mom, ask you to wear its letterman jacket, tag you in its relationship status and be totally OK farting in front of you. The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating survey revealed a lot—like, maybe too much—about the dating habits, desires and […]
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Modern love: the results of our Sex + Dating survey
“Modern love is hard, but cool,” writes one of our older readers to all of Halifax’s heartbroken youths. “Keep an open mind and move on quickly.” That’s just one bon mot of dating wisdom shared from the 907 individuals who took this year’s magnum-sized Sex + Dating survey. The majority of those respondents were under […]
