When the Covid-19 pandemic first began in the US in March 2020, the American author Dan Savage had a message for listeners of his sex-advice podcast: call off your polyamorous relationships.
It sounds obvious: the outbreak of a deadly disease spread by close contact meant it was no longer responsible to have multiple sexual partners, at least in person. But as governments across the world imposed lockdowns of various intensities, guidance on what this new virus meant in terms of sex – and how to have it safely – was virtually absent.
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