Erica Garza
Erica Garza is a writer and researcher specializing in sexual health at Hims. Her work has appeared in TIME, Health, Vice, Salon, Glamour, Kinkly and other places.
Her book Getting Off was a New York Times Editor's Choice in 2018 and called a "wild, timely read" in Elle. She has appeared as a guest on NPR, BBC, the TODAY Show, the Choe Show and various podcasts and radio shows to have destigmatizing conversations about sex, porn, addiction and trauma.
Based in Los Angeles, Erica holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University, a BA in English from UCLA, and a Narrative Therapy Certificate from the Vancouver School of Narrative Therapy.
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- in/erica-garza-37762251/
Publications
- Hims & Hers18 articles
Writes Most On
Can You Still Have Sex With Herpes? Here’s How I Do It12 Mar—Hims & HersWhen Courtney Brame was 24, he was diagnosed with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the leading cause of genital herpes. At the time, he didn’t know anyone else with herpes. He felt alone, even though herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs). According to a fact sheet from the World Health Organization, HSV-2 affects an estimated 520 million people aged 15 to 49 worldwide. Disclosing his diagnosis to potential sexual partners was initially incredibly...
Why Travel Sex Is So Thrilling18 Feb—Hims & HersWhen I think of cities like Paris and Barcelona, visits to the Louvre and Park Güell, respectively, don’t stick out for me as vividly as my flings with a French waiter named Julien and a Spanish guitarist named Luis. These short-lived vacation romances were intense because in each case, it was clear from the outset that my time with these men would be brief and finite. I could be anyone I wanted to be on vacation, and solo travel permitted me to be the wildest, most daring version of...
Why I Had an MFM Threesome2 Mar—Hims & HersGoing into his first-ever MFM threesome, George* had one main worry: What if he couldn’t pleasure his wife as well as the other guy? But that concern didn’t stop him from fulfilling her fantasy of sleeping with two men at once. Commonly, when heterosexual men fantasize about threesomes, they imagine themselves sandwiched between two gorgeous women. But would you consider pursuing a threesome with another man if it were your female partner’s long-time fantasy? Or perhaps, you realized you were...
