Originally published August 20, 2009:

I'm a gay dude who has been trying to find an all-natural and organic lube. The only one my hubby and I liked was a brand called Bliss, but alas, they stopped making it. When I try to look online or at the local co-op, the only all-natural sex lubricants I can find all say something to the effect of "closest possible to a woman's natural vaginal fluids." I have two problems with this. Problem number one: eeewwwww. Problem number two: When I have sampled these just-like-vaginal-fluids lubes, they seem very thin. A healthy bout of anal sex needs something with a bit more viscosity. Is there an all-natural lube out there that doesn't quickly dry out and washes off easily? Some friends keep suggesting vegetable oils, but I don't want to have to wash off my junk with Dawn after sex.

Lubing Up Butts Environmentally Safely

My response after the jump...

"Not that vaginal juices are eeewwwww-ey," says Rachel Venning, cofounder of Babeland, one of my favorite sex-toy shops. "But I don't want a jar of them on my nightstand either. I want something that stays slick longer, like packaged lube."

Babeland makes its own organic lube, a water-based lube called Naked that's thick, latex-safe, and good for butt play. "It comes in totally ungendered, nonplastic packaging," Venning adds, making it perfect for squeamish-about-girl-bits fags like you and me, LUBES. "Another new brand of organic lube to try is Sliguid Organics Gel. There is a teeny-tiny women's symbol in the logo, but if that isn't too much of a turnoff for this man-loving man, it's good stuff."

Vegetable oils aren't condom-safe, of course, but if you and your partner are seroconcordant and having anal sex with only each other, Venning suggested "some natural unguent from the beauty aisle—shea-butter balm or the like. Not as slippery as lube but lasts longer."