Emily L. Depasse

Emily L. Depasse is a talented digital creator, sex educator, and writer whose work on sex, dating, and relationships has won her a huge online following and seen her contribute to major publications and platforms such as Women’s Health, HealthCentral, Allure, The Philadelphia Enquirer, HuffPost, Refinery29, and more. Her work focuses on dealing with STIs, and herpes in particular. Her Instagram platform, The SexELDucator, has more than 46,000 followers and regularly posts thoughtful content that can help both those who have been diagnosed with herpes (or any STI) and healthcare professionals working in the field.

Depasse gained her professional qualifications from Widener and Salisbury universities. She first began penning articles for publications in 2019 and has been working ever since to help redefine traditional, and often unhelpful, narratives and stigmas around STIs. Her work sits at the intersection of sexual health, accessibility, and ethics and has called out everything from shaming to unfunny jokes from celebrities. Through her website, she offers various resources for people of all backgrounds who are dealing with herpes.

Depasse’s important, gently-framed work is helping tens of thousands of herpes sufferers to regain confidence in sexual and dating matters and helping to remove stigmas around what is an unfortunately common STI.