Horrific headlines of nonconsensual torture and abuse of a young woman in Missouri has some people mistaking those activities for typical BDSM relationships. But in every important way, that’s not what we do. Due in large part to the widespread cultural stigmatization of BDSM sexuality, abusive relationships sometimes go undetected when they shouldn’t, yet consensual […]

In a major political upset, a Republican Tea Party anti-masturbation, anti-choice, anti-civil liberties, anti-women-in-the-military, anti-gay, anti-science, sexist self-proclaimed feminist English major who doesn’t seem to have a grasp on the English language (no exaggeration!), Christine O’Donnell, wins Delaware’s primary. Within days, the years-long Republican rhetoric about culture wars and social issues like women’s rights being […]

Evil anti-trafficking organizations turn to scapegoating Craigslist for political gain, Google has a not-so-secret censorship list, DADT is unconstitutional (duh), sex workers want to know what police consider prostitution, and US evangelicals partner with Chinese officials for their failing abstinence agenda when they should be taking a page out of the Dutch playbook. Using inflated […]

US-based sex selection clinics make a pretty penny treating gender like a disease, medial students numbed to ethical issues of nonconsensual pelvic exams, Apple betrays a much wider anti-sexuality stance by hiding pro-GLBT celebrity tweets, the new teledildonic Mojowijo corrupts the family-friendly Nintendo Wii, and start looking forward to senior sex! Is there a gender […]

Resentful feminists give New Zealand’s first male brothel a (ahem) hard time, China’s trendsetters take “cosmetic surgery” to new vaginal depths, American conservatives applaud activist judges for stemming stem cell research, and a German pop star gets nailed for screwing around with HIV. This week, having turned on the tap a little early, we welcomed […]

Context gets critical as Wikileaks’ founder is accused of rape, British taxpayers pay for a virgin’s Amsterdam prostitute, mainstream media misreporting muddies a youth sex study, sex-negativity and censorship, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, and the motivation to ask for what you want is more important than being earnest. Credit for this week’s stellar show […]

The US military is shooting itself in the face using DADT, a gay Florida cop gets fired for a 14 year old, 15 minute role in porn, Indonesia’s anti-porn zealots accidentally censor online news portals, a Russian dairy goes nutty with religious fervor, oxytocin pseudo-science gets a run for its money, and sex education tips […]

A U.S. federal court rules Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, which Arizona conservatives say “jeopardizes the democratic process,” so they’re really lucky gay couples will probably still opt to save their lives from burning buildings. Also, a high court in Mexico similarly upholds same-sex marriage, a 17 month old baby boy is punched to death for […]

Homophobia (like Jesus) isn’t just for Christians, the government can but promises not to prosecute you for sharing your sexy pics, U.K. and U.S. gay men think differently about “having sex,” the Chinese government wants to end the “tradition” of public shaming, and an Atlanta lawyer campaigns against male circumcision. What do Anne Rice quitting […]

An Israeli woman cries rape after consensually sleeping with an Arab, stripper-chic comes to security-theater with Flying Pasties, blowback against Malaysian sex education efforts are a mirror on American paranoia, “no” means “pull down my top and put me in your Girls Gone Wild video,” and Indian sex-workers draft a bill of rights that finally […]