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- September 15, 2026
Orville Peck and Playgirl
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- September 15, 2026
Going Too Far with Sex Toys Can Put You in the Hospital
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High-End Sex Ed for Adults
In Berkeley on Sept. 25 to Sept. 27, Slutcon, a sex education convention organized by the online sexographer Aella, will hold dozens of events facilitated by sex educators, sex workers, a philosopher, a doctor, a therapist and others. The ticket
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Global Challenges to Queer Rights are Escalating
An Outright International Survey found that US foreign-aid cuts have disproportionately harmed LGBTIQ organizations in countries where queer people face the most severe repression, discrimination, and violence. Specifically, Outright report notes that 203 of 229 organizations across 94 countries had
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Michigan Removes Half Its Sex Offenders from Registry
On September 9, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that placing people on the state’s public sex offender registry whose offense was prior to 2011 (when the law establishing the registry took effect) constituted ex post facto punishment and was therefore
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Barriers to Gender Affirming Care Can Exist in Blue States Too
Massachusetts has committed to preserving access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth after the Trump administration barred federal Medicaid funding for such treatment for people under 18. The state will draw on its $8.5 million Affirming Health Care Trust to
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More Monkey Business in Thailand
Holy hypocrites are not limited to Christian clergy, as we reported in our last issue. The 66-year old abbot of a prominent Buddhist monastery in Thailand was arrested after it was discovered that he had embezzled nearly $3 million in
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Louisiana Can’t Find a Surgeon to Castrate Sex Offender
Tough-on-crime legislators in Louisiana passed a law in 2024 allowing those convicted of a sex offense with a minor under 15 to be sentenced not merely to mandatory chemical castration, but even to surgical castration. However, the first defendant to
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Grassroots Sex Worker Journalists Challenge Anti-Porn Laws
Today, sex workers face an aggressive wave of anti-porn policy purportedly addressing online safety. Under the guise of protection, lawmakers advocate for legislative measures such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), state-level age-verification mandates, the Stop Internet Sexual Exploitation
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