If you’re interested in sexual representations within gaming platforms then you’ll want to check out this juicy event: “Sex, Money, and Censorship: Battles Over the Deplatforming of Sexual Expression in Games”, a panel discussion with researchers, advocates, and designers. The panel is sponsored by the Canadian Game Studies Association and co-hosted by the Institute for Research […]
Fresh off the press: Sex Beyond “Yes”
Georgetown philosophy professor Quill R Kukla’s most recent book Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone is a much needed treatise on sexual pleasure. Sex, for many sexual subjects, is afflicted with a variety of contemporary concerns. Specifically, trauma, abuse, guilt, shame, and moral confusion are part and parcel of many a sex life. […]
New Book Gives Insight into Sex Work Decriminalization in New Zealand
Using the techniques of oral history, Cheryl Ware’s recently published book Untold Intimacies: A History of Sex Work in Aotearoa, 1978-2008 (Auckland University Press) tells the engaging personal stories of female and male sex workers in the periods both before and after New Zealand became the first country to effectively decriminalize the practice nationwide in […]
Magnetism Improves Female Sexual Arousal
A double-blind randomized control trial by Chinese researchers at the hospital of Xinjiang Medical University has shown the effectiveness of trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the dorsolateral pre-frontal cortex for improving female sexual arousal in response to erotic stimuli, and increasing sexual desire at least short-term. TMS is a medical treatment that uses magnetic pulses […]
Sexual Violence On the Rise According to the UN
Sexual violence has long been used as a tactic of war in conflicts across the globe, disproportionately affecting women and girls. The United Nation’s annual Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence reveals a grim development: sexual violence increased by 25% in conflict zones in 2024. A glaring example is the eastern Democratic Republic […]
The Trump administration continues to use gender ideology as a means to combat gender ideology
It is hard to keep up with all the ways that the American government is threatening the livelihoods of its transgender citizens. It is hellbent on eradicating so-called gender ideology and those who promote it, but you don’t need a PhD in Gender Studies to see that the deranged bullies who are most responsible for […]
Trans troops will now be denied hearings when discharged from the Air Force
The onslaught of political attacks on trans American citizens continues. Now Air Force troops will be denied the opportunity to appeal decisions to discharge them from the service for having a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. This latest policy change directly follows the Air Force’s recent announcement that it will no longer offer benefits to those […]
What would Jesus do…with sex dolls?
Are sex dolls Immoral? Researchers at UK’s Nottingham Trent University have developed a scale to measure public attitudes toward the use of sex dolls, which have in recent years become highly realistic and are being purchased by a growing number of mainly male users. Men who obtain such dolls are commonly stereotyped as immoral, sexually […]
A surprising win for trans rights in Kenya
In a recent landmark ruling in Kenya, a judge has just confirmed that a trans woman’s rights had recently been violated, and in response has ordered his government to either introduce a new transgender rights act or amend the current Intersex Persons Bill. Considering Kenya’s poor track record on queer rights – it criminalizes same-sex […]
DOJ Demands Transgender Patient Info from Several Medical Providers
In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration filed subpoenas in June on normally confidential patient data from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and nearly 20 other physicians or clinics that provide gender transition services. This action was justified by Attorney General Pam Bondi as necessary for the investigation of “healthcare fraud.” The information included names, […]