At 79 years old, John Wood is having his first solo show at Celine, an art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland. The intimate and erotic photographic portraits document the Glasgow leather scene. Wood, a self-taught photographer, was not a part of the leather subculture that he documented. He worked as a sound engineer for the BBC […]
Testosterone Does an Army Good?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is proposing to create a “High-T” military by introducing annual testosterone screenings for U.S. service members aged 30 and older, with voluntary testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) offered to those diagnosed with low levels of the hormone. TRT is a medical treatment for those with hypogonadism, which can cause symptoms such as […]
Lions and Tigers and Fruit Flies, Oh My!
Josh Silver’s debut adult novel, Fruit Fly, is a dark but moving psychological thriller that unpacks questions of authorship, identity, and privilege when it comes to telling marginalized communities’ stories. The story follows a straight female author who poses as a gay man online and then stalks a gay male addict in order to mine […]
The Menopause Market
Although it will eventually affect half the population, until recently menopause research has been minimal. Women were told menopausal symptoms were just a part of aging and to endure them. In the past few years, the demand for better care has transformed menopause care into one of the fastest-growing sectors of women’s health. The market […]
Sexual Racism in LGBTQ Spaces
Interracial relationships are more common among LGBTQ people than in the heterosexual population. The common use of digital platforms by LGBTQ persons trying to find partners nevertheless exposes them to “sexual racism” through sorting algorithms and anonymous communications that permit insults that would not be tolerated in in-person interactions. Sexual racism can either take the […]
Elon Musk and his Defense of AI-Generated Nudes
Elon Musk’s xAI has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s first-in-the-nation law banning AI “nudification” technology, which creates fake nude images of real people without their consent. While Musk and his company claim to support preventing the non-consensual distribution of AI-generated intimate images, they argue that the law is overly broad and unconstitutional because it […]
Trump’s Sex Ed Initiative and What Teens Really Want
Teen pregnancy can have a major negative effect on the health of the mother and baby in addition to the higher chance that the mother and child will live in poverty. To ”prevent” teen pregnancy, the Trump administration is funding organizations that promote an abstinence-only approach and the importance of marriage. The funding for the […]
Trans Dolls with Removable Genitals
Two professors from the Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health at the University of Minnesota have developed paper cut-out dolls with interchangeable genitals, hair styles, clothing, and accessories to help gender diverse children aged 4-10 experiment with their options. They are to be marketed commercially as “MyGender Dolls” and promise to “make gender […]
New Data on Sexual Pleasure
The HUD App, a dating service, has published statistics from their “pleasure census,” a survey of 2,183 users in 63 countries, mostly young females, about a third of them identifying as something other than heterosexual. 88% of men and 76% of women report getting less sex than they desire; most cite inhibitions about communicating their […]
Violence Against Sex Workers
A report authored by Spanish anthropologist Irene Adán has just been released by the Organization of Sex Workers (Organización de Trabajadoras Sexuales). It surveyed 1068 sex workers in Madrid about their experiences with “sexual violence” broadly construed: over 70% of those surveyed had clients attempting to remove condoms without their consent, and over 40% encountered […]