In some good news for LGBTQ+ rights, the Supreme Court of Nepal has ruled in favor of marriage equality. They have issued a binding directive order ensuring equal marriage rights for gender and sexual minorities. The Supreme Court issued an interim ruling in 2023 recognizing same-sex marriage. However, the Nepali government has had a mixed […]
Climate Activism Can be a Drag
The drag queen, Pattie Gonia, has been an environmental and political activist for several years and has amassed an impressive following of over 2 million people across their social channels. They have raised millions of dollars for environmental and social justice non-profits, co-founded the environmental equity organization Outdoorist Oath, and was featured as one of TIME’s most […]
Weaponizing Accusations of Child Abuse: The Pete Buttigieg Case
Pete Buttigieg, former United States Secretary of Transportation and a very vocal member of the Democratic Party, is speaking out about what he considers to be “the ugliest thing that has happened to [him] since [his] career in service began.” He was recently temporarily separated from his four-year-old twins after an anonymous false report to […]
Neuroanatomy of the Clitoris
The clitoris is the least studied organ of the human body and didn’t appear in standard anatomy textbooks until 1995 when it was described as a “small version of the penis”. A new study is using a non-invasive imaging method with micrometer-scale resolution capability to create 3D trajectory of the nerves in the clitoris. This […]
Facial Scan Technology in Gay Bars: Pros and Cons
Several bars in San Francisco’s Castro district have begun using technology that scans ID’s and photographs patrons’ faces. Allegedly, the technology is employed to blacklist bad patrons who engage in fighting, theft, or other disruptive activities, but some customers are uncomfortable with the threat to their privacy that such record-keeping poses. Supporters argue that the […]
FTC Claims Trans Medicine is Consumer Fraud
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas (all red states) have joined forces to sue the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), alleging that it made deceptive claims about the safety and effectiveness of pediatric gender-affirming medical treatments. The lawsuit argues that WPATH overstated evidence that supports interventions such as […]
UK Tries to Achieve Balance in Conversion Therapy Bill
We have reported before the muddled legal situation around attempts to ban “conversion therapy” in the US. The UK government has proposed to put forward to Parliament a bill that would criminalize “abusive” conversion therapy aimed at changing someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. As in the US, some religious groups and therapists worry that […]
Teen Vigilantes Target Sex Offenders
A 17-year old high school student from Walnut Creek, an affluent San Francisco/Oakland suburb, was arrested for harassing several local sex offenders he found on the public registry and shooting at them with his BB gun. Later investigation showed that he was also dealing drugs to his fellow students, and one girl was hospitalized after […]
Sexual Health of Bi-Sexual Men Needs Attention
New studies out of Australia and Kenya focus on the special health challenges of bi-sexual men, who are often neglected due to their relative invisibility. Bi men often conceal their identity from partners, fearing rejection, and are stigmatized as the vectors of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections to women, who are especially vulnerable. Using […]
Scotland to Remove Trans Women from Women’s Prisons
Following an April 2025 Supreme Court ruling that inmates must be assigned to prisons based on biological sex rather than gender identity, Scotland’s ruling party has determined that it will not contest the issue further and will transfer trans women into men’s prisons. Since 2014, Scotland has housed trans women in women’s prisons, but this […]