A poll by a Fox station in Fresno shows 79% of the public thinks sex offenders can be rehabilitated. But this appears not to have been noticed by the California legislature, which thinks they can always gain votes by demonizing sexual misconduct. Alarmed because parole had been granted to two elderly sex offenders, both of […]
Teen Kills and Dismembers Local Sex Offender
An attractive 19-year old Florida man lured a 28-year old man to his house and killed him with a baseball bat, then dismembered his body with a meat cleaver and saw, loaded it into suitcases and tote bags, and deposited it in a nearby marsh. Police have not released details about what the killer’s electronics […]
Gay Symbols Banned and Restored
There seems to be no end to the targeting of the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S. these days. Thankfully, these efforts to diminish the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community are receiving push back. In Idaho, Boise’s official Pride flag was removed because a state law prohibits government entities displaying any flags other than approved flags […]
Trans Recognition Advances Globally
Despite political retrenchment in the U.S., recognition of trans and non-binary rights has scored some major victories on the international stage. The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women overwhelmingly rejected a U.S. proposal that gender be defined in strictly binary terms. Only Pakistan and Chile voted in favor of the U.S. proposal, which […]
Swedish Biker Prosecuted for Pimping His Wife
In this rather astonishing and developing case, a 61-year-old man (and reportedly former Hell’s Angel) from Northern Sweden has been charged with forcing his wife into sex acts with 120 men, 26 of which have already been charged. The husband admits to playing madam but denies any wrongdoing. In Sweden, selling sex is not illegal, […]
Spermageddon: 613 Pregnancies Later
A Quebec father (Philippe Normand) and son (Dominik Seelos) have been banned from donating any more sperm, for now, while their civil trial plays out. The plaintiff, a mother of four, claims that both men lied about how many children had been already conceived via their sperm donations. They also allegedly did not disclose their […]
Tired Trans Political Scapegoating
The U.S. federal government continues to target transgender communities in order to construct a scapegoat to absorb the disappointment and anger many Americans feel toward their current leadership. Recently the Department of Justice has notified California and Maine (two liberal-leaning states) that it is investigating claims of rape, voyeurism, and a pervasive climate of sexual […]
Closer and Closer to The Handmaid’s Tale?
As Hard Copy reported in January, much of the fight over reproductive rights is currently being fought in the courts and legislatures. There is not strong support for abortion bans and restrictions from voters so anti-reproductive rights activists must go through legal and legislative channels. While some states are looking to make it harder for […]
Tech Sector Found Responsible for Youth Sexual Harm
Meta has been found liable for child sexual exploitation and has been ordered to pay $375 million in penalties. The company was found to have misled consumers regarding the safety of its platforms, as well as enabled the harm of children. New Mexico’s attorney general, Raúl Torrez, claims that “Meta executives knew their products harmed […]
Supreme Court: Schools Cannot Keep Trans Identities Secret from Parents
In an important 6-3 decision (Mirabelli v. Bonta, here), the US Supreme Court overruled the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court injunction enjoining the State of California from enforcing a law that allows schools to keep a child’s trans identity at school secret from their parents, if the child so wishes. […]