In the wake of a $40 million judgment in July against an Atlanta-area motel for ignoring signs that a minor was being trafficked on its premises, a similar lawsuit has now been filed on behalf of another victim against chains ranging from the Ritz-Carlton to Motel 6. The suit argues that staff ignored obvious signs […]
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 […]
Although a total of 27 states – in addition to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and more than 100 municipalities – have banned the practice of conversion therapy as well as on governmental funding for it, all mostly within the last ten years, there is growing paranoia that popularity for the pseudoscientific and downright abusive practice […]
Gerika Mudra is a non-trans 18-year-old lesbian woman who is filing a charge of discrimination against a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Minnesota because an employee followed her into the women’s bathroom and tried to prevent her from using it upon suspicion of her being a man. While being harassed Mudra revealed her breasts to […]
A high-profile Canadian case involving five ex world junior hockey players ended on July 24th when all players were acquitted of criminal charges. The case revolved around a group sex episode, seven years prior, that occurred after a Hockey Canada Foundation Gala & Golf event the players had attended. A lawyer for one of the accused referenced the […]
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a law criminalizing third-party benefits from sex work, despite a lower court ruling that the law jeopardized sex worker security. The case concerned the conviction of two men in Alberta who were drivers for an escort service and provided protection for the escorts if something went wrong. READ THE […]
The stunning acquittal of Sean “Diddy” Combs on the most serious counts of sex trafficking and racketeering surprised many, but not experienced federal prosecutors. Instead, he was merely convicted on two counts of violating the archaic 1910 Mann Act for transporting persons across state lines for purposes of sex work. The jury’s refusal to buy […]
In a 6-3 ruling written by Justice Clarence Thomas (Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring cumbersome age verification mechanisms to enter sexually explicit websites, effectively jettisoning the 2004 precedent of Ashcroft v. ACLU. Critics have expressed concern that the real purpose of the Texas law is to […]
Florida prosecutors announce that they are seeking the death penalty against an African-American child sex offender who had been punished for an earlier sex offense and was then found to have molested his girlfriend’s two daughters over a long period. A 2023 law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis makes this possible. A number of state […]
We’ve been following the OneTaste saga here at HARD COPY, and it’s been quite a trip, with the most recent chapter culminating in convictions of one of the company’s co-founders and a former head of sales on forced labor charges. OneTaste was founded in 2004 and is in the business of sexual mindfulness, with a […]
