Five transgender troops with more than 20 years of distinguished service were forced into retirement because of the Trump administration’s renewed transgender military ban. Retired General Stanley McChrystal and elected officials honored the troops in a special ceremony in Washington, DC hosted by the Human Rights Campaign. “We’ve got to leverage every bit of talent […]
Two American Anti-Trans Bills Will Move To Senate
The Trump administration and the Republican party at large have ratcheted up their efforts to dismantle gender affirming care for youth. This effort comes in the form of two bills that recently passed through the House of Representatives. The first, a la representative Marjorie Taylor Green, criminalizes parents and healthcare providers who facilitate gender affirming […]
Victims of Disgraced “Operation Underground Railroad” Still Suffer
Despite the disgrace of Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) following revelations that its founder Tim Ballard, subject of a heroic 2023 biopic, was himself a serial sexual predator toward women who worked in the organization, many victims of its ethically questionable tactics continue to suffer imprisonment or sex offender registration. Ballard’s relentless self-promotion netted the organization […]
8-Year Old Kissing is Now “Sexual Assault”
An elite private school in the Los Angeles area has been sued by parents for failing to stop a 7-year old girl from being kissed and fondled in a bathroom by 8-year old girls who allegedly pressured her into joining a “Kissing Club.” While we do not condone bullying or anyone being forced into physical […]
International Suppression of Sexual Fantasy Material
A new report released by the Center for Online Safety and Liberty is the first international survey of the legal status of “fantasy sexual materials,” i.e. fictional or artistic representations of sexual acts or relationships that involve no real persons in their production. This category is becoming a growing concern with the advent of highly […]
French Right Wants to Re-open Brothels
Liberalized sex work proposals are often associated with the Left, but in France, it is the populist right-wing National Rally party that is pushing this reform, with support from former leader Marine LePen. The National Rally proposal is to make the brothels cooperatives run by the sex workers themselves: legislator Jean-Philippe Tanguy said, they “would […]
Special Protections for Trans Prisoners Ended
A December 2nd DOJ memo seeks to undercut administrative enforcement of the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act as it pertains to protection of trans and intersex prisoners. Although passed by Congress, the act leaves it up to administrative agencies to develop their own standards for its implementation, which are often lax at best. Under the […]
Southeast Asia Cracks Down on Gay Sex
171 men arrested in a high-profile police raid of a gay sauna in Kuala Lumpur under suspicion of “immoral activities” had to be released on bail, as the court found there was no evidence to support charges of “unnatural intercourse” or “prostitution exploitation” (offenses under the penal code), since none of the men admitted to […]
Support for Gay Marriage is Falling
The Economist/YouGov conducted a demographically weighted poll of 1,623 U.S. adults in late October, that revealed 54% support for the legality of gay marriage, compared to 33% opposition. While this is still a solid majority, it is substantially down from the 70% level of support in a 2021 Gallup poll. Most of the decline comes […]
On Global Sexual Democracy: The Toxic Tea
Ghana president John Dramani Mahama has pledged to sign into law the “Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill” if it is passed by his country’s parliament. This draconian anti-LGBTQ+ bill punishes queer people for merely existing. The bill calls for a three-year imprisonment for those who identify as LGBTQ+, and a ten-year sentence for […]