The Trump administration has expanded its assault on pediatric gender medicine, as the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department have announced they are investigating over 20 gender clinics for making fraudulent and deceptive claims about the medical necessity of gender transition for minor patients. In addition, pharmaceutical companies are being investigated for “violations of drug […]
Conspiracy Theories Continue to Swirl around Jeffrey Epstein
The belief that there exists an extensive list of well-connected “clients” from the global elite who cavorted with teenage girls at late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in the Virgin Islands has long been a staple of right-wing conspiracy theorizing, including by current officials of the Trump administration. However, now that they are in office, they […]
China cracks down on gay fiction as “obscene”
Dozens of young Chinese women writing manga-style fiction about androgynous gay male characters have been arrested, fined, and in some cases imprisoned for obscenity, on the grounds that homosexuality is a “sexual perversion.” Once relatively tolerant of low-key gay sex when their concern was to limit the birth-rate, Chinese authorities have become increasingly hostile to […]
Here we go again speculating on young people’s sex lives
Hot off the press! Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation’s Fight Over Its Future explores Gen Z’s sex lives (or lack thereof!) and dissects some of the social, political, and psychological factors that may be contouring young people’s sexual subjectivity. Journalist Carter Sherman compares the different brands of sexual speculation that cyclically plagues each new […]
Terror threats cancel sex law conference
The June 26-29 conference of the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) in Grand Rapids has been indefinitely postponed at the last minute due to a bomb threat against the hotel, which chose to cancel the contract rather than run the risk of an attack. The threats came from individuals associated with the […]
Ohio bill aims to limit public drag performances as “harmful to juveniles”
There’s a lot of bills baking right now in the Ohio legislature around LGBTQ+ livelihoods and rights. One recently introduced bill – House Bill 249 – if passed, could criminalize public drag performances. Editor Ken Schneck of The Buckeye Flame has put together a useful guide that explains several significant and recently introduced bills that […]
Florida’s “Fool Around and Find Out” operation culminates
Famous tough-on-crime Florida Sheriff Grady Judd, a favorite of President Trump, proudly announced the results of “Operation Fool Around and Find Out.” It presumed to target human trafficking, but instead arrested 250+ sex workers, clients, and undocumented immigrants and found few, if any, cases of individuals trafficked against their will. The demonization of sex work, […]
Child porn without children?
Can child porn be a crime when it involves no actual children? A Danish appellate court has so ruled in sentencing AI artist Barry Coty to 18 months’ in prison. Denmark used to be famous as a place where even real child pornography was legal, during which time sex offense rates actually went down. Outlawing […]
Closure of large gender-affirming care clinic
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles announces closure of its gender clinic, one of the nation’s largest and most aggressive providers of gender-affirming care for minors, citing the potential loss of federal funding for the entire hospital. The clinic’s director, Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, is a controversial figure who has drawn fire from critics for advocating immediate […]
Did you know that Harvey Milk joined the navy during the Korean War?
To celebrate Pride month this June the generous and oh-so-tactful American Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has indicated that the renaming of the navy ship Harvey Milk is imminent, and perhaps others, in the vein of anti-DEI efforts being led by the current administration. The timing of these actions is uncouth to say the least. […]