“Technology is not neutral. We’re inside of what we make and it’s inside of us.” Prominent feminist scholar of science and technology studies, Donna Haraway, quipped this in a 1997 interview with Wired. That idea checks out when applied to this recent story out of Canada. The nutshell scoop is that Cape Breton fiddler Ashley […]
“Nudify” Apps Causing Drama in Classrooms Globally
Apps that can realistically alter human bodies and put them in, let’s say, compromising positions in photographs and videos, have become very accessible and are rapidly growing in popularity all over the world, particularly amongst student populations. The Guardian’s education correspondent Sally Weale investigated what teachers and administrators are up against in trying to deal […]
Highlights from Pornhub’s 2025 Report
Pornhub’s annual report yields valuable insight into evolving sexual interests of men and women (who are 38% of Pornhub’s audience), gay and straight, different generations, countries, and US states. Perhaps most remarkable is the rise in appreciation of mature women, now the third most viewed category by men; “MILF” is the second most searched term, […]
We’re All Hockey Fans Now, Eh?
Heated Rivalry – that recently debuted Queer Canadian sports series which you’ve surely heard of – has just been green lit for a second season. It’s now Canadian streaming platform Crave’s biggest original production. The show is packed with gay jock sex, which has many horny toads croaking. But if we put those other-worldly asses […]
“Gay Sheep” Take Over New York Catwalk
1 in 12 male sheep (rams) show a preference for other males and exhibit homosexual behavior. Because a ram’s function is to breed, when a ram refuses to breed, they are usually sold for their meat. To save the gay rams from the slaughterhouse, Michel Stucke and Nadia Leytes came up with Rainbow Wool. They […]
Montreal Museum Celebrates Sex Worker History
The exhibition “By and For: 30 Years of Sex Worker Resistance” not only celebrates the struggle for sex worker rights, but the intersectional coordinates of this movement with activism on behalf of other marginalized communities in Canada. The exhibit not only features old news clippings and photographs of marches and symposia, but also a large […]
RFK Jr. Undergoes Gender-Affirming Care
While opposing hormonal therapy for transgender kids as a form of “chemical mutilation,” in line with Trump administration policy, and speculating that environmental chemicals like atrazine have led to the growth of gender dysphoria in the general population, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted in an interview with Newsmax to receiving testosterone supplements […]
Sex / Porn Addiction Is Not a Thing
The journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy has published a statement announcing that it will no longer accept articles that utilize unscientific terms like “sex addiction” or “porn addiction,” and will only allow “compulsive sexual behavior” under strictly limited conditions. This announcement is buttressed by a detailed historical overview of these concepts by a distinguished international team of […]
No Nut November
No Nut November (#NNN) is a trending internet challenge in which participants attempt to abstain from ejaculation and orgasm by not masturbating and/or not engaging in partnered sex for the entirety of the month. While studies have elucidated physical and psychological health benefits of masturbation/orgasm as well as abstinence from them, the effects of temporary […]
Controversial Sex Worker Statue Restored
When originally erected on a street corner in Sydney’s red-light district of Darlinghurst in 1995, the statue of “Joy” provoked local controversy and was subject to vandalism, including a hammer attack by an outraged mother who thought it looked like her daughter. It was removed two years later, but has now been reproduced in more […]