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High-Heeled Activism

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It is important to note that there has been some sassy pushback in response to the anti-LGBTQ+ antics of the current cruel and out-of-touch American administration. More than 1,000 people attended a fundraiser for the American Civil Liberties Union at a gay bar in Brooklyn on April 16. The drag event raised $25,000, and the […]

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Sex Toy Fair Opens in Shanghai

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China produces over 70% of the world’s sex toys, so it is not surprising that the Adult Products International trade fair opened in Shanghai in April. Chinese firms are inventing new ways of integrating AI with sex toys, creating the new field of “teledildonics.” Vibrator pulses and suction pumps can adapt their intensity in response […]

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June is Now “Nuclear Family Month” (insert eye-roll here!)

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Leave it to Tennessee, whose Republican-run legislature has officially deemed June as “Nuclear Family Month”. The House joint resolution was signed by Governor Bill Lee on April 9. While the policy does not explicitly mention the Queer community, June is when many LGBTQ+ Pride celebrations take place across the country. This is undoubtedly a pointed […]

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Library Board Fired Over Trans Children’s Book

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In the fall of 2025, the Asheboro Public Library in North Carolina received a complaint about Call Me Max, a picture book by award-winning transgender author Kyle Lukoff. The library board followed established procedures for reviewing challenged materials and voted 5-2 to keep the book in place. Shortly after the decision the Randolph County Board of […]

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Texas University Bans Discussion of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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Chancellor Brandon Creighton issued an April 9 memorandum that would end virtually all teaching and research of any subject related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) at the five campuses of the Texas Tech University System, citing legislation that he himself authored while chairman of the Higher Education Committee of the Texas Senate. Courses […]

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Encouraging Developments in HIV Medicine

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After finding an investigational drug to be safe and well-tolerated by human subjects in Phase 1 and Phase 2 clinical trials, Merck Sharp & Dohme, a subsidiary of Merck & Co, is beginning two Phase 3 clinical trials to study the drug’s efficacy in preventing HIV-1 infections in both African women and an international sample […]

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“Treat Me Like a Bitch!” Gay Men’s Misogynistic Rape Fantasies

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A study of profiles composed by middle-aged gay and bi-sexual men in Spain who used the hook-up app Scruff reveals that those who characterize themselves in feminine terms use rhetoric implying passivity and openness to degrading or even violent treatment. It correspondingly found that dominant partners express a desire to treat other men this way. […]

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Condoms Go Up Due to Iran War

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Karex, which produces about five billion condoms a year, has warned they will be raising prices by up to 30% because of supply chain disruptions caused by the chokehold on the Strait of Harmuz. The company blamed the war for the rising cost of the raw materials needed to produce condoms, including nitrile and synthetic […]

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Good News for African Gays

So much of what we hear from the African continent with regard to the rights of LGBTQ people is discouraging. Hard Copy has run stories about severe legal persecution in Uganda, Nigeria, and Senegal, among others. However, Africa is not a monolith: South Africa has long maintained very progressive policies in defense of its LGBTQ […]

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The Gen Z Divide

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Religion, age, and politics are the biggest influences on a person’s opinion regarding abortion and reproductive rights, but gender is also a component. There is a sharp divide between Gen Z women and men over reproductive rights. In a recent survey, 76% of Gen Z women believe that abortions should be legal while only 59% […]

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