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- February 2, 2026
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Grok and Deepfake Porn

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Grok, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot on his social media platform X, is stirring up controversy. After the AI chatbot spewed nonconsensual sexualized deepfake images, the EU opened a formal investigation into X. The investigation will examine whether Grok is living up to its obligations under the Digital Services Act, the bloc’s wide-ranging rule book for […]

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- January 15, 2026
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Sex Lives of the Disabled

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The new play, (We indulge in ) a bit of roll play, will have an exclusive run at Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland. Produced by Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, the play is designed to provoke frank discussions around sex and disability to counter narratives around disabled people needing charity or pity, and instead show lives that […]

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- January 15, 2026
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Gay Canadian Hockey Show Snowballs

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The pop culture behemoth that is Heated Rivalry continues to make tracks and garner fans. Although the stars of the show – Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie – were ineligible to receive any Golden Globes for season one of the production, their presence at the ceremony was loud, and it included the duo presenting the […]

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- January 1, 2026
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The Kink Community Responds to BDSM Depiction in Pillion

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The new film, Pillion, which Hard Copy reported on last June, is starting to receive positive reviews. The film tells the story of the relationship between Colin, a timid man, who is swept off his feet by Ray, an enigmatic and impossibly handsome biker. Ray, a dom, takes Colin on as his submissive. After opening […]

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- January 1, 2026
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2025 Year in Review and Trends for 2026

With the end of the year comes lists of trends from the past year and trends for the upcoming year. Grindr has provided an extensive overview of the trends and “best of” for 2025 in Grindr Unwrapped 2025. Favorite stats include most searched profile tag (“hung”), country sending most nudes (Finland), most proclaimed “daddies” (USA). […]

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- January 1, 2026
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Gay Male Visibility in Pop Culture Varies

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The popularity of the queer Canadian sports series, Heated Rivalry is still growing since its debut on November 28th. In contrast, the second season of Boots, the Netflix series about a closeted young gay man and his straight best friend who join the marines, has been cancelled after the Trump administration referred to it as […]

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- January 1, 2026
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That Awkward World Cup Situation Continues to Unfold

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There’s an interesting cultural phenomenon happening right now bringing queerness and organized sport together in the Zeitgeist. One example is the 2026 Fifa World Cup Match between Egypt and Iran scheduled in June in the midst of host city Seattle’s annual pride celebrations, a plan that was made prior to anyone knowing which teams would […]

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- January 1, 2026
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Less Sex on Screen in Hollywood

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A recent survey conducted by the Teens & Screens project at UCLA suggests that nearly half of Gen Z moviegoers think there is too much explicit sex in movies and on TV, and would like to see more narratives about non-romantic friendships. Hollywood producers have responded by scaling back on scenes of sex and nudity […]

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- January 1, 2026
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AI Wrongly Makes Sex Offender Accusations

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“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 […]

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- January 1, 2026
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“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 […]

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