Kitty Stryker, Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 12:55pm
I was brought up in Massachusetts, a place known for its college campuses, colorful leaves, and the first state to recognize same-sex marriage. But one of the moments I remember best, and the event...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, July 12, 2010 - 12:00pm
Y'know, it would probably be easier for me to love my enemies if they didn't so often turn out to be duplicitous assholes.
The euphoniously monickered Linda Lingle, governor of the small-but-...
Jane Fae, Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 12:00pm
Last week saw a most interesting juxtaposition of events in UK politics: some good news and some bad news for those of us who believe in sexual liberty. Only time will tell whether the end result...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:33am
I was surprisingly—almost shockingly—polite when I was in Salt Lake City last month. Nonsense-spouting Morbots took me on tours of Temple Square and Brigham Young's house, and I didn't say one...
Marty Klein, Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 9:44pm
The big news in the world of sex is that Flibanserin, the drug that’s supposed to increase desire in some pre-menopausal women, has been rejected by the federal Food & Drug Administration (FDA...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, June 21, 2010 - 11:55am
Stonewall Week is here again, gang, time to haul out those rainbow-colored tchotchkes. You know, the plastic shit manufactured in that bastion of queer rights, the People's Republic of China. And...
Monk, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:29pm
Veronica Monet, a certified sexologist, sex educator and sex worker rights activist, was the keynote speaker at the recent Sex 2.0 conference in Seattle. Monet’s speech broadly covers the history...
Marty Klein, Monday, February 1, 2010 - 8:07pm
You’ve heard about the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Overturning the heart of the McCain-Feingold Act, the Court said that corporate donations to...
Marty Klein, Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 12:09am
The verdict is in: the guy who murdered physician George Tiller will spend the rest of his life in jail, feeling good about what he did.
Yes, the verdict shows that the justice system works,...
Marty Klein, Friday, December 18, 2009 - 4:34pm
I’m on my way home from Denver, where I testified as an expert witness at a deeply troubling trial—a trial that’s become way too common in America.
Here’s the situation: The defendant “Mr. Jones...
Marty Klein, Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 4:27pm
Remember playing with photos and scissors as a young teen? You’d make collages: your scrawny face on a caveman’s body, your friend’s body with the head of a dog, you and a movie star on a beach in...
Marty Klein, Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 8:10pm
You know what the Stupak–Pitts Amendment does to the healthcare reform bill, right? It prohibits the use of federal funds to pay for:
* any abortion, or
* any part of the costs of any health...
Marty Klein, Saturday, October 31, 2009 - 4:30pm
In the never-ending quest to boost their “tough on crime” and “family values” credentials, politicians and police departments across America have turned this year’s Halloween into the scariest...
Marty Klein, Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 7:28pm
• Because murder is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to outlaw films depicting murder.
• Because physical abusing and raping women is a terrible thing, the state of Alaska wants to...
Marty Klein, Sunday, September 27, 2009 - 12:36pm
The Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of 18-year-old Jorge Canal, who complied with a 14-year-old friend’s request for a photo of his penis. The young man is now forced to...
Marty Klein, Monday, September 7, 2009 - 9:05pm
America has triumphed over Indianapolis for the third time.
In 1984, religious fundamentalists on the Indianapolis City Council teamed up with phony “feminist” Catharine MacKinnon to outlaw...
John P, Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 1:25pm
San Francisco is in many ways unique. It has a sex-positive culture that supports a tremendous diversity of expression. However, despite its liberal reputation, sometimes San Francisco has its...
John P, Friday, June 19, 2009 - 2:53pm
Many of the rights that protect our sexual freedom come from a broad reading of the Constitution. The right to abortion and privacy in the bedroom are not explicitly set out; they spring from...
