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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 2:05pm By Megan AndellouxWhen I stopped working for youth-focused sex education, I thought the political bullshit would be left far behind me. I thought that by working with adults, I would finally be able to speak openly about sexual behavior, anatomy, health and...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010 - 9:17am By Matthew LawrenceRhode Island's state legislature opened their 2010 session yesterday by voting overwhelmingly to override Governor Don Carcieri's veto of a bill that allowing same-sex couples and unmarried heterosexual couples to make funeral arrangements for...
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Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 10:42am By Matthew LawrencePat Patriot, the 49-year old mascot of the New England Patriots, was one of the first to be arrested for prostitution in Rhode Island after the state criminalized the practice last month. Well, at least the guy that wears the costume was....
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 9:15am By Matthew LawrenceTwo odd pieces of news on the gay rights front: Salt Lake City becomes the first place in Utah to pass anti-discrimination legislation against gays and lesbians. The law, which provides gays and lesbians protection from housing and employment...
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Friday, November 6, 2009 - 8:18am By Jessica O'ReillyThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking a stand to support the opening of the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health in Rhode Island. A zoning officer from the city has blocked the business from opening in a Main Street building on the...
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Friday, October 30, 2009 - 7:14am By Matthew LawrenceThe Rhode Island Senate voted 36-2 yesterday on a bill to criminalize indoor prostitution in the state, reports the Providence Journal. (Besides certain counties in Nevada, Rhode Island is currently the only state in the US where prostitution...
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Friday, October 9, 2009 - 2:07pm By Megan Andelloux"This has nothing to do with sex." —City of Pawtucket town clerk's office After my column a few weeks ago, I left many of you hanging regarding the political fallout over the...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 8:54am By Matthew LawrenceRhode Island lawmakers may not be passing any new legislation until the end of the year, but that hasn't stopped Providence mayor David Cicilline from pre-emptively trying to ban indoor prostitution in the capital city. In a letter sent to...
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Friday, July 24, 2009 - 4:35pm By Monica ShoresPicture this seedy scene: an undercover cop pays to enter an establishment advertising itself as a spa. After a massage, the female attendant offers him a hand job. (Or if you're feeling coy, "simulate[s] a sex act with her right hand".) The officer...
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Friday, June 26, 2009 - 12:51pm By Chris HallThe laws governing sex work are changing all over. In Taiwan, the government announced this week that they're going to begin decriminalizing prostitution. Right here in the United States, Rhode Island is poised to outlaw prostitution by closing a...
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Friday, May 8, 2009 - 7:08pm By Chris HallToday CarnalNation published a column by Monica Shores that takes a level-headed look at the moral panic surrounding the so-called "Craigslist murder" of Julissa Brisman, and how it's been bad for sex workers. Many of the issues about how the law...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 11:36am By Tim McElreavyThe Associated Press reports that Maine's governor John Baldacci has signed into law a bill that legalizes gay marriage, making the Pine Tree State the fifth U.S. state and the fourth one in New England to allow gays and lesbians to marry. Baldacci...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 3:17pm By Chris HallRhode Island is seeking to outlaw prostitution. Right now, the state has no laws against prostitution that occurs indoors, but state Rep. Joanne M. Giannini and her supporters want to change that. Giannini has introduced legislation that would make...
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Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 12:51pm By Tim McElreavyThe Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released a factual rebuttal and uncovered the audition tapes for the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) television ads that are set to run eight times per day in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 2:27pm By Tim McElreavyNew England Cable News reports that Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri is speaking out against gay marriage and has lent his support to the National Organization for Marriage, "a nonprofit organization with a mission to protect marriage and the...
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