Asher Bauer, Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 11:31am
Early transition is a vulnerable time. As we begin the processes of coming out, and possibly of medical transition, we trans folks have all kinds of insecurities. Often, we worry about how we will...
Suzanne, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 6:34pm
As a person who moves primarily among significantly younger people, and dates exclusively younger people (I’m a Lifestyle Cougar) I sometimes come up against things I simply don’t understand....
Charles Gatewood, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 11:52am
People often ask—am I a voyeur?
Well, yes I am. Obviously, I like to watch, especially when explosive subject matter pops my eyeballs. But that's just one level, one of many. A voyeur...
Kara Dax, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 3:11pm
September 26, 2010 – San Francisco – Folsom Street between 7th and 12th was packed with leather men and women, kinksters, fetishists, and tourists for the 27th annual Folsom Street Fair. The event...
Kara Dax, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 2:30pm
San Francisco – This year's Gayvn Awards show took the Castro Theatre by the short and curlies with a very hot jailbird theme and sexy self-proclaimed Gaysian host, Alec Mapa. The annual event...
Midori, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - 12:00pm
Some sort of a shift is happening in the general social consciousness about women and kink. For a change, it seems to be a good shift this time.
Albeit a small sampling, my travels and teaching...
Kitty Stryker, Monday, September 27, 2010 - 4:17pm
I’ve always loved going to Good Vibrations Indie Erotic Film Festival, or the IXFF, a collection of erotic films from all over the place representing different sexual orientations and...
Simon Sheppard, Monday, September 27, 2010 - 9:55am
It's not that I'm hopelessly nostalgic for the 1960s—sorry, aging Deadheads, but I got rid of my last tie-dyed T-shirt long ago. (Though I do have a fetching Nehru-collared day-glo paisley shirt I...
Margaret Wade, Sunday, September 26, 2010 - 4:11pm
Women past childbearing age are the ones leading the changes toward a better world all over the globe says Jean Houston. She claims that 85% of the founders of change movements – planting trees,...
Greta Christina, Friday, September 24, 2010 - 12:35pm
"It's sort of awful. Yesterday for lunch? Spinach... and some seeds."
"I swear by almost nothing for breakfast. Mugs of hot water!"
"The other day I realized as long as I'm in this business, I'...
Chris Hall, Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 5:02pm
Seattle-based advice columnist and writer Dan Savage joined anti-bullying efforts this week by launching a YouTube channel dedicated to hosting videos that tell LGBT youth that "It gets better."...
Arielle Loren, Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 1:36pm
In popular culture, the stereotype of black men continues to resemble the Big Bad Wolf. Imagine a black man. What do you most likely see? He's tall, muscular, uber-masculine, darker in skin...
Jane Fae, Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 10:38am
Is US dominance of the internet—and particularly of the social networking space—leading to the export of US prudery across the globe? Or is the growing debate on international censorship a little...
Theresa, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 8:17pm
Storytelling is a type of performance art that has the power to heal, educate and entertain. It is especially useful for helping even the most contentious of communities gain perspective and...
Kal Cobalt, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 4:45pm
Everyone in my life knows that I love robots. Not everyone knows that I love robots.
I write science fiction about the intersection of sexuality and artificial intelligence. I've always been...
Charles Gatewood, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 12:50pm
On November 4, 1968, a sassy new tabloid newspaper appeared on New York newsstands. Screw cost twenty-five cents and was devoted entirely to sex and porn. Because of the growing demand for...
Kamela Dolinova, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:58am
Sex at Dawn, the new book on prehistoric human sexuality by Dr. (of psychology) Christopher Ryan and Dr. (of psychiatry) Cacilda Jethá, has already gotten heaps of media attention—with good reason...
Amy Marsh, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 9:50am
Like children, older adults in our society are perceived to be at greater risk for abuse and exploitation, and therefore in need of specialized protection and intervention. Last week I wrote about...
Margaret Wade, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 2:42pm
Any pagan event seems to have a polyamorous contingent attending it. And polyamorous communities tend to hold pagan events. These are generalities, sure. But have you ever even heard of a Christian...
