The American Dream; an idea that in America anyone can marry, have kids and a dog, buy a house, and have their own white picket fence. Not so for a couple in Louisiana where a judge refused to give them a marriage license because one is white and one black and he worries about the ...
President Obama is going to change the US Military’s current policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” regarding gay people. This change will allow people to serve while openly identifying as gay, whereas currently they are discharged from service if they acknowledge their sexuality. The controversial policy has been criticized for years by the gay community. ...
A website is now available to review sex workers in London. You can now review sex workers like you would a hotel and pimps are using this to generate business online. The Equalities Minister in the UK wants to shut this down to prevent prostitution and human trafficking in the lead up to the Olympics there ...
Results of a study show that the most religious American states also have the highest teenage birth rates. As childish as it seems, I can’t help thinking “I told you so!” With abstinence-only programs teaching young people only the failure rates of birth control methods, they would not have the confidence to buy them, let ...
As of September 1 same-sex marriage was legalised in Vermont. This is the fourth American state and a fifth will follow on January 1, 2010. This is especially exciting because it was done through state legislators overruling the governor’s veto. And Washington has now also passed a law recognising same-sex marriages performed in states where ...
As a sex educator in favour of comprehensive information I think it is essential that genitals are included in the information we give kids. An American commercial run by their US Department of Health and Human Services is trying to help parents by telling them that ‘parts’ are not essential in order to talk to ...
This week, for a change of pace, I’m looking at non-fiction online. Bookslut is an established and well-publicised e-zine...
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet...
Happy Earth Day! Earth Day Network and Women Saving the World - Kathleen Rogers from Womensphere on Vimeo.
As I lay stricken in bed the other night, twisted in agony and gurning manfully at the grinding torment...
Sandwiches. Gender conspiracy. War on women. Let me explain. It was a sunny afternoon here in southern Germany. I’d...
Touch his penis! Men like it and it feels good. Plus sometimes they do need help getting hard and...
On rare occasions, television does reflect real life. A new series that debuted on HBO last weekend, Girls offers...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend seems to have a man-crush on one of his male friends who he really...
