According to Quartz, Playboy isn’t ditching nudes because of online porn. Online porn has been around for decades. Instead, “Dumping the brand’s association with nudity, however mild compared to online porn standards, gives it a better image in countries where… Continue Reading
The Baltimore Sun reminds us: “Even in death, Divine — the larger-than-life drag queen made famous in John Waters’ films — lives on.” Today, October 19, 2015, would have been Divine’s 70th birthday. Divine was a mainstay of John Waters films, notably… Continue Reading
Alok Vaid-Menon is a trans-feminine Indian-American poet and one half of the performance art duo Dark Matter. Through sharing Alok’s post with your friends and loved ones, spread the message that gender is not about what body parts you do… Continue Reading
According to MedPage Today, the FDA Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices panel offered suggestions for best practices, stronger patient education, and increased collection of data regarding the Essure sterilization implant. Panel members recommended changing the label language to indicate that the… Continue Reading
Pink News reports, “In an effort to prove their inclusivity prowess, employers such as Netflix and social media giant Facebook say they are now offering medical procedures such as gender reassignment and hormone therapy.” Of course, it is true that… Continue Reading
Initiates of Ordo Templi Orientis are well aware of the power of sex and sexuality, combined with magick. So too, it seems, are a number of performers in the field of porn. Ultraculture wonders: The revolt against traditional religion, and… Continue Reading
To mark the U.K. Family Planning Association’s annual Sexual Health Week, Lloyd’s Pharmacy created a calculator that estimates how many sex partners your sex partners have had, up to six degrees of separation. The tool is intended to raise awareness of… Continue Reading
arabnews.com reports: “The time of the year has come for the annual tradition of sewing the Kiswa, the cover of the Kaaba. In a specialized factory, built as per orders of the late King Abdul Aziz in 1346 Hijri, 150… Continue Reading
A pill to prevent HIV transmission appears to be effective, according to two recent studies. Of 657 test subjects in San Francisco, none were infected with HIV. In the UK, test subjects showed a lower risk of being infected. A number of… Continue Reading
“In 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a Jewish girl hiding in Berlin, watched as a barkeep sold her for 15 marks to a man mysteriously nicknamed ‘the rubber director.’ As Marie recounts in the recently published Underground in Berlin, a riveting chronicle… Continue Reading