Misty Plowright is the first transgender nominee of a major party for the US House of Representatives – win or lose, she’s changing perceptions The Guardian by Maria L La Ganga isty Plowright believes she will live long enough to see people like herself run for public office and only …
Psychology Today by Elizabeth Sheff In most polyamorous communities in the United States, the majority of the community members are either bisexual (especially the women) or heterosexual (especially the men). Both in person and online, mainstream polyamorous communities have a marked lack of people in exclusively same-sex relationships. I do …
Bloomberg By Noah Feldman Is the military’s law making adultery a crime unconstitutional? So says a colonel who’s been charged with violating it. His motives aren’t great — he’s trying to deflect attention from more serious charges, including rape. But he may be right. The law arguably discriminates by criminalizing …
Huffington Post by Sandra LaMorgese Ph.D. Meditation makes most Americans think of a Middle Eastern Indian or Tibetan Monk sitting in a lotus position at a monastery in the middle of nowhere, remaining still for many long, agonizing hours in their silent search for enlightenment. Most of us, however, have …
Wear Your Voice by Mickey Valentine I’m disabled. I’m also kinky. I have a pretty cane that I use during the colder seasons. It is my best friend. I walk everywhere with it and it has helped me from falling on my ass. I also wield a flogger, handcuffs and …
Complex BY NICOLE GUAPPONE I recently realized that the benefits I get from practicing yoga—peace, energy, strength—I also get from another activity: BDSM. With yoga, when I hit the mat, nothing else matters. I am no longer a student, I don’t have homework or responsibilities. I just go through the …
Love doesn’t just come in pairs. Is it time that marriage laws come to recognise the fact? BBC By Melissa Hogenboom / Pictures by Olivia Howitt As a child Franklin Veaux recalls hearing his school teacher read a story about a princess who had a tantalising dilemma. Two male suitors …
Reason.com by Elizabeth Nolan Brown Welcome to Louisiana, where women who are old enough to vote and join the military have just been declared children under the state law, at least when it comes to sex and certain forms of employment. Why? Ostensibly, it has to do with sex trafficking. …
For growing numbers of people, monogamy just doesn’t work. So what happens when you throw out the rule book? Tanya Sweeney meets the couples in love with polyamory Independent.ie Much as its name suggests, polyamory is the practice of engaging in multiple sexual relationships with the consent of everyone involved. …
Bloomberg By Noah Feldman In a decision that begs to be characterized as “First Amendment gone wild,” an appeals court has all but struck down a 1988 law that requires pornographers to maintain records showing that actors aren’t underage. For good measure, the court said it violated the Fourth Amendment …
