Category: Media Outreach

Vice UK by John Lucas Mary, a petite woman in a black dress, rolls back the sleeve of Ryan’s T-shirt to reveal his newly-scarred flesh.   “Wow, so cool!” she says, examining the still-fresh cuts he’s made that form a lattice on his bicep. Then, without a word, she starts …

Broadway World By Shari Barrett “Place your hands below your husband’s foot?” Surely a controversial statement in Shakespeare’s time, in today’s world it is hopelessly misogynistic. Unless… What if Katharina is a submissive in search of her Dominant? What if Bianca is a Dom auditioning subs?   With the success of …

The Guardian by Jessica Valenti The rumors are true: author EL James is writing another book in the worldwide hit series, Fifty Shades of Please God Not Again. The new book, to be released this summer, will be written not from the point of view of original protagonist Anastasia, but …

Leatherati by Tyesha Best Leaders of the Puppy Community Initiative on Facebook, have gathered together to create a “Code of Conduct” for pups and handlers to take in consideration in public spaces. As the puppy community has grown and their cultural concepts are solidifying more and more, there are some who …

Simon Copland was 16 when he came out as gay. Now – with two partners – he faces a much more difficult coming out The Guardian by Simon Copland This is my coming out story. My second one. When I was 16 years old, I first came out as gay. …

The Daily News BY ALFRED NG , DOYLE MURPHY   She heeled by the high heels.   A woman in a spiked collar surprised shoppers at the Staten Island Mall when she dropped to all fours and played puppy at the end of a man’s dog leash.   The pinked-haired pooch imposter was …

We need to stop prosecuting bad behavior as rape. The Washington Post By Cathy Young There was the time when, 19 and naïve, I was guilt-tripped into entirely unwanted physical intimacies with a much older married man. And the time, three or four years later, when I went to visit …

A study released last week presented evidence that prehistoric men and women lived in relative equality. But is the truth even further from the nuclear narrative? The Guardian by Simon Copland Last week, scientists from University College London released a paper presenting evidence that men and women in early society lived …

Washington Blade by Steve Charing Last month, the three-member Baltimore City Liquor Board refused to grant the owners of the Baltimore Eagle a liquor license transfer, claiming that the work on renovations was not completed within the required 180 days. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been invested by Charles …