Chicago Tribune Residents and officials of a southwestern Illinois city are mad because they were not given more notice that a sex convention was headed their way. At least two dozen Fairview Heights residents gathered at a public meeting Thursday to complain that they were not consulted before the “Beat …
Riverfront Times Two dozen Fairview Heights residents showed up Thursday to a special meeting called to discuss outrage over a “porn convention” held in the southwestern Illinois town earlier this month. The event, titled “Beat Me in St. Louis,” took place March 18-20 at the town’s convention center and adjoining …
Post-Dispatch Aldermen bickered Thursday night over responsibility for a sex-themed convention held in the city last weekend. The event, billed as “Beat Me in St. Louis,” was the focus of heated discussion at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen’s law enforcement committee. “This may not be the type of …
Belleville News-Democrat An anonymous flier accused Mayor Gail Mitchell of allowing a sex convention in town last weekend, but the mayor said he had no say in the private event. The “Beat Me in St. Louis” event at the Fountains at Fairview was for people exploring or practicing bondage, discipline, …
Sexis Magazine An anonymous flier was distributed in Fairview, Ill., notifying residents that Mayor Gail Mitchell had “allowed” a group of bondage enthusiasts to hold “Beat Me in St. Louis” in the Fountains at Fairview and the adjoining Four Points by Sheraton hotel. The flier’s author called the conference a …
Baptist Press Pornography now has its own online domain — to the chagrin of pro-family advocates. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees the creation of Web addresses, approved the establishment of the .xxx domain for sexually explicit material in a 9-3 vote at the March …
STL Today.com One of five Missouri men accused of participating in the sexual slavery of a mentally disabled woman admitted in federal court Thursday that he tortured her and paid to watch another man torture her. James Noel, 45, of Springfield, Mo., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Kansas …
ICANN to vote Friday on .xxx Domain Christian Newswire Morality in Media announced today its strong opposition to the creation of .xxx domain, which ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) will determine by vote on Friday, March 18. “The establishment of a .xxx domain would increase, not decrease …
Daily Breeze A man accused of killing a Lennox bondage club owner was a disgruntled former employee who was angry that he had lost his job, a position that enabled him to socialize with dominatrixes and fulfill a sexual fetish, court testimony revealed this week. David Edward Albert, 54, of …
The Daily Tar Heel S&M (sadism and masochism) references abound in popular culture, from racy rom-coms to Rihanna music videos. But psychiatric medicine seems a little behind: “Sexual sadism” and “sexual masochism” are still diagnosable mental disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the current list of …
