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“Mark Your Calendars! LGBT March On Washington Planned For D.C. Pride Weekend”

The Gaily Grind On the heels of last weekend’s Women’s March on Washington, a gay activist in New York City has set in motion plans for a National Pride March on Washington on June 11, which he hopes will draw hundreds of thousands of people. David Bruinooge, 42, a Brooklyn, …

“The Big Five Personality Traits Applied To Sexuality”

iDiva by Prachi Gangwani One of the most commonly used tools to assess and understand personality is something called the Five Factor Model of personality. This model suggests that our personalities can be ultimately reduced to a combination of five traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. The big five …

“Sex Game Removes Intense BDSM Scene Following Fan Feedback”

Kotaku by Cecilia D’Anastasio Kinky at face, Ladykiller in a Bind is not fucking around about fucking. But it’s also not kidding about consent. Yesterday, developer Christine Love removed sex from a potential plot branch after players expressed discomfort. Ladykiller in a Bind is an uncensored, queer, BDSM sex game that …

“‘End of an era’: porn actors lament the loss of legendary San Francisco Armory”

The Guardian by Sam T Levin A handful of leather straps, sex toys and other bondage equipment were scattered throughout the mostly empty studios of Kink.com on a recent Thursday. Peter Acworth, founder and CEO of the BDSM porn empire, walked through the dark basement corridors of the San Francisco …

“‘Sister Wives’ polygamous family turned away at Supreme Court”

USA Today WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear an appeal from the family on TV’s Sister Wives challenging Utah’s law banning polygamy. The justices left in place a lower court ruling that said Kody Brown and his four wives can’t sue over the law because they …

“The Fetish Community Is Ready to Whip President Trump”

Vice by ZAK KREVITT We had six voices from the leather and fetish community pose before our nation’s greatest monuments and tell us their hopes and fears for Trump’s America. It’s no secret that a number of marginalized groups have much to fear about the incoming Trump administration, and the leather, …

“Backpage shuts down adult section, citing gov’t pressure, unlawful ‘censorship’ campaign”

Syracuse.com Backpage.com, one of the world’s largest classified ad websites and a frequent target in the political battle against sex trafficking, closed its adult ads section Monday in the United States, citing years of pressure by government officials. The extraordinary move came shortly after the release of a U.S. Senate …

“A Porn-Free America? Republicans Pledge Expurgation Of ‘Public Health Crisis’ That Is ‘Destroying The Lives Of Millions’”

Huffington Post by Jesse Jackman The war on pornography has begun. And while it may seem insignificant compared to some of Donald Trump’s plans for his first 100 days in office, it nevertheless represents a very real threat to a sui generis prerogative of every American consumer: the right to enjoy …

“Feminism and the corporatization of kink”

The Globe and Mail by RUSSELL SMITH The second Fifty Shades movie – Fifty Shades Darker – is set to be released for Valentine’s Day and it won’t be the only S&M-themed entertainment heavily marketed to you this year. The acceptability, indeed corporatization of all things bondagey and female-submissivey show no …