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Reason Number 2,767 Why Gay Rights Matter to Everyone

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 9, 2008.
Right-wingers who fight gay rights are the same sex-phobes who want to stop birth control, sex education and abortion.

From the blogs

Washington Times Is Confused About Children of LGBT Parents

by Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend

One person's life does adequately represent the experience of children of LGBT parents.

Proposed Ban on "Porn" Angers Soldiers

by Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone

Should congress ban the sale of Playboy and Penthouse at U.S. military installations?

Feds Valiantly Fighting to Protect You from Porn

by Susie Bright

Somewhere in Washington a U.S. Attorney is hard at work watching porn. Pun intended.

Men Downstairs, Women Upstairs

by Dr. Marty Klein, Sexual Intelligence

How can religious people believe that marriage is holy, and then deliberately limit its intimacy and shared experiences?

Open Source Boob Project

by Sabotabby, Punkassblog

A bunch of geeks find a way to feel like Hugh Hefner. Too bad women lose out.

Top Ten Earth-Friendly Sex Toys

by Katie Halper, Scanner

Getting off without damaging the earth or your nether regions.

Why "The Vagina Monologues" Matters

by Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon

The monologues mainstream important feminist concepts.

Liberal Men ... The Forbidden Fruit?

by Marc Faletti, Punkassblog

Despite the fact that it's politically incorrect, the lure of the liberal lives on.

Porn Poll: What's Most Popular?

by Katie Halper, Nerve.com

Contrary to popular belief, lesbian porn may not be the best way to achieve unity among nations and a lasting world peace.

Election-Year Fun: Socially Conservative GOPer May Be Forced to Testify in Prostitution Case

by Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report

Vitter's troubles may not yet be behind him.

The Sexy Path to Good Health

Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. May 9, 2008.
Healthy doses of sex with yourself and others is good for you.

Let's Talk About Sex

Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. May 8, 2008.
A health educator uses hip-hop to talk to girls about gender and sexuality.

Becoming a Smug Married

The Frisky. May 7, 2008.
I used to hate boring, smug married people -- until I began to suspect that I had turned into one of them.

Sexless in the City: A Frigid Evangelical Can't Find Love in the Big Apple

Hadley Suter, AlterNet. May 3, 2008.
Author Anna Broadway shares her odd tale about the men who wander in and out of her life -- but never into her bed.

What Are Bisexuals? Chopped Liver?

Greta Christina, The Blowfish Blog. May 2, 2008.
Our culture still ignores the full spectrum of sexual orientation -- and the shifts that many of us make over that spectrum throughout our lives.

Helping Girls Navigate Sexualization in the Media

Joyce McFadden, Huffington Post. May 1, 2008.
Young girls are inundated with sexist media images. How do we help them develop a healthy sense of their own sexuality?

Without Ceremony: How I've Managed to Avoid Getting Married for Forty Years

Lisa Gabriele, Nerve.com. May 1, 2008.
For an institution associated with a 50 percent failure rate and bad sex, marriage still has surprisingly many takers -- not me.

The Female Condom: Sexual Freedom Doesn't Come Free

Lauren Sisson, RH Reality Check. April 30, 2008.
The freedom to practice safe sex remains elusive for many of the world's women. We must invest in making female condoms available and accessible.

Cruising the Cubicles: The Do's and Don'ts of Office Romance

American Sexuality Magazine. April 29, 2008.
Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen on finding and managing romantic relationships in the workplace.

The Science of Sexuality

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. April 25, 2008.
We should stop ignoring scientific findings that do not mesh with our political beliefs.

The Marriage Revolution

Nancy D. Polikoff, Beacon Press. April 25, 2008.
How the law changed to accommodate evolving sexual practices and gender roles.

Taking It Like a Man

William I. Fitzgerald, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Throwing caution and societal expectations to the wind, I let my girlfriend screw me for a change.

'Bonk' Tells Us Some Amazing Things About Sex

Don Hazen, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. April 24, 2008.
Author Mary Roach on why you're lucky that you're not a rhesus monkey and other interesting tidbits from scientific sex research.

Relatively Masculine

Bradford Noble, Gay.com. April 23, 2008.
Everyone has a different idea of what masculinity is. How does this play out in the gay dating scene?

Diane Sawyer Doesn't Like What I Do

debauchette. April 21, 2008.
My interview on ABC made one thing clear: In our society sex workers are still presented as tragic, lost, Dickensian characters.

Settle, or Else

Melissa Lafsky, Huffington Post. April 18, 2008.
Just what we need -- another alarmist book telling women to settle for bad relationships.

What the Humble Fruit Fly Can Teach Us About Sex

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. April 17, 2008.
Research that traces bisexuality in fruit flies to a genetic variation challenges assumptions about sexual attraction.

Sexual Intercourse: Let’s All Be Brief and Average

Sue Katz, Consenting Adult. April 16, 2008.
Why does the media stick to an outdated, offensive and boring definition of sex?

Why is David Vitter Still in Office and Not Eliot Spitzer?

Steve Kornacki, New York Observer. April 15, 2008.
Eliot Spitzer may have been a major hypocrite on prostitution -- but Vitter built his career on "traditional" family values and moral purity.

Circumcision: What's a Nonpracticing Jew to Do?

Bonnie Zylbergold, American Sexuality Magazine. April 14, 2008.
Circumcision remains one defining trait for Jewish men. But how does a Jewish feminist parent rationalize the tradition today?

Reassessing Sex Work

Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check. April 10, 2008.
HIV prevention programs must be based on more expansive views of sexuality -- particularly when it comes to sex work.

Online Sex: My Space or Yours?

Scott Stiffler, Edge. April 9, 2008.
Before there was Cyberspace, gay men were compelled to leave the house to get laid. Has the Internet transformed gay men's sexuality?

Pregnant Men

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. April 8, 2008.
Thomas Beatie is not the first transgendered man to get pregnant. So why is he getting so much attention, and why now?

Strange Bedfellows: Can Feminism and Porn Coexist?

Nikko Snyder, Bitch Magazine. April 7, 2008.
Progressive directors are challenging the misogyny that pervades most mainstream porn. But is it possible to make pornography feminist?

The Top 10 Political Sex Scandals of All Time

Steve Almond, Nerve.com. April 6, 2008.
From Warren G. Harding to Eliot Spitzer, American politicians sure know how to have a good time.

The Battle for Female Sexuality

Jenny Block, Huffington Post. April 4, 2008.
Young women are still told that their worth hinges on guarding what's between their legs. It's time for all women to own their sexuality.

Lust in Translation: Which Country Has the Highest Rates of Infidelity?

Pamela Druckerman, Penguin Books. April 2, 2008.
Infidelity is universal. But which country boasts the most cheaters?

Bollywood Is India's Sexual Battleground

Triveni Gandhi, Campus Progress. March 29, 2008.
The ongoing battle over representations of sex in Indian movies reflects a larger conflict between tradition and change.

Teen Parents Illustrate the Need for Better Sex Ed

Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald. March 28, 2008.
Teenagers are still being kept in the dark about their sexual health, with life-altering consequences.

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