Linkage: 11-19-08
Nov 19th, 2008 by Viviane
Sweden removes transvestism and other ’sexual behaviours’ from list of diseases (Pinknews)
“Some felt that the inclusion of transvestism, sadomasochism, fetishism, fetishistic transvestism, sexual preference disorders and gender identity disorder in young people led to social stigma.”
New law to criminalise men who pay for sex with trafficked women (Guardian)
“Under proposals to be published today by the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, a man who pays for sex with a woman who has been trafficked or is under the control of a pimp could face a charge of rape, which carries a potential life sentence.”
Day Without a Gay, December 10, 2008
“On December 10, 2008 the gay community will take a historic stance against hatred by donating love to a variety of different causes.”
Nobody Puts Rebecca in the Corner — Dirty Dancing & the Law (WSJ Law blog)
“In 2005, an appeals court concluded that a Supreme Court case Dallas v. Stanglin closed the door on Rebecca Willis’s claim that her Depot-dancing was constitutionally protected expressive activity.”
My Computer Made Me Gay (Regina Lynn; Tango)
“It all started when I learned about Onyx, a computer game that takes two to six players on a journey of sexual exploration. A sort of Monopoly-meets-spin-the-bottle-in-a-dungeon, Onyx makes the old-fashioned lovers’ card games look like solitaire.”
Pictures automatically attach to e-mail? (Apple Discussions)
“Please help! I took my husband’s i-phone and found a raunchy picture of him attached to an e-mail to a woman in his sent e-mail file (a Yahoo account).”
Soup With Prince (The New Yorker)
“When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, “God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, ‘Enough.’ ””
Reverse Engineering Google Suggest “No Fly” List (Who is Google Protecting?)
“Given what’s been observed by Amber Rhea and Bacchus, it would seem a fairly reasonable inference that it has something to do with sexuality. It would also seem to have something to do with Google’s concept of “safety”; that is to say, protecting Google from returning search results that people might find offensive. Since as far as we know, Google can only deal with sexuality algorythmically, it would also seem reasonable to investigate at Google’s construct of “safety.””
Twitter Moms Sink Motrin Ad
“A new ad for Motrin, sold by J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, tried to appeal to moms with an attempt at a chatty copy about using Motrin to treat sore muscles that result from a baby carrier. But some members of the target audience were offended, and a flood of scathing items appeared on Twitter.”
eHarmony agrees to provide same-sex matches (AP)
“The California-based company will begin providing same-sex matches under as part of a settlement with New Jersey’s Civil Rights Division”
Prop. 8 hinges on who decides: judges or voters (SFGate)
“The central issue in the legal battle over Proposition 8 is whether the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage is a state constitutional amendment, which can be passed by initiative, or a constitutional revision, which can’t.”
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (SWOP)
“On December 17th, people around the world will be calling attention to hate crimes against sex workers, namely prostitutes.”