Posted in politics on Feb 6th, 2009
Setting a human rights agenda for the United States will be an enormous challenge for Barack Obama and his incoming administration, with a host of failed Bush campaigns to contend with. His handling of so-called “sex slavery” will be but one. When considering how he ought to proceed, to undo damage done, and to improve [...]
Posted in politics on Jan 21st, 2009
by Emily Douglas
President Obama took office just 24 hours ago, and the world is already a very different place for women and their reproductive health.
Global Gag Rule, Conscience Rule, and Ban on Stem Cell Funding on the Chopping Block
Word is that the administration will repeal the global gag rule tomorrow, on the 36th anniversary [...]
Posted in politics on Dec 20th, 2008
Bush Broadens Rule on Refusal of Health Services for Moral Reasons
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Dec. 19, 2008 — An 11th-hour ruling from the Bush administration gives health care workers, hospitals, and insurers more leeway to refuse health services for moral or religious reasons.
The rule, issued today, becomes effective in 30 [...]
Posted in politics on Nov 16th, 2008
By Faith Cheltenham
“Gays should protest black people! The new conflict is gays vs. blacks, and blacks vs. gays. And black gays vs. themselves. It’s gonna be great.” — Stephen Colbert
I’ve been waving a sign on street corners since H8 passed: “Black Queers.” Responses have varied — from honks of support to looks of disapproval from [...]
Posted in politics on Nov 5th, 2008
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Posted in politics on Nov 5th, 2008
Traffic at a standstill during Barack Obama's acceptance speech. The radio is blasting the audio. That's the driver standing on the trunk.
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Posted in politics on Nov 3rd, 2008
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by Susie Bright
. . . I think for every woman who’s been appalled at her politics and the platform she’s been running on — and this certainly includes me — well, there’s this little part of me that’s thinking “Oh, If only she was on my side. If only I could kidnap Sarah Palin and [...]
. . . Could there be a more thoroughgoing humiliation for America’s women?
You are not, I think, supposed now to say this. Just as, I am sure, you are certainly not supposed to feel that having Sarah Palin put forth as the Republicans’ first female vice presidential candidate is just about as respectful a gesture [...]
by Rebecca Traiser
. . .Me, I’m just hanging my head about the sorry set of events that led us to be having this conversation this year about a candidate, who, no matter how repugnant her political beliefs, is a history maker who will forever be known as the second woman ever on an American presidential [...]
Posted in abstinence, birth control, politics, sex on Sep 2nd, 2008
. . .McCain’s record on issues surrounding teen pregnancy and contraceptives during his more than two decades in the Senate indicates that he and Palin have similar views. Until Monday, when the subject surfaced in a deeply personal manner, teen pregnancy and sex education were not issues in the national political campaign.
Palin herself said she [...]
. . . The Obamas represent change that most of us are hungry for, and in some cases, desperate for. So, here’s how Barack can put an end to the war on public school sex education and the sharing of accurate sex information to people of all ages:
1. Kill the abstinence programs. Period. Think of [...]
This Comment marks the debut of “Carnal Knowledge,” a regular feature devoted to the subject of sex. Why sex? Like sports and art, sex elaborates, in its expressions and rituals, what it means to be human. Market culture understands this, which is why we have advertising and Paris Hilton. The right understands it, which is [...]
Please do some activism on behalf of sexual freedom between consenting adults. Do it now before September 10th.
The federal government is proposing regulations that would effectively kill adult social-networking sites. This is being done under the guise of fighting child pornography. The proposed regulations would force adult social-networking services to obtain [...]
Posted in Events, Fetish & Kink, nyc, politics, sex, sexuality on Aug 13th, 2007
Join us to celebrate the launch of SexInThePublicSquare.org!
Friday, August 17, 2007
Rapture Cafe
200 Avenue A between 12 St. and 13 St. (Google Maps)
Time: 7:00-10:00 PM
Admission: FREE and all are welcome.
The brain/love-child of sociologist Elizabeth Wood and writer Chris Hall, Sex in the Public Square is dedicated to expanding the space for public discussion of sexuality. Blending [...]
There will be a debate with seven of the eight current Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination – every one except Biden – on Logo, the LGBT channel, on August 9. You can watch it on cable if you get the channel, or on Logo’s website. You can submit a question for the debate here.
In [...]
Chris Hedges (former Middle East NYT Bureau Chief) writes:
The denial of contraception, as is well documented, increases the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. And abortion is never going to go away. If it again becomes illegal, the rich, as in the past, will find ways to provide abortions for their wives, mistresses and girlfriends, [...]
Posted in abstinence, education, politics, sex on Apr 12th, 2007
By Tremayne Gibson and Rusty Mason
Sex: it is everywhere from magazine covers to television screens to billboards. Though sex has become a major engine of advertisement and entertainment in modern America, how to properly teach children about it remains a contentious debate. There is due cause for urgency in this debate, as the United States [...]
Posted in election, john edwards, politics on Mar 22nd, 2007
By JOHN M. BRODER and ADAM NAGOURNEY
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., March 22 — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said Thursday that his wife’s cancer had returned in incurable form. He proclaimed that he would continue his bid for the presidency, saying, “The campaign goes on strongly.”
The announcement here by Mr. Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, [...]
Sabrina reminds us:
Today, March 9, is the last day to comment on the proposed .XXX domain extension.
.XXX domains would cost $60 per URL per year
The new extension would be voluntary, punishing businesses that choose to self-regulate and not addressing the vast majority of adult webmasters using .com, .net, or international extensions
Defining adult content, commercial or [...]
Posted in ann coulter, john edwards, media, politics, speech on Mar 6th, 2007
Are straight people allowed to say “faggot”? Are white people allowed to say “nigger”? Generally no. Our unwritten speech codes require that those words be used only by gays and blacks, respectively (black gays can say both). Which is just as it should be: minorities can reappropriate slurs if it empowers them or even [...]
Posted in abstinence, media, news, politics, roundup on Mar 5th, 2007
Sex-saturated media arrives in China (Dallas Morning News)
Doyle turns down $600,000 in federal abstinence money (TwinCities.com)
Angry Ex Distributes Explicit DVDs Using Old-Fashioned Windows (Sex Drive Daily)
Weekly Feminist Reader (Feministing)
Attack of the Red-Carpet-Munchers! (Simon Doonan; NYO)
My Date with Ann (Steven Weber; HuffPo)
The Age of Mesploitation (Sugarbank)
Tags: china, media, sex, tes
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A float depicting U.S. President George W. Bush being spanked by the Statue Of Liberty passes by during the Rose Monday carnival parade in Mainz, western Germany, on Monday, Feb. 19, 2007. Thousands of spectators attended the traditional street carnival parade in the state of Rhineland-Palatinates’s capital. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer)
Thanks, Lolita!
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Posted in abstinence, birth control, education, health, politics, reproductive rights, violetblue on Feb 11th, 2007
Mike Weiss, Chronicle Staff Writer
There is no good scientific evidence that teaching abstinence to teenagers will by itself prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, say the authors of a recent study. Yet they found that comprehensive sex education is declining and that more youngsters are being taught nothing more than abstinence.
As with similar debates [...]
To put it lightly, Texas is known for its unsavory reputation amongst the sexually progressive.
The bad rap is certainly warranted — my home state is home to abstinence-only education, Purity Balls, and middle-aged soccer moms arrested for selling Hitachi Magic Wands to their friends. Heck, NARAL gave us an F on abortion rights and contraceptive [...]
Posted in gay, marriage, politics, queer, washington on Feb 4th, 2007
Initiative 957, an initiative requiring all married couples to file “proof of procreation” within three years of a marriage, was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance in response to a ruling made by the Washington Supreme Court last year stating gay and lesbian couples could be prevented from marrying by the state because [...]
Posted in dick cheney, gay, lesbian, mary cheney, politics, sexuality on Jan 30th, 2007
Dick Cheney seems to have released an all-points-bulletin to his party that if one more person so much as sneezes the word “g-a-y,” he is going to stick his fist so deep in their ass they’ll never walk the light of day again. (more…)
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Posted in EC, contraception, crime, law, politics on Jan 30th, 2007
By PHIL DAVIS, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 30, 3:43 PM ET
TAMPA, Fla. – A woman who told police she had been raped was jailed for two days after officers found an old warrant accusing her of failing to pay restitution for a 2003 theft arrest.
While she was behind bars, according to the college student’s [...]
