- Michele Bachmann’s HPV Vaccine Safety and ‘Retardation’ Comments Misleading, Doctors Say – ABC News – The medical community issued swift criticism Tuesday after Rep. Michele Bachmann dragged the safety of the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) into the political spotlight, reigniting the controversy over the risks and necessity of vaccinating children.
- When Sex Bloggers Get Slut Shamed | Charlie Glickman – It probably shouldn’t surprise to anyone that, in general, women in the blogosphere get a lot more harassment than men. After all, just walking down the street, women get a lot more harassment than men.
- Assistance Needed – A Call For Help « PassionAndSoul – As many of you may have heard by now, I have had severe health concerns since mid-July. These are connected to my long term health issues, but I am in the midst of a flare up. Between July and December, I have had to cancel 13 gigs related to my health. Folks have asked for some time how they can help. This post is the answer.
- Everyone Loses on Booberday Except Google+ – Technology – The Atlantic Wire – A breast cancer meme has broken out on Google+: Booberday. As the name suggests, it involves breasts, specifically, "posting photos of women's cleavage under the guise of fighting breast cancer," explains Jezebel's Margaret Hartmann. On the surface it's just boob shots, which some might call demeaning. But we're talking about breast cancer, so it's all good, right? Not really. Booberday is demeaning to women, makes men look bad, and doesn't help the cause. The only winner we see here: Google+.
- Contraceptive Comeback: The Maligned IUD Gets a Second Chance | Wired – When the Mirena first hit the US market, so few women were using IUDs that many doctors didn't even know how to insert them. Today, the devices are recognized as safe, and 2 million US women have a Mirena.
- Frank’s Story (Runner’s World) – Frank Shorter is the father of the modern running boom. An enduringly popular speaker, he spins a captivating narrative about winning the 1972 Olympic Marathon. The story he hasn't told is the dark truth about his own father.
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- Beyond daddies & mommies – Queer and Trans Family Planning expands parenting discussions
- NJ lawmakers reintroduce anti-bullying bill named for Tyler Clementi | The Asbury Park Press | APP.com – As the White House held a summit on student bullying Thursday, two New Jersey lawmakers reintroduced a bill named for a Rutgers University student who committed suicide last year…Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democrat who attended the White House event, and Rep. Rush Holt, D-Hopewell Township, reintroduced the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act, which was originally introduced last November but didn’t advance in the final days of the previous Congress.
- Sexy Q&A: CineKink Film Festival founder Lisa Vandever on sex in cinema – National Sex & Relationships | Examiner.com – The kinky film festival will be touring throughout the year with at least five stops across the United States (last year's tour stopped in Chicago, DC, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas; this year's tour dates haven't been announced yet), and, now that the madness of the weekend is past, I caught up with Vandever to learn more about the festival and ask about where it's all headed.
- The Careless Language Of Sexual Violence – The Rumpus.net – An eleven-year-old girl was raped by eighteen men. The suspects ranged in age from middle schoolers to a 27 year old. There are pictures and videos. Her life will never be the same. The New York Times, however, would like you to worry about those boys, who will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. That is not simply the careless language of violence. It is the criminal language of violence.
- CINEKINK — “Mind-expanding cinema for the cultured degenerate New York film geek!” « WHACK! Magazine – It was really, truly, my kind of place. Cinekink highlighted, for me, the importance of getting perverts and kink lovers, fetishists and voyeurs, degenerates and academics, all together in a room where they feel comfortable with each other because they’re coming together for one common goal: to watch sexy movies in the dark.
- CineKink NYC’s Audiences Get Hot for ‘Indietro’ and ‘Kink Crusaders’ – indieWIRE – The eighth annual CineKink NYC, dedicated to screening “kink-positive depictions in film and television,” presented its top awards to Vivan Darkbloom’s “Indietro” as best narrative and Mike Skiff’s “Kink Crusaders” as best documentary.
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- Vibrator Use Among Gay and Bi Identified Men – About.com Guide to Sexuality Cory Silverberg highlights findings by scientist Michael Reece, who recently published data about vibrating sex toy use among gay and bisexual men. "Along with Debby Herbenick and colleagues at Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Reece has managed to find the funding and time to conduct basic research on sex toy use that has long been needed," Cory writes.
- Gay Workers Will Get Time to Care for Partner’s Sick Child – NYTimes.com – The new ruling indicates that an employee in a same-sex relationship can qualify for leave to care for the child of his or her partner, even if the worker has not legally adopted the child.<br />
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The ruling, in a formal opinion letter, tackles a question not explicitly addressed in the 1993 law. It is one of many actions taken by the Obama administration to respond to the concerns of gay men and lesbians within the constraints of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman as husband and wife.
- The Myth of Lesbian Bed Death (Village Voice) – But where did this idea of “lesbian bed death” come from? Thank sociologist Pepper Schwartz, who, in her 1983 book American Couples, asserted that lesbians have less sex and intimacy than other couples. Although her methodology and results were later challenged, the idea of lesbian bed death has taken on a life of its own, with damaging results.
- Talking Sex, With Kink Educators and Anti-Porn Activists | Amanda Hess (Washinton City Paper) – If KinkForAll and “Porn Harms” have one thing in common, it’s an obsession with airing taboos.
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- Kids With Lesbian Parents Do Just Fine – US News and World Report – When compared to teens of the same age, adolescents raised by lesbian parents are doing just fine socially, psychologically and academically, new research finds.<br />
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Not only that, they have fewer social problems, and less aggressive and rule-breaking behaviors than other teens.
- Americans’ Acceptance of Gay Relations Crosses 50% Threshold (Gallup) – There is a gradual cultural shift under way in Americans' views toward gay individuals and gay rights. While public attitudes haven't moved consistently in gays' and lesbians' favor every year, the general trend is clearly in that direction. This year, the shift is apparent in a record-high level of the public seeing gay and lesbian relations as morally acceptable. Meanwhile, support for legalizing gay marriage, and for the legality of gay and lesbian relations more generally, is near record highs.
- Just How Bad Is Porn, Anyway? : The Thoughtful Animal (Jason Goldman) – This is meant to review some of the research that's been conducted on whether or not there is a reliable causal relationship between pornography and various Bad Things.
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