AltWeeklies Wire
Public Breastfeeding Lewd?new
Massachusetts state Sen. Susan Fargo, D-Lincoln, is working to change the definition of public breastfeeding, so it's no longer considered an act of lewdness.
Dig Boston |
Ellen Przepasniak |
07-16-2008 |
Sex
Senate Candidate from Idaho Changes Name to Pro-Life, Grows Organicnew
Pro-Life, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat soon to be vacated by Sen. Larry Craig, is consistent to a point in his consideration of life. He is a vegetarian. He calls the U.S. occupation of Iraq an unjust war and equates it to murder—as in murdering unborn children. He's not keen on birth control, and has 15 children to show for it.
Boise Weekly |
Nathaniel Hoffman |
07-10-2008 |
Politics
Florida's Last Sexual Surrogatenew
Though most psychologists no longer view surrogate therapy as radical, the practice is rare these days. Dozens of surrogates were spread across the country in the 70s and 80s, but today there are fewer than 30 licensed practitioners. And there is just one certified surrogate working in Florida: Catherine.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney |
07-07-2008 |
Sex
Inside Baltimore's Home-Birth Undergroundnew
Disenchanted with a medical system that treats birth as an emergency instead of an emergence, seeking an alternative to the tubes and wires and monitors of a high-tech birth, some women are stepping outside of the hospital to have their babies. And some say their numbers are growing. But is home birth safe?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michelle Gienow |
07-01-2008 |
Sex
Debating the High-School 'Pregnancy Pact' Won't Make Teen Pregnancy Surge Disappearnew
There are limits to what social programs and education can accomplish. Teen pregnancies -- desired or not -- will never disappear. But, as the nation's 15-year successful track record indicates, they can be controlled.
Boston Phoenix |
Editorial |
06-26-2008 |
Sex
Prostitutes Turn to the Web as a Means of Empowermentnew
While the idea of escorts on the internet is nothing new, a new generation of local "providers" and "hobbyists" create a virtual red-light district.
Riverfront Times |
Keegan Hamilton |
06-13-2008 |
Sex
Is Spring Really the Peak Season for Sexual Desires?new
Have you ever felt -- with the gloom of winter gone -- that life gets sexier? It might seem that way, but anthropologist Helen Fisher claims that fall is the season when humans seem to seek out love and romance, due to higher testosterone levels in men. But in general, there is no particular season when people are more interested in sex than usual.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
05-07-2008 |
Sex
The Politics of a Pregnant Mannew
The Beaties have pushed our buttons and our boundaries about sexuality and gender identity because we're so used to thinking in binary terms: man/woman, masculine/feminine and gay/straight. The world's more complicated than that, as Thomas Beatie is certainly showing us.
Playing Around with Sex Ednew
One girl in four has an sexually transmitted infection. Something has to change.
C-Ville Weekly |
Annette Owens |
04-30-2008 |
Sex
Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Childrennew
Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-21-2008 |
Sex
Thomas Beattie is Not the First Pregnant Mannew
So why's he getting all the credit, and why now?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-09-2008 |
Sex
Tenn. Bill Would Allow Transgendered to Revise Birth Certificatesnew
Since 1977, state law has prohibited sex-change recipients from retroactively revising the sex designation on their birth certificates to correspond with their new gender identity. It is the only state with such a law.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-28-2008 |
Sex
The People vs. Erotic Citynew
Behind the glory holes, orgy rooms and sex booths is a board of directors that includes a felon, a preteen and others who think things aren't that bad.
Good Vibrations in Texasnew
You hear that buzzing? No, it's not a swarm of approaching bees, it's a group of vibrator users rejoicing in the mid-February Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision to overturn a ban on "obscene devices."
San Antonio Current |
Jennifer Herrera |
03-19-2008 |
Sex
Is V-Day Different From Any Other Day at a Brothel?new
Legal brothels have populated Nevada since the 19th century and continue to flourish. On a day dedicated to all things love, we hit the road to find out what life is like at Pahrump's world-famous Chicken Ranch.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Aaron Thompson and Benjamen Purvis |
02-21-2008 |
Sex
