AltWeeklies Wire
Giddyup With Pony Play Fetishistsnew
It's a boundary-stretching variation on conventional sexual fetishes, with its own bizarre paraphernalia and terminology, substituting bridles and riding crops for the usual manacles and whips -- and it just might be going on in a hotel conference room or backyard near you.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
07-03-2007 |
Sex
Is Transgender Pain a Disorder, or a Symptom?new
Reforming the classification of "Gender Identity Disorder" remains a debatable issue in the trans community, but the consensus has shifted in recent years.
Transgender Folks Are a Lot of Things ... Including Normalnew
Gender identity is about who you are.
The Politics of Protectionnew
Dr. Bob Rashti says CBS and FOX's refusal to run the new Trojan condom ad sets a dangerous precedent.
Port Folio Weekly |
Leona Baker |
06-27-2007 |
Sex
Trans 911new
My ER visit shook up some staff, but everyone else took my unusual equipment in stride.
NOW Magazine |
Hershel T. Russell |
06-25-2007 |
Sex
Audacia Ray Spreads the Gospel of Feminist Web Pornnew
Porn isn't just for the dirty old men anymore -- "just as video killed the radio star, internet porn killed the raincoat brigade."
Two Tales of Strip Citynew
How two strippers made their way into Portland's ubiquitous strip clubs.
Willamette Week |
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore |
06-06-2007 |
Sex
Sperm: The Final Frontiernew
A Kansas City scientist wants to go where no scientist has gone before: the male birth-control pill.
Supreme Court Opens the Door for More Abortion Restrictionnew
An overturned 2003 Virginia law will be reconsidered.
C-Ville Weekly |
Katherine Ludwig |
05-02-2007 |
Sex
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Impacts Women's Healthnew
Wisconsin's ban (unenforced since its 1998 passage) goes even further than one recently upheld by the Supreme Court -- it would put doctors who perform the procedure in prison for life. The federal ban would imprison doctors for two years.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
04-27-2007 |
Sex
The Enclave is the Cadillac of BSDM Dungeonsnew
But it's owners are locked in a legal battle with a Colorado city over whether their club should be allowed to operate, and they're discovering that it could take more than a whip to beat this image-conscious town into submission.
Baby-making Gets Help When East Meets Westnew
Infertility treatments get a boost from acupuncture and other Chinese medicine techniques.
The Georgia Straight |
Gail Johnson |
04-13-2007 |
Sex
Incomplete Educationnew
Medical Students for Choice fear that abortion rights and access are slowly being chipped away.
Tucson Weekly |
Renee Downing |
04-12-2007 |
Sex
Minnesota's Dems: Unelected Sexnew
After squawking about sex ed for years, Democrats turned prude once they took power.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Paul Demko |
04-11-2007 |
Sex
Danger Zone: Canadian Prostitution Loopholesnew
Why I'm taking on arbitrary laws that allow prostitution while leaving sex workers under daily threat.
NOW Magazine |
Alan Young |
04-06-2007 |
Sex
