This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: feministing.com (share this clip) What is it with schools not letting teens bring dates to the prom? According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Hannah Williams wanted to bring her girlfriend to the prom and the folks in charge at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School in […]

Clipped from: www.ottawacitizen.com (share this clip) Via Salon.com There’s an interesting court case going on in Ottawa. The case revolves around the question of consent when someone is passed out. According to the Ottawa Citizen (article taken down as of 3/9/11), a male-female couple negotiated an erotic asphyxiation scene in which he would choke her […]

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: www.helsinkitimes.fi (share this clip) According to the Helsinki Times and Huffington Post, over 30,000 people have left the Finnish Evangelical-Lutheran Church, the national church of Finland. The reason? They held a debate on LBGT rights and comments made by various folks on the anti […]

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. An article on the Stranger.com asks the question “why are so many gay kids killing themselves?” And the answer is that queer kids have always been at higher risk for suicide, drug abuse, depression, and sexual assault. For example, queer kids comprise up to 30% of […]

When the topic of slut-shaming comes up, it’s often said that there is no equivalent for men. After all, the terms used for men who have a lot of sex or a lot of sex partners are things like ladies-man, stud, or Don Juan. They lack the negativity of slut and I’m certainly not going […]

This post also appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: au.news.yahoo.com (share this clip) According to an article from the West.com.au, an Australian Court of Appeal has handed down a decision that transgender men are not legally men: In a summary of the 63-page judgment, the court said Chief Justice Martin and Justice Pullin […]

This post first appeared on the Good Vibrations Magazine. Clipped from: www.time.com (share this clip) It’s been known for a while that men tend to have a shorter life expectancy than women. While there are a few guesses as to why that is, one factor is having a macho attitude. Time Magazine reports that some […]