photo by chadcrowell A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which was commissioned by the UK’s Department of Health, has found that fetuses don’t feel pain before 24 weeks (and probably not after for some time) for two reasons: 1) the brain is not formed enough to perceive pain, and 2) the […]
photo by stevendepolo Gardasil, the popular vaccine that protects against certain strands of HPV, is now being recommended for boys. The Pakistani government is beginning to allow sex-change operations. Cry us a river: the BP oil spill is having a negative effect on beach weddings. Speaking of BP…a Christian conservative has somehow made a connection […]
photo by daspaz A new study analyzing long-term data on kids from birth to adulthood just came out that suggests children of lesbian parents do better than their peers. According to Time: The authors found that children raised by lesbian mothers – whether the mother was partnered or single – scored very similarly to children […]
Really? The Gores? The couple most likely to make it to old age on a rocker-for-two on the front porch?! Not the Clintons? We have to admit, it’s a little refreshing to know that even such public marriages can have their secrets and mysteries. We now feel truly bad about the number of times we […]
photo by StewieD A study of Germans found that only 5% of them would choose sex over watching a German World Cup final game. Planned Parenthood has begun a quiet campaign to ensure that birth control is counted among the free preventive services health insurers must cover under the Affordable Care Act. Michelle “Bombshell” McGee […]
photo by rohan_chennai Pope Benedict XVI called abortion and same-sex marriage some of the most “insidious and dangerous” threats facing the world today. (Can we start replacing that phrase “Is the pope Catholic?” with “Is the pope an ignorant doddering asswipe?” instead now please.) A truckload of saucy items is, er, hot on the streets […]
photo by figleaf A bill that would require Pennsylvania’s public schools to provide sex education to students is on its way to the state House of Representatives. The federal trial to determine if California’s same-sex marriage ban violates the U.S. Constitution may wrap up in June after a months-long hiatus. Brazil’s health minister has a […]
Last week, Illinois lawmaker Deborah Mell spoke on the state House floor to announce her “bittersweet” engagement to her girlfriend of six years — “bittersweet” because she’ll have to go next door to Iowa to tie the knot instead of doing it in the state where she grew up, where she now represents 100,000 people […]
If you haven’t heard of it by now, here’s the ten-second scoop: Iranian cleric blames the world’s earthquakes on women’s immodesty so Jen McCreight (above), a self-proclaimed “liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted, atheist feminist trapped in Indiana” at Purdue, organizes Boobquake, a day (yesterday, April 26th, 2010) for women to wear their most immodest outfit […]
photo by soundfromwayout University students in Houston who are members of the Atheist, Agnostic, Humanist and Free thinker Association are running a “Canons for Condoms” campaign: They will accept any religious scripture and trade it for condoms, pamphlets or educational text. Demi Moore credits her youthful appearance to a lot of sex with her husband. […]
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Pope Opera www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party During the Pope’s visit to Malta this past weekend, he visited with abuse victims, paying a lot of lip service to “healing” and “investigations.” Yeah right! He also commended Malta for keeping […]
photo by Domain Barnyard “[I]t’s not really cool any more to have sex all the time,” says Lady Gaga. Mike Doesn’t-Believe-in-Evolution Huckabee’s deep thoughts on gay couples adopting: “Children are not puppies. This is not a time to see if we can experiment and find out, how does this work?” “It was a surprise for […]
photo by Orthoboric Turns out Utah Senator Orrin Hatch managed to sneak an amendment into the healthcare bill (one of the only Republican amendments to survive the last-minute wrangling) which provides $50 million annually for five years to states that offer abstinence programs in public schools. An attorney is suing his former son-in-law for more […]
In modern John Hughes-ish news: After months of negotiations (and getting thrown out of his house by his parents), a gay boy in Bleckley County, Georgia is finally given permission to bring a same-sex date to his prom. (And then a couple of loser students protest the decision.) In kinky science news: Turns out black […]
image by bloody_marty_mix House passes health reform bill (aw yeah), albeit along with an executive order restating and expanding on restrictions on public funding of abortions (aw crap). If you’re feeling as confused as we are as to what health reform actually means for your own coverage, check out this Q&A. An auction for Sex.com […]
photo from The Roslin Institute In sci-fi news, NPR has a fascinating article on gender-bending chickens. In holy contraception news, a high school in Rome installs a condom vending machine and the Catholic Church freaks. In major buzz-kill news, an ass-backward school district in Mississippi cancels the entire prom to prevent a few same-sex couples […]
