- Alleged sex cult for sex work raided: Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on Thursday said the Phoenix Goddess Temple, raided by police the day before, “was no more a church than Cuba is Fantasy Island. Temple visitors are encouraged to make a ‘financial offering of support’ for the services they receive from the sacred sisters, which include “Whole Body Healing”, “Goddess Worship”, and “Fantasy Role Play”. Suggested donations range from $204 to $807 according to the temple’s website. ‘Erotic educators’ arrested in Phoenix Goddess Temple raid + Founder, 17 others held after raid on Phoenix Goddess temple (AZ Family, AZ Central)
- Las Vegas’s first “Slut Walk” took place when participants gathered to march from Harry Mohney’s Erotic Heritage Museum and along Las Vegas Blvd, on Sept. 10. Around 300 people participated. What happens in Vegas requires consent (The Rebel Yell)
- Where Violet stayed: Citizen Hotel in Sacramento is capitalizing on the recent stay of sex author and expert Violet Blue with the “Roses are Red, Violet Blue” package. Staycation Specials: The Violet Blue Package (San Jose Mercury News, yes that’s me!)
- Does sex work negatively affect relationships? Or can it be a part of a non-exclusive arrangement? Is it OK for a Married Man to Sleep With Sex Workers? (Alternet)
- Fearing that the most sacred of art forms might be wiped out in 2012, the porn people from Pink Visual (this week’s Tinynibbles sponsor!) plan to build a porn apocalypse bunker to ‘ride it out in style’. Safe sex: Porn moguls build “2012 global apocalypse bunker” (Joe.ie)
- British health officials said Thursday that they would lift a ban on gay men donating blood, as long as their last sexual contact with another man was more than a year earlier. Britain – Gay Men Allowed to Give Blood (NYTimes)
- Commercial porn’s RIAA-like tactic suing mass downloaders has put the porn piracy cases on the cutting edge of copyright law in the digital era. According to EFF intellectual property director Corynne McSherry, the cases raise serious due process issues. Plaintiffs shouldn’t be permitted to join thousands of unnamed defendants in a single complaint, McSherry said, particularly when the movie producers’ motive seems to be simply to force settlements.How porno piracy cases are breaking copyright ground (News and Insight: Reuters)
- Babe Runner Trailer for the Blade Runner porn parody (Sugarcut; video above)
- On its WordPress hosted blog, the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival has outed several trans women with both pseudonyms AND legal names, their photos, where they can be found at the festival, and in some cases their profession and employment. The MWMF Blogger Transwoman Hitlist, and WordPress’ Refusal to Do Anything About It (labelle77.livejournal.com)
- Former Price is Right model Lanisha Cole has just filed a legal complaint in LA Superior Court that she was sexually harassed by TV show Price Is Right’s show producer – along with other TV show models. Another Price is Right Model Files Sexual Harassment Suit (FishbowlLA)
- According to a report by the Guardian, more than 4,000 celebrities from Angelina Jolie to Donald Trump have had their .xxx address blocked by the ICM prior to launch to avoid embrarasment. 4,000 celebrity names banned from porn domain .xxx (Tech2)
- Authors combat editors over LGBT portrayal: “When we privately discussed our encounter with the agent, we heard from other writers whose prospective agents made altering a character’s minority identity—sexual orientation, race, disability—a condition of representation.” Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA (Publishers Weekly)
Main post image: see the whole gallery at Rihanna for Emporio Armani Underwear Fall 2011 Campaign by Steven Klein (Fashion Gone Rogue)
