Above: new racy Axe commercial Hot Girl vs. Zombie.
- Following the story of a child who was denied enrollment in a local Girl Scout troop despite identifying as a girl, yesterday the Girl Scouts of Colorado spoke out in support of transgender children. Girl Scouts of Colorado Released Statement Welcoming Transgender Youth (GLAAD)
- Don’t get your hopes up on this story on Libyan sexuality – while interesting, the women are still under strict Sharia Law. And no, they aren’t talking about giving me back my vb.ly… It’s how the uprising turned young Libyan men from hopeless layabouts into marriageable heroes. Libya’s Sexual Revolution (Foreign Policy)
- BT Group Plc, Britain’s biggest Internet-service provider, was ordered by a U.K. judge to use pornography-blocking technology Cleanfeed to prevent customers using a movie piracy website opposed by Hollywood film studios. BT Must Use Porn-Block System to Stop U.K. Film-Piracy Site (Businessweek)
- It’s official: Shame, the buzzed-about drama starring Michael Fassbender as a sex compulsive, has been branded with the NC-17 rating by the MPAA. Although we already know that the movie features a very naked Michael having his way with multiple women, it turns out it’s just one detail that led to the heightened warning. Michael Fassbender’s Full-Frontal Nudity (But Not Carey Mulligan’s) Gets Shame The NC-17 Rating (Crushable)
- The federal government’s advisory panel on vaccinations recommended Tuesday that boys start receiving HPV shots routinely when they’re 11 or 12. The panel already advises that course for girls. Panel now advises HPV vaccinations for boys and girls alike (KansasCity.com)
- ‘Go Ask Alice’ sex-ed site deemed too ‘graphic’ by certain politicians, parents: some New York politicians and parents are up in arms over new sex-ed curriculum required for sixth- and seventh-graders at city public schools starting next spring. Some complain city’s new sex-ed curriculum is too racy (NY Post)
- The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy outright ignores sex workers as an at risk population, resulting in a lack of prevention and harm reduction services for this community and customers receiving its benefits. Sex Worker Rights: Stigma Trumps Social Services (Frugivore Magazine)
- Audiences have been walking out of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Marat/Sade, which features scenes of nudity and torture. At one preview show, 80 theatregoers left the show at the interval. Marat/Sade: Audiences walk out of ‘perverse’ RSC show (BBC News)
- This is a case of state government censoring protected speech: Maryland’s local government has instituted an overly aggressive web filter that blocks all sites that mention gays or lesbians – picking out news articles on the subject, including sites like CNN. Amtrak Lets You Surf The Web While Traveling, But Don’t Try To Read Anything About Gay People (Techdirt)
- She begins, “I start watching Game of Thrones and halfway through one of the episodes, two women are having sex. I start getting turned on as one of the girls goes down on the other.” The Bisexual L.A. Woman Getting Off on Game of Thrones and Suicide Girls (Daily Intel)
- More proof that “family friendly” is increasingly being used as a foil for discrimination: A sex workers’ ad campaign that was rejected by two billboard companies for not being “family friendly” has made it on to San Francisco Muni buses. Rejected by billboards, sex worker ad campaign now on San Francisco buses (San Jose Mercury News)
