Dim the lights, drop some Bon Iver onto the turntable and spend some quality time with yourself. May is National Masturbation Month, no we’re not making this up. So it’s totally cool to take that guided tour of your own pants.

National Masturbation Month was introduced in 1995 by the sex-toy store Good Vibrations, in response to the dismissal of U.S. …

By Carina Storrs for Health.U.S.News.
It’s easy to blame pornography for prompting young people to engage in risky sex, but a new study suggests that the use of sexually explicit material doesn’t have a lot to do with sexual behavior.
The study looked at 4,600 people between the ages of 15 and 25 living in the Netherlands. Researchers asked the volunteers about …

By Lila Gray for XBiz.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —The state Legislature’s Labor and Employment committee approved Assembly Bill 332 this afternoon at a hearing at the state Capitol.
After more than a half an hour of testimony, the bill went on to a vote where it stalled and was put “on call” because there weren’t enough votes cast.  By 5 p.m. today, the …

By Bob Johnson for XBiz. 
LOS ANGELES — Applications for porn shoot film permits in Los Angeles County have almost disappeared in 2013, thanks to concern over Measure B.
According to San Bernardino and Inland Empire’s The Sun, Film LA, the non-profit organization that processes movie industry permits across L.A. has seen only two applications from adult companies this year. This marks a …

The homophobic message printed on an ATM receipt has sparked local concern and international outrage
09 MARCH 2013 | BY JEAN PAUL ZAPATA
Police are investiagting an ATM machine in Puerto Rico that has caused international uproar.
Outside the bar El Ocho De Blanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico, an ATM machine has been printing receipts with the message ‘We hate fags’.
According to …

Courtesy of The Sword
California taxpayers will be happy to learn that a three-year-old Cal/OSHA bareback complaint against Treasure Island Media reached its climax last week when Thousand Load Fuck was played as evidence for a San Francisco judge. (Though he’d probably already seen it.)
According to Treasure Island Media defense attorney Karen Tynan, Cal/OSHA has asked for and been granted multiple …

Written By: Sayen Crowolf
Remember when the AIDS Health Foundation actually gave a crap about HIV/AIDS?  Yeah, it’s tough for me to remember those days too.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is a HIV/AIDS service provider who sits on a $141 million dollar warchest, (up from $97 million last year) uses over a third of that total for their salaries, and spends countless other dollars …

By Chris Ashford, Law And Sexuality
It’s been a while since I blogged about the ever controversial US bareback porn studio, Treasure Island Media (TIM).  Their latest release -Drunk on Cum 6 – focuses on oral sex, and the consumption of semen.  However, as a bareback studio, they come under (what I find to be) surprising amounts of criticism for these oral …