Second, today was [...]]]> First off: this Saturday, 10/24, is the Kentucky Right to Life Convention, and our abortion clinic is expecting an uptick in protesters. Check out Every Saturday Morning to get involved—they will need more escorts than usual. A local anti-choice archbishop is even getting Louisville national attention. Let’s hope this Saturday is peaceful.

Second, today was the Theatair X hearing. The decision, the article says, will probably take a few weeks.

Profile of the most vocal abstinence-only lobbyist.

This’ll get messy: SCOTUS will hear a sex slave case… as in, a sex slave case with a lot of BDSM ramifications.

Inside sex trafficking and why it’s so hard to fight. There’s more on this topic here. Both are long, sad, worthwhile reads.

Very interesting: They shoot porn stars, don’t they? An unflinching look at what goes on in Porn Valley.

And here’s a mean-spirited one: a lesbian teen who took her senior photo in a tux won’t be pictured in the yearbook. Really pitiful.

HA! New Albany DVD, LLC v. City of New Albany, Indiana, No. 05-1286 may lead to sane sex industry regulations in New Albany, since the sex-negative reasoning will have to be substantiated. And that simply cannot be done with credible [...]]]> … but your intrepid webmistress is most exhausted. Happily though, I come bearing many links today.

HA! New Albany DVD, LLC v. City of New Albany, Indiana, No. 05-1286 may lead to sane sex industry regulations in New Albany, since the sex-negative reasoning will have to be substantiated. And that simply cannot be done with credible evidence.

Cervarix is being approved for women by the FDA, and Gardasil is being approved for men.

Uruguay is legalizing gay adoption!

FINALLY: legislation is being introduced to repeal DOMA. Fittingly, it’s called The Respect for Marriage Act.

Britain formally apologized to Alan Turing.

This could be interesting: a new documentary about a gay, Christian, Owner/pup couple.

More proof that anti-choicers aren’t going to be so easily satisfied: a Florida group is trying to illegalize birth control.

A worldwide sex offender registry is being talked about. Done right, this could be an incredible good—but done wrong…

And here’s another story about a sex-negative, “family values” politician being a perv in his private life. Likewise, here’s a horrifying story about boys being abused in the Islamic world. Repression’s a powerful, malignant thing, people.

Here’s a true American hero: porn store owner steadfastly continues to sell sex toys, though they’re banned in Alabama. Unfortunately the law banning sex toys has just been upheld, but lawsuits will continue to follow.

About the sex-negative nonsense Miriam Grossman has just published.

A new study explores the evolutionary aspects and wide presentation of homosexuality in the animal world.

Read a feminist man’s experience with a prostitute.

A new exhibition shows preserved corpses in sexual positions.

A new study suggests genetics have more to do with age of first sexual experience than absentee fathers.

And finally, cross your fingers: Operation Rescue might be going under.