BDSM in the News

Mar 8th 2010: Village sex den - WHIPS, handcuffs, masks, shackles and a straitjacket were found by police when they raided a house in Lee Mill which was suspected of being run as a brothel.

Mar 8th 2010: Bing shies away from gay-as-day search results in Arab countries - Microsoft's Bing search engine blocks out "sexually explicit" results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative late last week.

Mar 7th 2010: Nothing's African about gays - The ire of the youth in Mombasa against a gay marriage is only too comprehensible. Considering that homosexuality is an aberration that militates against the African psyche, the youth were expressing what was natural - revulsion against what they considered deviant behaviour.

Mar 5th 2010: Saskatoon displays sexy side with first-ever Taboo show - While businesses owners and exhibitors at the Taboo Naughty But Nice Show have displayed their goods across the country for years, it's the first time folks in this city will get a peek.

Mar 5th 2010: Fed up with labels and lingo? Here's one more: pansexuality - "In light of being in college, a time in our lives during which we should all feel liberated to explore our identities and sexualities, I think it's only appropriate to discuss something that, in my opinion, is often terribly misinterpreted: bisexuality."

Mar 5th 2010: Hit me baby, one more time - One of the first options for the college-age crowd is the Madison Area Whippersnappers. According to their website, madisonareawhippersnappers.org, MAW is a "pansexual kinky group for people 18 to 35 years old."

Mar 4th 2010: Whips, Chains and... Balloons? - According to her upcoming book Whip Smart, it was never part of the plan to become a dominatrix, or "domme," when she moved to New York.

Mar 4th 2010: A surprisingly sexy Sexpo - The best thing about Sexpo is the fact that the folk who make Sexpo magic happen are (heavily censored) but unashamed and really do let it all hang out. Literally.

Mar 3rd 2010: Yes, mistresses - Dominatrixes, or doms, are the people in charge of whipping, scratching, nibbling, teasing, pinching, burning and cajoling willing participants at Alter Solum's monthly BDSM event, Heaven and Hell.

Mar 3rd 2010: Are internet sex lives and personal sex lives one and the same? - College-aged twenty-somethings are the first generation of people to have accessed and used the Web for sex in the capacity that we do.

Mar 3rd 2010: Leather and muscles and bears, oh my! - "To my surprise and delight, 'Mr. Leather' is a 2004 Jason Garrett documentary centered on the gay leather pageant circuit circa the early 2000s."

Mar 3rd 2010: Sex columnist: Porn fest just not for men - About 76 percent of women view porn to enhance their sex lives, a 10 percent increase from last year, according to a study conducted by the Web site The English Netmums.

Mar 2nd 2010: Girl Talk: I Wanted To Be Dominated - "I'm a feminist. Why do I like this so much? Isn't this wrong? How can I be a good feminist and still like a man taking charge outside the bedroom?"

Mar 2nd 2010: 'Sex Dungeon' in Sleepy Suburbia - Officers were alerted when neighbours reported "unusual behaviour" and "strange sounds" coming from the four-bedroomed house in tiny Lee Mill, Devon.

Feb 28th 2010: Public Council on Morals demanding preview of Rammstein's Minsk show - "The members of the Council believe that with its work, the band openly propagates homosexuality, masochism and other perversions, as well as cruelty, violence and abusive language."

Feb 26th 2010: Sex show steams up love life - Call it Woodstock for the horny. The first-ever Sexapalooza comes to the International Centre this weekend in hopes that lovers in the GTA will stop hibernating from the snow and gather here to heat things up.

Feb 25th 2010: Britain's Getting Kinkier - With a focus on their purse as well as their pleasure, cash-strapped adults are swapping a night out in the pub for a sensational, BDSM-inspired night in the bedroom with handcuffs, clamps and restraints, turning this country into the United Kinkdom.

Feb 25th 2010: Do sex-offender laws really protect the public? - Florida is one of the most restrictive states when it comes to registered sex offenders and where they can live. You might remember the group of RSOs that decided to live under a bridge because they couldn't find anywhere else to live that wasn't too close to a school, park, etc.

Feb 24th 2010: Sexuality & Gender talks (2/24-26) - Ladies and gentlemen, gather your shackles and riding crops, and agree on that safety word. BDSM is consensual role play between two or more individuals, who use their experiences of pain and power to create sexual tension, pleasure, and release.

Feb 24th 2010: Best Sex Writing 2010 - Sexting. Tijuana Bibles. Pregnancy sex. None of these subjects are typical of most best-of collections, but those three things and more are highlighted in this year's Best Sex Writing 2010.

Feb 24th 2010: Kink on Campus Climaxes - To promote healthy relationships and an open dialogue about sex, the Women's Resource Center held a three-day event called Kink On Campus.

Feb 23rd 2010: BDSM: A Guide for Lay People, Well-wishers, and Newbies - The evening will incorporate participation from the attendees and opportunities for discussion in order to explore predominant assumptions about kink and discover what the BDSM subculture may have to offer to people, whether or not they personally identify as kinky.

Feb 23rd 2010: Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Case Sotomayor Set Aside in Lower Court - It's all about sex at the Supreme Court Wednesday when the justices hear arguments in cases involving a national sex offender database and the federal government's appeal of a lower court ruling setting free a man dubbed the S&M Svengali.

Feb 23rd 2010: Art gallery hosts underground sex club - A Vienna art gallery has opened a nightly swingers club as part of a two-month project aimed at provoking debate about scandal in art.

Feb 23rd 2010: Queer Conference Deals with Prejudice - Over 800 people attended the 20th annual Western Regional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex & Allies College Conference at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this weekend.

Feb 22nd 2010: U.S. Census Opens Count To LGBTs - What makes this year's Census even more historic is the unprecedented and welcoming outreach by U.S. Census leaders and managers to include the entire LGBT and allied community in these efforts.

Feb 21st 2010: The Midtown Dominatrix/New School Student - The Post takes a crack at its own version of a Sex Diary today by chronicling the adventures of Melissa Febos, a New School student turned midtown dominatrix.

Feb 20th 2010: Annual campus event promotes healthy sexuality - The Third Annual Sex Positive Fair started off with a bang when more than 200 students arrived at the Student Union to partake in this year's festivities.

Feb 19th 2010: Sex and art and rock' n' roll - Patti Smith, an American musician known for mixing poetry with rock and roll, promised the dying Robert Mapplethorpe, the unique, controversial and legendary photographer, that she would one day write their story.

Feb 19th 2010: "Marat/Sade," a political debate? - That's the scenario behind Peter Weiss' 1965 play "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade."

Feb 19th 2010: Gay or Metal Quiz - A funny little quiz that pits Heavy Metal imagery versus gay leather imagery. Can you really tell the difference? Take the quiz and see how you do...

Feb 19th 2010: Dog Tag on Tonight - Starting at 8pm, the leather and fetish event will include music by DJ Gavyn Vince, buzz cuts by The Naked Barber, boot shines by Alex and bondage by Bailey.

Feb 19th 2010: 2010 Sex Poll uncovers fantasy, fulfillment, frustration - Some of the results are predictable albeit still interesting. For example, it's no surprise that many of us are having a lot of sex, we masturbate frequently, we like to fantasize and we use toys to get off.

Feb 18th 2010: An S&M Coming-Out Story - He'd asked me why I wanted to be hurt. I couldn't work out an answer - wasn't certain the question was valid - so I asked him why he liked to hurt people. He'd half-laughed, with a tone that I couldn't evaluate. Ruefully? "That's a long, dark road," he'd said.

Feb 18th 2010: Kinksters work to stay out of public eye - Nearly a century and a half after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published the erotic novel that led to the psychiatric definition of masochism, fetish sexuality remains mostly under the radar of vanilla society.

Feb 17th 2010: Decorating down there - Though it's common to beautify fingers, ears and belly buttons with jewelry, consider adorning your private parts with rings and studs, known as genital piercing.

Feb 17th 2010: Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter - Gary Dunn, a former FBI agent and private investigator hired by the defense, said Laurie Moore was in contact with several men she met on the BDSM Web site, collarme.com.

Feb 17th 2010: The CineKink Film Festival - The films showing at the seventh annual Cinekink NYC Film Festival aren't exactly porn, so leave your Pee-wee Herman impulses at home. These shorts, documentaries and dramas are sex and kink-positive, but still classy. Who says smut can't be artsy?

Feb 16th 2010: Midori to Host Stockroom University Class And Weekend Intensive In San Francisco - The Stockroom, Inc. will present Midori, renowned best-selling author, lecturer and educator on human sexuality, in two separate events this March.

Feb 16th 2010: European court rules against Turkey over ban on erotic novel - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had prevented public access to Europe's literary heritage and violated freedom of expression when it banned a classic erotic novel.

Feb 15th 2010: Rihanna to play dominatrix - The 21-year-old has apparently been asked to fully research her role before shooting begins, and is contemplating spending time at a fetish club for inspiration. "She has been told to look into the role - and this could well include a trip to an S&M dungeon."

Feb 15th 2010: Feet=Sex? What's Behind the Kinky World of Foot Fetishes - For Stan, it's not just about attractive feet in fishnets or fuck-me heels. No, it's also about submissiveness.

Feb 15th 2010: The Women of Leather: Bringing a Sub-Subculture to Light - Women who are into leather constitute a sub-community within a subculture. For that reason--and more likely, because of its innate macho nature--the contributions of women to the leather community have long been overlooked.

Feb 13th 2010: The Story of Opal - If a Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe, as Pierre Berton quipped, a Canadian erotic romance writer knows how to fit three, four or more into that rocking canoe. At least, she does if she's romance author Opal Carew.

Feb 13th 2010: A brief meditation on erotic comics - The Kinky Comic Carnival was held at S&M cafe Wicked Grounds a couple Saturdays ago. Comic book fanatics, stimulated by both caffeine and visual erotica, swarmed in unexpected numbers to meet local creative talents.

Feb 12th 2010: Some like it kinky: A look into the Alternative Lifestyle Association - The Alternative Lifestyle Association (ALA) is Washington University's main club for everything kinky, but there is more to the club than just rope and leather.

Feb 11th 2010: On polyamorous partners - Race Bannon will be on the judging panel for the Mr. San Diego Leather Contest held March 18-21 as part of Leather Pride. Race Bannon is the author of the best seller Learning The Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun SM Lovemaking.

Feb 11th 2010: Diagnosing Groping: New Frotteur Rules Require Three Nonconsensual Rubs - Yesterday, the American Psychological Association released a set of proposed revisions to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, the document that sets guidelines for psychiatric diagnoses.

Feb 11th 2010: Love lockdown: A beginner's guide to bondage for Valentine's Day - A self-described "ninja sex poodle and Ronin of love," Madison author and burlesque performer Graydancer has established himself as one of the region's leading sex educators.

Feb 10th 2010: The Slappening -- Why I Love to Be Hit by Women - The souffle of pain and pleasure that I feel after a good hard slap melts me to my very core. It all started in seventh grade. I made some crack to Carolyn Hester* which didn't sit well with her friend Catherine Chang*, who proceeded to wallop me about the head.

Feb 10th 2010: Dominatrix Specializes in Erotic Hypnosis, the Next Big Fetish - Traditionally, hypnosis has been used primarily for silly sitcom plots and to help people quit smoking. But thanks to the Internet, hypnosis can now be used in the bedroom as well.

Feb 10th 2010: Exploring the other side of Philly's kinky side - Frangiosa opened the Philadelphia School of Burlesque. After initially offering successful four-week workshops complete with a student show at the end, Frangiosa designed a one-day workshop for sexual souls looking for instantaneous burlesque satisfaction.

Feb 10th 2010: Interesting Facts About Sex - 46% of women would give up getting laid for two weeks rather than logging off the Internet for the same amount of time, according to a survey conducted by Intel.

Feb 10th 2010: The sensual literary salon - The Erotic Literary Salon pounds with words, those words, the ones not usually uttered in polite company - or in private without a blush.

Feb 10th 2010: Lust: The Reader Survey - "When we launched the Lust Survey, we had no idea how it might go over. Would readers be able to perform under the pressure of being watched? Well, you not only performed, you put on a hell of a show. "

Feb 10th 2010: Closer Look gets the scoop on the Leather Archives & Museum - Discreetly placed between the residential apartment buildings that line Greenview Avenue sits the only institution in the world that preserves the history of leather fetishism.

Feb 9th 2010: Love & Sex 2010: Forget kink - Forget anal, bondage and sado-masochism. Every day hundreds of new porn sites go online. I can pull up videos of women fellating men, men fellating men and women performing cunnilingus.

Feb 9th 2010: A decade of sex - A list of events and innovations of the last 10 years in the world of sex.

Feb 9th 2010: Bound and Gagged: Graphic Documentary @ Hallwalls - The award winning documentary will be presented at Hallwalls, Friday, February 12th, at 8 PM. Graphic Sexual Horror examines the subterranean world of bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM).

Feb 9th 2010: It's Sex Week at Yale - Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) is a student-organized week of presentations, parties, art and sex-ed "designed to pique students' interest and spark dialogue through creative, interactive, and innovative programming."

Feb 9th 2010: CuriousJosh: Bondage and Burlesque - David Gueringer presents an erotically charged mix of burlesque and bondage for The Velvet Rope. Featured performers include Alikat Rose of Hellz Belles, Olivia Bellafontaine, Kitty Cadillac, Duchess Scarlett, and a special rope suspension by CharlyB.

Feb 8th 2010: Sex Positive Week to spread awareness - It can be argued that sex is part of human nature. For as long as we have had libidos, it has remained a simple fact of life; ubiquitous in virtually every sector of the mass media that weaves its way into our daily lives, yet a mystery.

Feb 6th 2010: Man barred from charging for sex parties - Officials in Maryland's Montgomery County said a man would be allowed to continue holding sexual fetish parties at his home if he stops charging a cover.

Feb 5th 2010: FriendFinder Pulls IPO; What, No Street Interest In Online Porn? - FriendFinder Networks this morning pulled its planned IPO. The company said "it has chosen not to proceed... until market conditions improve."

Feb 5th 2010: "Bondage for Beginners" vies with "Origin of Faeces" as contenders line up for oddest title prize - The prize's custodian, Horace Bent, said he received a total of 90 submissions for this year's prize, almost three times as many as last year, but was forced to reject many of them for either being too old or for failing to meet his "properly published" criteria.

Feb 5th 2010: Learning the ropes of bondage - People engage in bondage for all sorts of reasons, and an oft-cited one is to "spice things up" or try something new. Some of the appeals include the visual aspect-maybe your partner looks totally hot all tied up.

Feb 5th 2010: State v. Bvocik - Details of an interesting court case that was reversed on appeal involving age-play correspondence on a BDSM social networking site.

Feb 5th 2010: "Rubbers" at MoSex - The Museum of Sex delves into the history of the condom with a new, risque exhibit. Consider our chronicle of the love glove on a pop-culture-assisted timeline.

Feb 3rd 2010: Monthly Bethesda sex party runs afoul of zoning regulations - Montgomery County authorities have ordered a stop to kinky sex parties frequently held in a Bethesda home, saying they are not criminal but violate zoning regulations.

Feb 3rd 2010: Two Erotic Merry Widows To Make Their San Francisco Debut On February 5th - The fashion show is presented in conjunction with Stormy's sister brand, Syren Latex, which specializes in sexy rubber couture, and will additionally feature handcrafted leather collars; cuffs; and other handcrafted fetish accessories from Stormy's parent company, BDSM giant The Stockroom.

Feb 3rd 2010: Fetish Ball Stirs Up S&M Frenzy in Scottsdale - The event, which runs from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., features a variety of acts, displays and events meant to be a tribute to the ways of the fetish culture.

Feb 3rd 2010: Graphic Sexual Horror to screen at Leather Archives - Sex+++ Film Series will screen 'Graphic Sexual Horror' documentary and discussion featuring film director Barbara Bell at the Leather Archives & Museum on Friday, February 12th.

Feb 3rd 2010: The Natural Redhead's Favorite Sex Writers - I like to imagine myself as a sassy best friend or weird hippie aunt or something. In any case, in honor of the Sex Issue, here are five of my favorite female sex writers who actually know what they're talking about.

Feb 3rd 2010: Romance and Erotica Gatherings - Hill is among the nearly 100 members of New York City's chapter of the Romance Writers of America, which will host the organization's national conference in 2011. Romance junkies can pitch in with the planning, bring pages to be critiqued and hear guest speakers at the group's monthly meeting on Saturday.

Feb 2nd 2010: The NHS pays to 'cure' homosexuals - If you thought funding those quack homeopathic medicines was a waste of the NHS budget, you'll absolutely hate this waste of money. Taxpayers are paying for gay people to be "healed" of their homosexuality, even though homosexuality is perfectly normal.

Feb 1st 2010: For the love of love - Conversio Virium is the oldest BDSM student group in the nation, and people like Miranda Elliot, CC '10, have done much to expand the awareness of trans issues over the past two years. Yes, we are extremely fortunate in this respect. But no, this is not enough.

Feb 1st 2010: Use imagination, get rough to keep a love life from becoming routine - Living a dominant or submissive sex life can be intriguing. It's a rather naughty escape from a lovey-dovey sack session and necessary to avoid a sexual routine.

Feb 1st 2010: "Voluptuary" Brings New Fun to Earthy Pleasures - Featured currently are the painting, drawings and sculptures of of three locals in a show called "Voluptuary: Expressions of Eros." The work is a playful visual treat and, like this article, definitely NSFW.

Feb 1st 2010: Masochists Delight in 'Venus in Fur' Ode to Austrian Sex Nut - Sacher-Masoch's tale concerns Severin, a young nobleman who becomes the sex slave of a woman who humiliates and physically abuses him, thereby satisfying his aberrant cravings.

Jan 29th 2010: Tough titties for bondage columnist running for office - Joe Laiacona, a part-time computer science teacher at Columbia College by day and leather master named Jack Rinella by night, is running against incumbent Deborah Mell.

Jan 29th 2010: Kinky Comic Carnival will get fingers sticky - Surprising, unsettling, naughty and quite nice, kinky comics are way more fun than the traditional cats in the daily papers. Whether you're already a fan or instantly curious at the thought, the Kinky Comics Carnival is the perfect place to entertain your illustrated fantasies.

Jan 29th 2010: Pope John Paul II into S&M, according to insider's book - The kinky pontiff's penchant for self-flagellation was well-known throughout the Vatican, members of his own entourage regularly overhearing these nightly sessions.

Jan 28th 2010: Police Raid the Only Effective "Safe Word" on Budapest BDSM Porn Set - Police arrested 14 people at the scene and have charged three of them. According to a police captain, Hungarian law states that a person cannot consent to be harmed, meaning that any contracts signed by the victims are invalid.

Jan 28th 2010: Susan Sarandon: Pig Spanker - As you glitter pixies already know, Of Montreal will be back at The Cannery Ballroom on Feb. 6. But did you know that on the opening show of the tour, Susan Sarandon jumped onstage and spanked a couple of people dressed up as pigs?

Jan 27th 2010: Open verdict on bondage death - An inquest has heard how a Hampshire man's badly decomposed body was found wearing erotic bondage gear.

Jan 27th 2010: Gagged by society, BDSM enthusiasts forge relationships - "Actually, I'd never been to a college party where a person had to proposition me by saying, "Would you like to play?", and if I said "No," he (or she) would have to leave me alone for the rest of the night or they would be escorted out by a large man nicknamed Lion."

Jan 27th 2010: Let's talk about sex education - My real sexual education began around sophomore year of high school, when my good friend at the time told me of her sexual conquests. Needless to say, I didn't learn anything useful from her.

Jan 27th 2010: Venus in Fur - David Ives ("New Jerusalem") and his collaborator, helmer Walter Bobbie, take all the fun out of sexual power games in "Venus in Fur" by talking the subject to death.

Jan 27th 2010: A Monstrous Lie - A proposterous sex-negative article about the GLBT community in the United States.

Jan 27th 2010: The Blood Behind the Boudoir - Whilst particular BDSM fetishes can certainly be labeled as nothing more than imagination, the reality of BDSM can be seen as just as shocking. Followers use pain and control, or the lack of, to obtain sexual pleasure.

Jan 27th 2010: Fired 'Bondage Porno' Cop Wants Cuffs Back - A former Hollywood cop who appeared in a gay bondage porno long before he was patting down perps wants his job back.

Jan 25th 2010: Investors May Be Cautious on Racy FriendFinder IPO - Penthouse magazine publisher FriendFinder Networks Inc., which operates adult entertainment and networking Web sites like Bondage.com, AdultFriendFinder.com and HotBox.com, hopes to raise $220 million in an initial public offering this week.

Jan 22nd 2010: Sex addiction: Whether it's real or ruse is debate for docs and comics - It is the alleged addiction that fuels an endless stream of late-night talk show jokes. Mention it and eyes roll and wisecracks abound: "If you have to be addicted to something it might as well be sex."

Jan 22nd 2010: Students brainstorm for this year's Sex Positive week - The week is based around the idea that sex, in whatever context - heterosexual, homosexual, BDSM, or strictly within marriage - is nothing to be ashamed of.

Jan 21st 2010: Hump Day: BDSM gatherings alter perspective on whips, chains - This is the first in a two-part series exploring the BDSM lifestyle. In order to ensure the privacy and safety of all persons, groups and property encountered and interviewed, all names have been changed.

Jan 21st 2010: Savage for a day - "I've attended various munches on a regular basis, and I'd have to say that over half of the regular attendees at each of them are not straight."

Jan 19th 2010: The CO2RSET - a carbon-dioxide sensitive corset - Not only is this hook-and-eye corset sensitive to C02, it's also gonna make darn sure that you're pretty sensitive to C02 too after you've worn it, because as carbon dioxide levels in the air increase, tiny motors draw the laces in, tightening the corset.

Jan 19th 2010: Denmark's Oldest Adult Store Closing March 31 - Denmark's "Blue Movie" adult shop, believed to be the world's oldest adult store, having opened its doors before the country legalized pornography in 1969, will be closing March 31, local sources disclosed.

Jan 17th 2010: The Private Channels of Roku (Education & Porn) - "It's not my cup of tea. But if whips and clips turn you on, this'll be right up your alley. Previews are free (and appear to be SD), but a subscription is required for broader access to their library of BDSM."

Jan 15th 2010: US man convicted in fatal sex dungeon shooting - A man charged in the shooting death of a friend during a night of drug-fueled sex play and Russian roulette has been convicted of manslaughter in a U.S. court.

Jan 13th 2010: Fatal gunplay in Maine sex dungeon leads to trial - A gun collector who introduced several weapons into sexual play with two other men contends the weapons were intended to fulfill a sexual fantasy. Instead, a lethal combination of drugs, extreme sex and Russian roulette has put him on trial for manslaughter.

Jan 13th 2010: Untying your tongue - The newest installment of Dan Savage's acclaimed syndicated sex column.

Jan 13th 2010: The Sexual Manifesto: The Sexual Resume - What if we lived in a world in which people readily handed over their sexual resumes to new partners? Not a list of who's done whom, but rather a list of what you've done, what you will do, and what you'll never do.

Jan 11th 2010: LA Times Borrows Name For New Section From Fetish Mag - LATextra is the name of the new LA Times section for all the late-breaking news that used to be in the rest of the paper. It is also the name of a free British fetish magazine produced by BDSM publisher Skin Two.

Jan 9th 2010: True Companion Debuts Sex Robot Roxxxy - Men have often dreamed it, but it hasn’t become a reality until today: the sex robot. The technology was developed by Douglas Hines of True Companion, who formerly worked in the artificial intelligence lab at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Jan 8th 2010: Cultures Monogamous and Polyamorous - "The traditional family of Western civilization is based on lifelong monogamy. The competing culture is 'polyamorous,' normally a serial polygamy, but also increasingly polymorphous in its different sexual expressions."

Jan 6th 2010: Between studying and spanking - The workshop, the first of its kind on campus, saw what was likely the largest public gathering of kinky or curious students in York’s history.

Jan 6th 2010: Role-playing games - "What is a good way to introduce the idea of age play to my boyfriend without sounding perverted? Is age play perverted?"

Jan 6th 2010: 10 sexy books published in 2009 - If sexy is to be taken by its dictionary definition as "sexually interesting or exciting," then the following ten decidedly qualify.

Jan 4th 2010: Confronting bisexuality - "I still identify as queer, but I am wary that the queer community might not accept me because of my perceived 'heterosexual privilege.' There are a lot of misconceptions about bisexuality in mainstream culture, and academics debate the existence of bisexuality."

Jan 4th 2010: Masking Fetish - Everyone Forever described the desire for masking as "from the wearer's point of view, the mask provides an opportunity to be completely surrounded by the powerful smells and tactile qualities of latex."

Jan 3rd 2010: A walk on the wild side in 70s New York - Edmund White was there at the Stonewall riots, there again at the onset of Aids, and his intellectual friends ranged from Jasper Johns to Susan Sontag. Gaby Wood meets the celebrated author as he publishes his memoir of that time, City Boy.

Jan 2nd 2010: Bordello chic seduces L.A. - Decor at clubs and other businesses takes a decadent turn with curved and corseted chairs, vintage lighting and other items reminiscent of old-style gentlemen's clubs and brothels.

Jan 1st 2010: Michelle Jackson: Sign-Language Interpreter, First Female San Diego Leatherboys President - It was a job she took to interpret at a San Diego Leatherfest that led her to the Leather/kink/BDSM community - and she's become an energetic activist in it, serving as Ms. San Diego Leather 2005 and recently being elected the first female president of the San Diego Leatherboys.

Dec 30th 2009: Worst Job Ever Shockingly Involves Porn - The controversial adult fetish site, Kink.com is looking for a helping hand as it shoots videos devoted to BDSM fetishes. The job pays $15 an hour and minimal experience is required. But that is where the dream ends.

Dec 29th 2009: The Sexual Manifesto: Can BDSM Be Feminist? - Images of women crying out in pain and receiving a sound beating don't usually scream "feminist." For some, it's cause for alarm, calling up notions of rape and patriarchal power and privilege. For others, though, BDSM fits hand in hand with sex-positive feminism.

Dec 26th 2009: Sherlyn Chopra strips for circus animals - Posing for a new PETA anti-circus ad clicked by Rakesh Shrestha, Chopra poses with a whip and chain next to the tagline "Whips and Chains Belong in the Bedroom, Not in the Circus".

Dec 24th 2009: A trial in error? - Terri-Jean Bedford is a professional dominatrix. According to a newspaper report, her happiest hours have been spent tying up male clients and spanking them at her north Toronto "bondage bungalow."

Dec 23rd 2009: Pornstar wishes you a happy holiday; Canada bans his film - BDSM pornstar Derek da Silva's film Shock Treatment was recently banned by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), along with Raging Stallion's Piss Off and a handful of other films the government deems to be "obscene."

Dec 23rd 2009: Blurring The Lines - In light of the NRL group sex scandals and the more recent 'dildo rape case,' we take a look at the issue of sexual consent. What is rape? Why are the lines not always clearly drawn? And who is muddying the waters?

Dec 19th 2009: Great balls of ire - "My boyfriend enjoys having his cock and balls played with very roughly. I am happy to oblige him in this request, but I worry that I will render him sterile or at the very least a candidate for the emergency room."

Dec 18th 2009: Are girls who are into BDSM real-life psychos? - "I can't help but think that women into BDSM or dominance have serious psychological problems and do I really want to go there? I mean, are these women to be avoided at all costs or do normal, sane dominant women exist?"

Dec 18th 2009: Permission To Explore, Please - "I enjoy sex a lot, even a bit of BDSM. My husband, on the other hand, isn't 'driven by sex,' as he likes to put it, and will try tying me up if that's what I 'really want.'"

Dec 15th 2009: YouTube suspends account of Canadian newspaper chain - Canada's Pink Triangle Press, which publishes the Xtra! chain of gay newspapers in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, had its YouTube account suspended for two weeks recently for posting "inappropriate" videos.

Dec 15th 2009: "Kink" at The Annoyance - It's 2010 and sexual repression is alive and well in suburbia. Mom is a closet dominatrix and Dad is a closet cross-dresser. Their daughters Julie and Tammy are getting to that age where clothes may not be the only hang-ups in their closets.

Dec 15th 2009: Christian Kink - What happens when a deeply religious person finds that their sexual interests seem at odds with their faith? Sometimes, it's easier to reconcile than it seems.

Dec 13th 2009: The Legal Dangers of Rough Sex - Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton says the woman he beat during sex consented to it. Now he's charged with a felony - and perhaps a classic casualty of BDSM's legal booby trap.

Dec 13th 2009: Tough love: the lives and times of a dominatrix - Dressed in thigh-high stilettos and brandishing a whip, the dominatrix is, to most, a seedy figure from tabloid exposes. But what lies behind the stereotype?

Dec 12th 2009: Female Domination, Male Submission - The female dominant lifetyle suggests a surprising twist on patriarchy, the social construct which places males in control of and a position which is superior to that of females.

Dec 10th 2009: Jetton Tried to Ban "Deviate Sexual Intercourse" - Rod Jetton (R), the Missouri power broker who is accused of assault in a S&M encounter gone bad, apparently fought to ban "deviate sexual intercourse" in his state -- at least when it involved same sex couples.

Dec 9th 2009: Their sole issue - "I have a foot fetish and she is fully aware of it. She doesn't like the idea of me kissing her feet or indulging my fetish in any way. We have sex quite often, and I've always let it slide that she doesn't want any part of my fetish."

Dec 8th 2009: Sexcipe: Orgy with Rack of Lamb - Let's face it, when people have sex, people get hungry, and when there's more than two, you need enough food to keep the crowd satisfied. This recipe was inspired by a hotel room group-sextravaganza a few weeks ago and has evolved from other multi-partner sex scenes over the years.

Dec 7th 2009: Former Missouri House Speaker, Rod Jetton, Charged with Assault in Kinky S&M Game - The alleged incident occurred last month in Sikeston, Missouri. The complaint asserts that the Republican power broker "recklessly caused serious physical injury to her by hitting her on the head, and choking her resulting in unconsciousness and the loss of the function of part of her body."

Dec 6th 2009: Mindy Lawton on Tiger Woods - "Sometimes, I looked like a rag doll after we'd made love." Lawton is said to have gushed about the "well-endowed" golfing great's penchant for marathon S&M romps. "On a scale of ten I would give him 12," she tells News of the World.

Dec 6th 2009: Tiger's Cuckold Fantasies -- What Do They Mean? - US magazine has reprinted an erotic cuckold dream that Tiger Woods reportedly sent to one of his alleged mistresses. Woods told "Rachel" in an email that he envisioned her having sex with Derek Jeter and Bones star David Boreanaz -- at the same time.

Dec 6th 2009: Blake Lively - One embarrassing scene, that features the 22-year-old actress leashed up in her underwear under the direction of a dominatrix (Julianne Moore) was raising questions and finally, Blake Lively has spoken up.

Dec 5th 2009: The new wedding essentials - The run-up to the wedding isn't all about trousseau shopping. New-age grooms and brides are also busy picking handcuffs, whips and leather gear.

Dec 2nd 2009: Andelloux will take city to court over sexual health center - A stalled plan to open a sexual health center on Main Street appears headed for Superior Court after an appeals hearing before the city's Zoning Board of Review Monday left its backer conceding that she has little or no chance of winning her fight on the local level.

Dec 2nd 2009: Some Like it Rough (Hooray!) - "I'm not part of the kink community; in fact, I'm a bit hesitant to partake in my kinks at all. Even if I'm with someone who is into S&M, a sub/masochist or whatever, I can't help but feel guilty that I prefer to be the dominant role."

Nov 28th 2009: Gay hanky code comes to iPhone - The hanky code - a phenomenon popular in the 70s whereby men seeking men would display different coloured hankies in their back pockets according to their tastes - is getting a second life as an application for the iPhone.

Nov 26th 2009: The Ins and Outs of the Everything to Do With Sex Show - The ETDWSS pretty much lives up to its name, with dozens of booths offering hundreds of goods and services for every conceivable sexual scenario, and plenty of inconceivable ones.

Nov 25th 2009: Bad Sex in Fiction Awards - It may not be the Nobel Prize, but the competition for this year's "Bad Sex in Fiction" award is just as stiff (cringe - pun intended).

Nov 24th 2009: Complaints fly over Adam Lambert's American Music Awards performance - ABC said Monday more than 1,500 people called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.

Nov 20th 2009: Depeche Mode - "Master and Servant" - It's also a song that shouldn't be toned down into some easy listening version. After all, this is a tune explicitly about BDSM, a topic the group addresses both lyrically and sonically with full gusto.

Nov 20th 2009: Top, bottom or versatile - "The world of tops and bottoms is not one that can simply be explained in these few paragraphs. The BDSM world explores further dimensions and nuances that I will not attempt to address here."

Nov 20th 2009: Leather look out - Last weekend most leather folks made the trek to Palm Springs Leather Pride 2009 - Turning up the Heat. The Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert (PSLOD) has been hosting this event since back in the '90s when it was called "Sweating Bullets."

Nov 19th 2009: Pedro Almodovar's One Taboo: S&M - The Spanish filmmaker says there's one subject that "still makes me shudder" - sadomasochism. He explains that he once tried to incorporate that subject while writing a movie script and balked.

Nov 19th 2009: CineKink Film Festival in San Francisco this week, 11/19-11/21 - The CineKink Film Festival opens in San Francisco tonight with screenings of "Kinky and BDSM: It's Not What You Think" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, followed by "Whips and Restraint."

Nov 19th 2009: Stockroom Names 'Kink' Legend Shae Flanigan As Project Manager - Stockroom.com has appointed Shae Flanigan as Project Manager. A former banker and software engineer, she is known in the fetish community for her role as Mistress Shae Flanigan.

Nov 19th 2009: A Kink in the Campaign - If his challenge to Deb Mell's nominating petition succeeds, state rep candidate Joe Laiacona just might run unopposed in the Democratic primary. But can a leather master actually win in the general election?

Nov 17th 2009: Belle de Jour and other mystery sex bloggers - She was called a "by-numbers male construct" by India Knight, but this weekend the blogger Belle de Jour revealed she was the real deal, a middle-class woman who funded her PhD by becoming a prostitute.

Nov 16th 2009: OOLALA! Sexing it up at the Taboo Show with SECN Reporter - The first booth we hit was all bondage accessories. Did you know that they have bondage accessories for bath tubs and showers? There are handcuffs with suction cups so you can get busy in the shower without slipping and falling all over the place. Someone was thinking.

Nov 16th 2009: Why We're Obsessed With Vampire Sex - Fangs are everywhere these days, hoping you'll also want a taste of the bloodthirsty fervor that has gripped the nation.

Nov 15th 2009: Selling erotic wear in orthodox Pak - Two Pakistani brothers who earned millions by selling leather-made "corset, fetish, erotic and bondage wear" are still going strong despite threats from hardliners.

Nov 13th 2009: Scandalous life and perversions of Marquis de Sade - Donatien Alphonse Francois, known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer who became famous for novels full of sexual violence. One of the largest impulses in his creative work was the pursuit of his personal pleasures.

Nov 13th 2009: Shackle your judgment: BDSM deserves respect - Have you read our article on bondage and sexually expressive "play" seen in the new, unrecognized group started by UNH students? If not, click back to the home page and take it all in: the whips, the domination, the diapers. Try to keep your mouth from falling open.

Nov 13th 2009: Playing with Desire: UNH students push sexual boundaries - Courtney Jane, or CJ, is the creator and coordinator of UNH's BDSM group; an unrecognized organization that looks to give people an outlet for fulfilling their kinky sexual fantasies in a safe environment.

Nov 11th 2009: Sex positivity finds a social 'center' - After selling her restaurant in the 1990s, Allena Gabosch said even she thought her next business move was a little out of the ordinary-she opened a sex positive community center for playtime and community education.

Oct 29th 2009: Band plans dark, sexy Halloween show - The Genitorturers will perform Halloween night at Club Vegas in a show that includes a guitar giveaway and costume contest. Female clubgoers should be forewarned: They'll be hard-pressed to compete with Gen, the Genitorturers' leader, when it comes to sexy dominatrix costumes.

Oct 29th 2009: Let the journey begin - The year 2008 saw the resurgence of International Leather Sir/boy as the dominant title for for men who are skilled and participate in the BDSm lifestyle.

Oct 29th 2009: Girls in Rubber!!! - Billed as Sin City's only fetish dance troupe, Girls in Rubber is a latex-clad group of 12 to 20 performers exploring sexual boundaries, even when (or perhaps especially when) bound by chains and hanging from the ceiling.

Oct 28th 2009: Transparency, "Human Rights," And the 40th District - On the surface, Columbia College instructor and journalist Joe Laiacona's challenge of incumbent State Rep. Deb Mell in the 40th District's Democratic primary in Feb. doesn't seem so unusual.

Oct 28th 2009: Registration open for November "Transcending Boundaries" conference - The annual 'Transcending Boundaries' conference (TBC), a symposium for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their allies, will be held at the DCU Center and the Hilton Garden Inn in Worcester.

Oct 27th 2009: The Sexual Manifesto: Reigniting San Francisco's Sex - That's right, freaks. After wading through some bureaucratic red tape, the Power Exchange is re-open for business. Tenderloin residents who were up in arms weeks ago will have to refocus their efforts if they want to put up a fight.

Oct 24th 2009: Sis is a dominatrix - "Dear Robin: I am really disturbed. While visiting my sister, I was rooting around her spare bedroom for clothes, and found a bunch of stuff that was used for S&M."

Oct 23rd 2009: Henry show is a snapshot of Mapplethorpe's Polaroid work - Robert Mapplethorpe, who died in 1989 at the age of 42, became in his short life one of contemporary photography's most respected artists and one of its most notorious practitioners

Oct 22nd 2009: Why Do Women Have Erotic Rape Fantasies? - A recent analysis of 20 studies over the last 30 years indicates that between 31% and 57% of women have rape fantasies, and these fantasies are frequent or preferred in 9% to 17% of women.

Oct 9th 2009: Embarrassment for Gossip Girl Blake Lively - In stills released from her little seen film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the 22-year-old actress plays troubled teenager Pippa, who runs away from home and is introduced to a world of bondage and drugs by her lesbian aunt.

Oct 8th 2009: Kink appeal - You are correct that kink seems to be gaining popularity. It may be that the actual numbers of kinksters haven't much changed, but our public recognition of BDSM has.

Oct 7th 2009: Beastiality, S&M, Fetishes Encourage Open Mind For Film Festival - You know those ratings that precede every movie you see in the theater? Well, the Vancouver International Film Festival has a new one. It's "V" and it states, "An Open Mind is Advised."

Oct 7th 2009: Gadget to help women feign virginity angers many in Egypt - Whether it's seen as a clever little gadget to help a woman keep a secret or a devilish deception that threatens Islam, the Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit is not welcome in Egypt.

Oct 6th 2009: Sex club spanked with lawsuit from patron injured during bondage play - On the evening of Sept. 8, 2007, Reina Nevraumont was bound by her hands and feet and hanging from the ceiling. So far, so good. Then, unexpectedly, the ceiling bolt to which she was attached broke loose and she crashed to the floor face-first, shattering her jaw.

Oct 6th 2009: Supreme Court to decide case on animal cruelty and free speech - The law was aimed at blocking a small but growing market in underground sexual-fetish videos that involve dominatrix women who step on and kill small animals. By one estimate in 1999, these so-called "crush videos" represented a million-dollar market.

Oct 6th 2009: Professor Says She Was Retaliated Against for Objecting to Colleague's S&M Sex Scandal - A University of New Mexico professor was pressured to resign as director of the creative writing program after complaining that a colleague was a dominatrix in bondage-themed Web sites featuring photos of at least three graduate students.

Oct 5th 2009: Dominatrix challenging prostitution law in court - If she could do it herself, Terri-Jean Bedford would strike down Canada's prostitution laws, perhaps using the riding crop she plans to bring to court.

Oct 4th 2009: Pistachio industry bets on 'sex sells' mentality with ads - There's one sure-fire way to get folks to forget about last spring's nationwide pistachio recall: Make 'em think about sex, instead. Make that kinky sex.

Oct 1st 2009: Fetish Parties Across the Country Explore the Unusual - Fetishes range from a desire to be more than friendly with a particular body part to a penchant for leather and whips to dressing up in full-out costumes (just to take them all off at a later time).

Sep 30th 2009: The Student Sex Column Movement - The 1996 launch of "Sex on Tuesday" at the University of California, Berkeley--birthplace of the 1960s national student activist movement--triggered the campus newspaper sex column phenomenon.

Sep 29th 2009: The Line: Sex, Consent, Power and Pleasure - Nancy Schwartzman uses her story of assault as a jumping-off point for The Line, a powerful documentary that explores sexual politics, violence and where to draw the line with regard to consent.

Sep 28th 2009: Folsom Street Fair - The 2009 Folsom Street Fair took place on Sunday, September 27, 2009. Folsom Street Fair touts itself as being the world's largest leather/fetish event.

Sep 28th 2009: Things San Franciscans Like: Acting Incredibly Open-Minded About Sex - For San Franciscans, sexual open-mindedness is like what snuggies are to other Americans: warm and eminently collectible. Where some people weigh their judgments by wondering what Jesus would do, San Franciscans have a different motto: What wouldn't Oprah do?

Sep 27th 2009: Perverts are putting out - Hosted at San Francisco's Center for Sex and Culture, a jam packed and steamy yet cozy performance space at 1519 Mission Street, the "Perverts" in attendance delivered a positively titillating lineup of poetry and fiction reading.

Sep 26th 2009: Stately homes paying the bills with sexy parties - Orgies, S&M holidays and erotic film shoots. The bizarre ways the owners of our grandest houses are surviving.

Sep 26th 2009: Do You Like it Rough? - Many would consider these activities to be reserved exclusively for the BDSM genre, but the fact that they often occur in otherwise "normal" or "vanilla" sexual relationships means that they can't be considered just a minority behavior.

Sep 10th 2009: Considering Torture, and the Rise of Harsh Bondage - Conservatives and feminists love to freak out about BDSM practices and imagery. CIA doctors can perform human torture experiments in the name of national security, but show a few pics of the Folsom Street Fair on Fox News...

Sep 9th 2009: The strange and odd: those crazy swingers next door - Swingers need open minds that allow them to try new things, accept people who are very different, and witness sights that may test the limits of what they consider sexy.

Sep 8th 2009: Lights, camera, kink! - On Sept. 17, the Good Vibrations Independent Erotic Film Festival returns to the Castro Theatre: two hosts, 11 finalists, and countless displays of kink, fetish, and good old-fashioned perversion.

Sep 8th 2009: The Story of O - The Vice Francaise - Even with judicious selection of some of the tamer moments from The Story of O, the readings were strong stuff. Depending on your predisposition, these might have produced, as one fan put it, a "rush of blood to the non-thinking parts", or they may have left you feeling decidedly queasy.

Sep 7th 2009: The Standard Stops Bears in Their Tracks - The Standard Hotel may be able to handle some skin... as long as it's not leather. The Villager reports the hotel on the High Line didn't want the West Village Leather and Bear Street Fair coming near their doors, even though it won unanimous approval from Community Board 2.

Sep 7th 2009: Turned On, Tuned In: When Fetish Goes Mainstream - What better way to spend your day off than to talk about sick sexual shit? Just because your life must resume its wanker routine tomorrow doesn't mean that your sex life must. Work out your kinks by introducing a few. And where there's sex, there's movies.

Sep 5th 2009: Whip it good - Why is it that erotic pain sounds so much more attractive when described in a French accent? Ask Cleo Dubois, the francophonic Madame who runs The Academy of SM Arts, an informal school and sex education curriculum that offers adult workshops and seminars in the practice of BDSM.

Sep 4th 2009: Gay marriage: doing it their way - It is not so very long ago that debate raged in this country as to what same-sex marriage would do to the venerable institution of wedded bliss. They couldn't allow us to marry, the conservatives crowed. It would destroy marriage itself.

Sep 3rd 2009: Erotic publisher review: Siren Publishing - Siren Publishing has a very unique imprint of books, called Menage Amour, that basically celebrates the love of many partners, either centered on a woman with multiple male partners or on males loving each other.

Sep 3rd 2009: Creative writing fetish - Dear smut mongers, lolly and jolly gaggers, pillow princesses, butch bottoms and leather lovers, your time is at hand. The Leather Archives & Museum has just issued a call for submissives, I mean submissions, for its publication Leather Times.

Sep 3rd 2009: Genitorturers Leading a 'Revolution' This Fall - It's been a long wait, but Florida's XXX-rated cyber-rock powerhouse Genitorturers are nearly ready to unleash their next studio album Blackheart Revolution this fall.

Sep 2nd 2009: The Safe Word is "Boob Hair" - "My girlfriend asked me if I'd try slapping her and pulling her hair during sex. We tried it, and afterward she said it wasn't hard enough. We talked about it, and she feels like me asking for direction from her ruins the dominance vibe she's interested in. How do we sort this out?"

Aug 31st 2009: Tied up: A second look at Art of Restraint - Art of Restraint, a quarterly event held at Femina Potens Gallery (2199 Market St), was quite a tranquil affair, given the subject matter of all the artist performances.

Aug 30th 2009: Doin' It With Dr. V: Love Hurts & Sex Bruises - "I met a guy who's shaping up to be pretty awesome. Except, he squeezed my boobs so hard the other night that I woke up the next morning with black and blue bruises from where his fingers were."

Aug 29th 2009: Does rough sex lead to relationship abuse? - *Warning* The following article is comprised of facts, speculation and opinions. No studies have been done to test my theory.

Aug 28th 2009: Erotica website review: Bondage.com - Bondage.com has been around for over a decade. The site claims to be the largest BDSM site on the net and the ultimate online community for subs, doms, or anyone else with an appetite for the finer fetishes in life.

Aug 27th 2009: Stephen Moyer on Vampire Sex: Masculinity in True Blood - How many think that Moyer should stick to acting, rather than attempt a clearly heterosexist, sexist, misogynist breakdown of his character Bill Compton?

Aug 27th 2009: Objectification should be absent from modern porn - These days, pornography is more widely available and appeals to more niche genres than ever before. Surprisingly, although the markets for Furries and foot fetishists are saturated, one large market has yet to be successfully cornered: women.

Aug 25th 2009: The Irony of Anti-Sex-Positive Feminist's Arguments - The radfem's main argument consisted of two points 1) certain sexual behaviors are inherently degrading to women and 2) that by supporting and accepting women who choose to engage in such behaviors for pleasure, sex positive feminists are supporting and enabling the sexual exploitation and degradation of women.

Aug 25th 2009: D. L. King, author and editor of erotic stories - While scurrying around the country on her whirlwind "The Lust, Dust and Leather Book Tour" promoting her recently released anthology Where The Girls Are, D.L. King took some time to answer a few interview questions.

Aug 5th 2009: An interview with erotica author D.L. King - Erotica author D.L. King has a way with words. This writer is sure she could wield a mean whip, too. King celebrates sexuality on all its levels. Fortunately for her readers, she writes about it as well.

Aug 3rd 2009: What Is Work? Kinky Sex and a 401K - Today, we meet Mollena Williams, a woman whose passion for kinky sex led to her dream career as the "Executive Pervert" for the alternative lifestyle dating sites bondage.com and alt.com.

Aug 2nd 2009: Doctor's Advice - Bondage in the bedroom - "What do you think about the practice of being tied up during sex? I am a 25-year-old woman. Until recently, I had not heard of things like that. Then I met my new boyfriend."

Aug 1st 2009: 'Pleasure Bound: True Bondage Stories' - Alison Tyler's newest erotica anthology hits a bit harder than the rest: Pleasure Bound: True Bondage Stories collects deeply personal non-fiction essays about love, bondage, domination, and surrender from some of the sexiest writers of our time.

Jul 31st 2009: The erotic photos taken in 13th century church that got the vicar hot under the dog collar - Photographer Andy Craddock, his girlfriend and a couple of models used the vicar's church in Cornwall as the backdrop for an erotic photoshoot. Now solicitors acting on behalf of Mr. Yates have written to the photographer accusing him of blasphemy.

Jul 30th 2009: Pride and coming out: how it applies beyond LGBT communities - Setting aside the gawkfest aspect of the Pride parade for a moment, beneath the sparkle of glitter and the gasp-inducing glam that hordes gather to ogle, there's an underlying element that can easily be overlooked: how the concept of Pride applies to people beyond the LGBT communities.

Jul 30th 2009: Stimulus Bill Funds Go to Art Houses Showing 'Pervert' Revues, Underground Pornography - The National Endowment for the Arts may be spending some of the money it received from the Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund nude simulated-sex dances, Saturday night "pervert" revues and the airing of pornographic horror films at art houses in San Francisco.

Jul 30th 2009: The Kinkiest Coffeehouse in the West - Like our sex culture here in San Francisco, our coffee culture has become so refined, so fetishized, and so obsessive that it makes even the most debauched, moneyed, extreme fetishist seem ordinary.

Jul 29th 2009: ABC Obsessed with Alternative Sexual Lifestyles - ABC news programs have featured 76 segments about sexual activity in the last six months. The majority of these reports were related to political sex scandals or crime cases that contained a sexual element, but 11 promoted alternative sexual arrangements such as men who become women.

Jul 28th 2009: Skin Two, or how I discovered my fetish for fetish bars - "The week leading up to Skin Two, eyes lit up whenever I mentioned I had extra tickets to Secret Room's fetish party and medical fashion show at The Castle. "

Jul 28th 2009: Internet Filter Fear Grows - Concerns have been fueled in part by a leaked alleged "blacklist" of sites in March this year which contained many gay adult and BDSM websites.

Jul 27th 2009: Traditional Portraits for Alternative Lifestyles: Suzanne Rachel Forbes - Her paintings, comic art and courtroom illustrations are in collections across the United States. Her current work focuses on traditional portraiture with a fetish flavor, as well as allegories and narrative portraits.

Jul 27th 2009: Cop's girl jailed over bondage rape lie - A policeman's daughter who claimed she was raped after a bondage sex session where "anything went" was jailed for two years today.

Jul 27th 2009: S&M Fantasy For Denzel Washington - The Oscar-winning star has revealed he is intrigued by sadomasochism but would rather play a character who likes it than be exposed to violent sexual acts himself.

Jul 26th 2009: Privacy Action against News of the World - Head of Formula One, Max Mosley has won his privacy action against News of the World after they had falsely accused him of taking part in a "sick Nazi orgy".

Jul 25th 2009: Is Seattle the 'sexploration' capital of the U.S.? - It's where the annual Kinky Carnival (which is Saturday) pushes the boundaries of experimentation with sex toy demos, anonymous kissing and fondling, and an introduction to S&M.

Jul 23rd 2009: Bisexuality 101: What is the Kinsey Scale? - Alfred Kinsey was the first scientist to thoroughly examine sex and sexual behavior. Credited with the creation of the field of study known as "sexology," this pioneer founded the controversial Institute of Sex Research in 1947 with his wife, Clara.

Jul 23rd 2009: Dore Alley fair producers pray for sun - San Francisco's notorious July fog bank rolled into town this week, plummeting temperatures into the low 50s. Weather forecasters are predicting much of the same for this weekend, and that has producers of the annual Up Your Alley street fair nervous.

Jul 23rd 2009: Cop facing assault charge says woman agreed to S&M - An Olathe police officer accused of beating his ex-girlfriend claims the two had a consensual, sadomasochistic relationship.

Jul 21st 2009: Former swingers spot put to new use - An infamous swinger's bed and breakfast in Schenectady is being put to new use. The all-night parties have ended, replaced by daytime doctor's visits.

Jul 21st 2009: Sudan flogs trousured women - Sudan has "public order police," who enforce Islamic law in public places. In a Khartoum cafe, those police arrested 13 women for wearing trousers. On the spot, the police publicly flogged 10 women.

Jul 20th 2009: GLBTQ BDSM erotica: An interview with author Beth Wylde - The concept of Broadly Bound alone is enough to get any GLBT erotica fan on all fours. Picture the opening night of a BDSM club owned by lesbians and your id rattles its cage.

Jul 20th 2009: Anya Howard talks about her latest book, Submissive - Submissive is an erotic Romance novel from Kensington's Aphrodisia line. It is the story of art student, Gillian Nordstrom, who is falling in love with Bruce Wolff, an officer who works at the state correctional facility.

Jul 20th 2009: Fetish vs. fantasy - Some like to be dominated. Others are turned on by feet. Fantasies and fetishes are distinctly different, but a fantasy can include a fetish.

Jul 20th 2009: What is the difference between gender identity and sexual orientation? - Many people confuse gender identity and sexual orientation, assuming that transgendered male-to-female (MTF) individuals are really gay men and that transgendered female-to-male (FTM) individuals are really lesbians.

Jul 19th 2009: Graphic S& M Film Expected to Shock - A controversial novel featuring graphic sado-masochistic sex scenes is to hit the big screen. Something Leather, by Glaswegian author Alasdair Gray, is being adapted by rookie filmmaker Michelle Eastwood as her debut feature.

Jul 17th 2009: Fetish Ball Brings the Pain - It's a virtual Disneyland for the corset-and-cuffs/latex-and-leather set, what with a performance by bondage babe and author Midori.

Jul 17th 2009: The Dirty Good Book - Did Abraham pimp Sarah? Was Onan a jerk? Did King David have a potty mouth? And were Samson and Delilah into S&M?

Jul 17th 2009: Sex show critics inflict own morals on masses - Our society is well into the third millennium, nearly 50 years removed from the sexual revolution of the 1960s, yet there are still people unable to accept that adults are capable of making their own decisions when it comes to their sexuality.

Jul 17th 2009: All Leathered Up - In June 1989, the National Leather Association: Portland Chapter and ORGASM (Oregon Guild Activists of SM) teamed up to bring together the various factions of the Leather and Fetish scenes for a common purpose and celebration.

Jul 17th 2009: I Visited An S&M Club - I now understand that cropping is more than a scrapbook technique, dogs aren't the only animals that engage in kennel play, and you should never insert a CD-Dom into a computer drive.

Jul 17th 2009: Masked Ball Turns Into Midnight S&M Orgy: Police Called - The owner of a 17th Century manor house in England that's rented out for parties and weddings, experienced quite a shock recently when a group of well-heeled party goers showed up for a masked ball that turned into a S&M sex orgy at the stroke of midnight.

Jul 16th 2009: Suspension for sadists and the Marquis Ball - Mike West's Partial Suspension for Complete Sadists and the Marquis Fetish Ball, both happening this week to remind us that being told what to do can be a treat.

Jul 16th 2009: What Makes Vampire Sex So Hot? - Is it any wonder, then, that those of us who enjoy the occasional domination and submission play - spanking, light bondage, etcetera - are titillated by the idea of fang banging ourselves?

Jul 14th 2009: Wife gets 18 months in sex-game death of husband - The Knoxville News Sentinel and Daily Herald of Columbia are reporting that a Columbia woman will spend 18 months in jail in connection with the death of her husband during a sex game

Jul 14th 2009: Tips for engaging in casual sex, no. 5 - Introduce any kind of power play slowly. BDSM activity can bring out pent-up emotions in some so proceed with caution.

Jul 13th 2009: Bondage: It takes two to untangle - Today is the second day of the three-day kink extravaganza and the small industrial venue has been transformed into what the organisers describe as a 'magical and mysterious world'.

Jul 12th 2009: Breathless sex simmers at the edge of compulsion - Like all good titles, "Breath" has more than one meaning, and the first meaning becomes obvious in the opening scene, when police examine the body of a young man with ligature marks around his neck. Death by hanging. It wasn't suicide.

Jul 10th 2009: Open relationship resources - When it comes to finding information about the lifestyle and on how to meet like-minded people, the internet is your best friend.

Jul 9th 2009: Dominatrix Stripped Of Right To See Her Son - Dominatrix and fetish/bondage model Mz Berlin, whose real name appeared in a story in the San Francisco Weekly even after she asked for anonymity, has been denied the right to visit her 8-year-old son.

Jul 9th 2009: Graphic Sexual Horror - Anna Lorentzon and Barbara Bell's "Graphic Sexual Horror" looks behind the scenes at a defunct website, controversial for its depictions of extreme bondage and sadomasochistic situations.

Jul 9th 2009: There Are Flavours Besides Vanilla, You Know - Most couples that have been together for any length of time have average, predictable sex lives. Humans are creatures of habit. And hey, if it ain’t broke, why fix it?

Jul 8th 2009: She Wants To Be Dominated. He Doesn't Know How. - In this week's Savage Love, a young woman writes to Dan Savage about her desire for rough sex and her new boyfriend's seeming inability to give it to her.

Jul 7th 2009: Sexy siestas - From a perfectly innocent desire for a quiet game of cards to a powerful urge for a spot of S&M, the guests at Moscow's "by-the-hour" hotels have a diverse range of very specific requirements.

Jul 7th 2009: New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past - Looking for a comic to return Wonder Woman to her bondage roots, and then redefine her feminist credentials? Final Crisis and Batman and Robin writer Grant Morrison claims to be working on that very book, just for you.

Jul 2nd 2009: Tennessee DA Drops Charges Against Snellville Man - Jansen says the incident was consensual, that the woman actually planned the "romantic getaway," and that the woman was tied up because she was into bondage.

Jul 2nd 2009: Bondage Ball - Hosted by Masuimi Max, this internationally acclaimed fetish dance event is a wonderful opportunity to show off your latest latex, leather, rubber, or other kinky couture.

Jul 1st 2009: Ratio 3's "Safe Word" reaches out to a neighbor - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood - won't you be my neighbor? That classic American question is all trussed up and ready to go thanks to "Safe Word," a new exhibition at Chris Perez's gallery Ratio 3 that peeks inside a nearby Mission District space.

Jun 30th 2009: Adventures in adult sex education - So begins the fifth session of Our Whole Lives (OWL): Sexuality Education for Adults, at the First Unitarian Church of Austin.

Jun 29th 2009: NYC bondage block party avoids complaints - The New York Police Department says it did not receive any complaints about a block party featuring outdoor fetish and bondage play.

Jun 29th 2009: 3 Reasons Not to Hate Porn - Yes, it's often cheesy, sexist, and lacking in technical quality, but porn is cinematic candy for the genitals, and whether it's of the erotic, funny, or just plain disturbing variety, it's here to stay.

Jun 27th 2009: Interview with corset maker Simone - Last Saturday, June 20, Simone of Exquisite Restraint gave a wonderful presentation about corsets and corsetry. She discussed the history of corsets, how they went from undergarments to outer-garments, the materials they can be made of, how to shop for and fit yourself for a corset, and much more.

Jun 26th 2009: San Francisco Pride 2009: Pride in the name of equality - This year, the San Francisco Pride Parade falls on Sunday June 28, the exact date of the start of Stonewall rebellion forty years ago in Greenwich Village.

Jun 25th 2009: The Weekend: Tie It Up - Since you're not taking this 'date' to dinner, how about taking them to the Resistance Gallery to learn about Japanese Rope Bondage?

Jun 25th 2009: Perversion on Parade at New York's Folsom Street East Festival - "Immorality on display in New York City last Sunday in 'massive pagan pansexual street party'."

Jun 25th 2009: Smithsonian of smut - The Erotic Heritage Museum - a vast emporium of objects, movie posters, paintings and videos - is a sort of Smithsonian of smut. It disappoints in some ways, but surprises and delights in others.

Jun 24th 2009: Sex sells in new Chinese cultural revolution - Filling such needs is getting easier for Chinese like Ha, 23, who browses an array of vibrators, bondage gear, and other assorted goods like "Go Deep Oral Sex Mints" in a new Beijing sex shop.

Jun 24th 2009: Madison Young: our favorite art slut - Madison Young: renaissance porn star. She is most famous for being an adult entertainment performer and director, but she's also a writer, blogger, sex educator, artist, and the founder of San Francisco's Femina Potens Gallery.

Jun 24th 2009: Two great parties coming up in July - Every July Secretroom.net hosts two parties here in Atlanta called Skin Two. This event is widely popular, and you might have heard of it before. But some might be asking, "What is Skin Two?"

Jun 22nd 2009: What is BDSM? - "B-D-S-M actually stands for six different terms, grouped into three categories. In this article I will briefly define and describe each term and how each one relates to the others."

Jun 20th 2009: Gloria Vanderbilt's Brooklyn sex mansion: anything but vanilla - Gloria Vanderbilt may be 85-years-old, but she will have you know that she is having none of your boring, vanilla bedroom fantasies. Vanderbilt's erotic novel Obsession (about BDSM no less!) is due out on June 23.

Jun 20th 2009: "What is a Corset?" Presentation - Simone is giving a presentation on the history and construction of corsetrym, as well as information on what actually qualifies as a corset, how to buy one, and a chance to try a few on.

Jun 19th 2009: Different loving or simply love? - Can any of us boast that we own the proper perspective of different loving or alternative lifestyles? At the very least, we owe it to ourselves to gain a complete understanding of these issues and the marks left by the standards and designs of normal love.

Jun 18th 2009: Using S&M to spice up a vanilla marriage - "My wife and I got into S&M about two years ago, and it's done a wonderful job of spicing up an otherwise very vanilla marriage."

Jun 18th 2009: South Africa joins leather nation - It was at the 2005 International Mr. Leather when it was first acknowledged that leather/bdsm was part of that nation's culture when Michael Egdes, a native of South Africa living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was chosen the winner.

Jun 17th 2009: Southern California Leather Gathering - This annual event is a picnic "that is open to ALL leather, bdsm, fetish, kink, motorcycle and bear groups/individuals of all genders and orientations."

Jun 17th 2009: Brüno: Gays Ask for Changes - No doubt about it - Sacha Baron Cohen uses every negative gay stereotype you could possibly imagine in his portrayal of Brüno, his Austrian fashion journalist alter ego.

Jun 17th 2009: Bonding with Midori - Visiting sex educator Midori on rope bondage, nervous beginners and making art out of blow-up dolls.

Jun 17th 2009: Fetters, the Savile Row of S&M outfitter - In the July sex issue of Wallpaper*, Simon Mills reports on the naughty little London company and tours the extraordinary showroom.

Jun 17th 2009: I've seen the future: It's techno-sex - The University of Guelph - more commonly associated with agricultural study - is the site of a two-day sexuality conference, the 31st annual symposium on all matters coital and squishy.

Jun 17th 2009: Gender-fucked fairytale premieres at Ottawa Fringe Festival - Sporks, handcuffs, dynamite, a cross bow, and a light-up crystal wand - the perfect ingredients for a kinky evening at home, or perhaps for a wild and hilarious show at the Ottawa Fringe Festival.

Jun 16th 2009: A kinky conference - At Sexy Spring 6 , a sexuality conference held recently in Ford Hall, all kinds of people that the vanillas may have considered perverts showed up to talk about sex toys, bondage and the sex industry.

Jun 16th 2009: Kids attend prom from 'sexual hell' - Family advocates are outraged by a prom held at Boston City Hall that was open to children apparently as young as 12 featuring crossdressers, homosexual heavy petting, suspected drug use and a leather-clad doorman who teaches sexual bondage classes.

Jun 16th 2009: I believe in love again - Bruce Willis rolled back the years for a kinky S&M club photoshoot with his new wife. The Die Hard star and Emma Heming struck a series of raunchy poses in a steamy photoshoot.

Jun 16th 2009: Les Fleures Du Mal - In celebration of a new, kinky tomorrow, Bedlam Theatre will host Les Fleures du Mal (which loosely translates to "evil flowers"), an evening of fetish fashion and live music.

Jun 15th 2009: Advice Column: Is Something Wrong with Me If I Like BDSM? - "For as long as I can remember, I have been turned on my imagining my own pain and humiliation. I am going out with someone for the first time now, and we've been together for almost eight months."

Jun 15th 2009: Police probe sex dungeon - Det Insp Ian Winton, of Nottinghamshire police's sexual exploitation investigation unit, added: "If the activities taking place there are between consenting adults, without any payment being made, then the police would not ordinarily get involved

Jun 15th 2009: The beat goes on - With the summer season upon us, the major contests like Mid-Atlantic Leather and International Mr. Leather are past. Major and minor contests alike are re-grouping for their next editions.

Jun 15th 2009: 'Sex Positive' documents the pioneers of safe sex - Daryl Wein's documentary focuses on three men who made a difference as the AIDS crisis broke in the '80s.

Jun 15th 2009: Risky Kinks - "It seems to me that criticizing a person's sexual choices and behaviours is a great way to avoid the more serious discussion of sexual safety, particularly when it comes to inherently risky BDSM situations such as breath control play."

Jun 15th 2009: QSM offers BDSM adventure of a different sort - Much of its catalog, especially the international magazines and comics, is not available on Amazon and expensive to special order on the Internet.

Jun 9th 2009: Autoerotic Asphyxiation: Dabbling with Death - Was it suicide, murder, or a sex game gone wrong? This is the question Bangkok police are asking in the death of 72-year-old actor David Carradine.

Jun 9th 2009: Sex dominates high-profile murder trial - A murder trial in Switzerland today will focus on the sado-masochist liaison between one of France's most influential bankers and his lover, who is accused of killing him.

Jun 9th 2009: Advice Column: I crave hanky spanky - "I'm in my 30s I'm thinking of starting a family and I've met a really nice girl. The only trouble is that sexually she is not as interested in the fetish scene as me and wants us to have a more conventional love life."

Jun 9th 2009: Rape Suspect Passes Polygraph - The defense attorney for a Snellville man, accused of kidnapping and rape in Tennessee, say his client has passed a polygraph test. In court papers filed in Sevier County, Donald Bosch says his client's claims that his actions with the alleged victim were consensual were true.

Jun 9th 2009: Love - The Scientific Way - Unlike his predecessor, Alfred Kinsey, Masters proposed something far more immersive than questionnaires: direct observation of the body's procreative functions, with each pulse and quiver painstakingly recorded.

Jun 9th 2009: Southeast LeatherFest marks 25 years - Celebrating its 25th festival this year and open to all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, SELF includes a weekend full of classes, entertainment, parties and role-playing.

Jun 4th 2009: Did Bizarre Sexual Practice Kill David Carradine? - As new details emerge about his death, the possibility exists that Carradine did not take his own life.

Jun 4th 2009: It's Not Abuse If It's Consensual. Waivers, Too? Better Still - Each guy was given a stencil of a character, whose likeness was bruised onto their skin in various creative ways: mousetraps, big rubber balls, ass paddles and the like. (If only mummy and daddy were that creative.)

Jun 4th 2009: Three of a Kind - Pride in Washington is not just a weekend affair. Everyone knows the big Capital Pride Parade and Festival - June 13 and 14, respectively, along with the two weeks of events that lead up to them.

Jun 4th 2009: Drawn to bondage - "I swallow, and raise my pencil to the paper. But I can't for the life of me remember a single thing from high school art class."

Jun 4th 2009: Hooked on sex - Some claim that 3 to 5 per cent of the population has this problem, but I don't care what anyone says - I'm calling bullshit on that one.

Jun 4th 2009: Woman in abduction-rape case reportedly into bondage - Tennessee investigators say there are no plans to drop rape charges against Jansen, despite learning of the alleged victim's prior convictions for filing a false rape claim in Cherokee County and fabricating an assault allegation in Fannin County.

Jun 4th 2009: Survey: Bottoms-up Chicago - The Sword recently published an article on which cities have the most tops and bottoms, based on a survey of Craigslist M4M ads. Who comes out on top, and by that I mean bottom? Houston, do we have a problem?

Jun 4th 2009: Advice Column: Some Hans-on love - "I've been baffled by many people on BDSM sites who seem to have automatic expectations that someone with submissive leanings is going to submit to them, even to the point of being a 'slave,' after only a couple of emails."

Jun 3rd 2009: Did Pizza Deliveryman Stumble on Rape or Consensual Bondage? - A Tennessee pizza deliveryman who found a woman bound by rope in a remote cabin in the Smoky Mountains thought he was saving her life when he called authorities after she mouthed "Call 911."

Jun 3rd 2009: Horse theme for bondage event - More than 30 bondage enthusiasts headed for Lancashire for an event in which men and women indulged in horseplay. Visitors from as far as Stockholm attended the Preston Ponyplay Day - an event which involves partners dressing up in horse tack to get a sexual kick.

Jun 3rd 2009: Cirque X - Based on the lineup of St. James' Cirque X, this looks like the benefit not to miss. The flyer for this party reads like a who's who of the sex, circus, burlesque, and fire community.

Jun 3rd 2009: Get all tied up - This week, keep an open mind! If you've never explored tying one another up, now is the time. Introducing safe bondage can add just a dash of spice and a hint of danger to your sex-life, two important elements that can truly increase the passion factor.

Jun 3rd 2009: S&M is Painful to Watch - Looking at relationships through the prism of S&M, Leslie Ayvazian's cringeworthy "Make Me" is one more ship left behind.

Jun 3rd 2009: Queer sex slang: Know it or beware - Online cruising can be difficult - and sometimes downright frustrating - when everyone you chat with seems to be writing in a non-sense, mumble-jumble of words, letters, acronyms and phrases.

May 27th 2009: Center hosts sexuality confab - Rather than provide merely scintillating glimpses into our sexual lives, the event sought to present clinical therapists and the public with a range of analytic and practical tools with which to approach what are often termed "alternative" sexual practices.

May 27th 2009: California's high court upholds Proposition 8 - Pledging to keep up fighting for the legal recognition of gay marriage, hundreds of advocates gathered with religious leaders at the Santa Cruz Town Clock and in Watsonville City Plaza on Tuesday to mourn the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8.

May 27th 2009: London cops defend DJ database - The police's defense of Form 696 came just as famed fetish night Torture Garden found themselves up against even tighter licensing regulations as they prepared for their annual birthday ball at SE One.

May 25th 2009: Brits beat recession blues with kinky sex - A poll of over 2,000 saucy Brits found that a massive 76% had taken part in bondage play in the last 6 months.

May 25th 2009: Take 10: Erotica enthusiasts - Sex is big business in the UK and an entire economy exists to cater to the needs of enthusiasts, from bondage cables and erotic fudge to package tours for swingers

May 25th 2009: The Binds That Bond - What do bondage games have to do with our childhood, our hopes and fears, our guilt feelings, our animal nature, our puritanical society, our religious institutions, our culture, our politics, our destiny, the economy?

May 25th 2009: Conservatives Miffed at Gay Baseball Promotion - "This festival is full of pornography and XXX porn vendors. They have an S&M tent where people actually go in and take S&M demonstration classes on how to abuse each other sexually."

May 21st 2009: Wife Found Guilty In Sex Bondage Case - Bargy faced second-degree murder charges for binding and gagging her husband during a sex game and leaving him alone for 20 hours.

May 20th 2009: International Mr. Leather arrives in Chicago - After surviving a long, cold winter, kinky Chicagoans have finally gotten what they have been waiting for--the 31st annual International Mr. Leather contest at the Chicago Hilton this Memorial Day weekend.

May 20th 2009: Advice Column: How Rough Is Too Rough Between the Sheets? - "I'm no sadist and feel totally lost when it comes to giving pain. She clearly wants to be hit, but what does that mean?"

May 20th 2009: Nudes to go on sale to boost art mart - Of the 153 photographs on sale, almost one-fourth are nudes or portray gay-lesbian themes, or even touch upon taboo subjects such as bondage, domination and sado-masochism.

May 20th 2009: Stockroom.com Appearance At International Mr. Leather - Stockroom will debut a number of new products at the IML Leather Market, including the new wipe-clean Pig Sling; and the unique Ballz Gag that locks a man's scrotum in his partner's mouth.

May 20th 2009: Of Superhuman Bondage - Craig Yoe has announced the imminent publication of a special limited edition of Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-Creator Joe Shuster.

May 20th 2009: Trying to Out-Fetish a Partner Can Be Dangerous - Self-expression is vital to a sexual relationship, so it is important to be yourself and not something your partner wants you to be.

May 20th 2009: 'Folsom' Poster Upsets Thought Police (Again) - Once the self-appointed guardians of morality and taste identified San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair as a headline-grabbing event that offered a pretext to attack California Democrats, the event was destined to feature prominently at anti-gay Web sites.

May 20th 2009: Homosex-fest mocks traditional families - "Promoters of an annual sex event in San Francisco, who in 2007 mocked the famous Leonardo da Vinci painting of the Last Supper to publicize the Folsom Street Festival, this year are making fun of the traditional family in their poster."

May 15th 2009: Hate Crimes Bill - Audio Clip: James Dobson coming out against hate crimes legislation.

May 15th 2009: Beyond Vanilla Sex - A few days ago, Dartlog (The Dartmouth Review's blog) pasted the text of the mass e-mail advertising "Bondage 101," a rope-tying workshop organized by a number of student groups on campus.

May 15th 2009: Dallas Eagle titleholder Jeffrey Payne heads to Chicago to compete at IML - Over Memorial Day weekend, Jeffrey Payne will represent the Lone Star State in world's kinkiest pageant: International Mr. Leather 2009.

May 15th 2009: Sloppy synopses with the Independent Erotic Film Festival - We got on the phone with one of the organizers, Camilla Lombard, who was kind enough to give us the rundown. Here's a quick summary, with quotes, of what she had to say about each film.

May 15th 2009: WTF?!: The Ten Craziest Sex Stories Of 2009, So Far - It's only May, but let's just say, spring has officially sprung! Thanks to our equally pervy friends at Fark, we've rounded up the 10 strangest close encounters of the sex kind from 2009 so far

May 15th 2009: Craigslist drops 'erotic services' ads - After much pressure, Craigslist says no more. Erotic services will be removed and replaced by a new adult services section.

May 15th 2009: Port City gets sexy with M.A.C. Leather competition. - The port city will receive a blast of sexuality this long weekend with the arrival of the M.A.C. Leather's 11th Annual Mr. and Ms. Atlantic Canada Leather Competition.

May 15th 2009: The way we were - In spite of the AIDS epidemic streaking across the world in the 1980s and beyond, the leather titleholder contests thrived because it was suggested that they use their celebrity status to help raise funds for various AIDS agencies.

May 13th 2009: Nudity laws still apply - The San Francisco Police Department says it will no longer tolerate lewd behavior at a July street fair sponsored by Folsom Street Events, the same group that puts on the annual Folsom Street Fair, a public celebration of sado-masochism.

May 13th 2009: Outside the bedroom, BDSM practitioners can't take punishment - "'You are the one doing victimization here,' the first of hundreds of outraged Web commenters wrote. 'We who live in San Francisco are proud of our diversity, which includes [the] BDSM lifestyle.'"

May 13th 2009: Fetish club forces ID scanner climbdown - Our last report also revealed some worrying issues around the use and registration of scanners: SEOne, following advice from the scanner manufacturer, was planning to hold on to data for three years.

May 11th 2009: The best of the Jacksonville Film Festival - John Leguizamo lends it some star power in a terrific supporting role as an S&M photographer with a stutter and a heart of gold.

May 10th 2009: BDSM case continues - Last week Hill challenged Hayes, suggesting he is in fact involved in Gor. Hayes insisted that he has been a consistent critic of the Gorean lifestyle, calling it a "patriarchal, womanizing society."

May 8th 2009: Break out the leather for Kinky Prom - For everyone who took a date of the opposite sex rather than the same sex to prom, or climbed into a gown when they'd rather wear a leather corset, the SouthEast LeatherFest is offering a chance to do it all over again.

May 8th 2009: Advice Column: The Quietus - As a woman, can I reconcile being both a feminist and a masochist? It bothers me that I call myself a feminist, yet have rape fantasies.

May 8th 2009: Vancouver hosts groundbreaking leatherdyke conference - The conference, fittingly titled Mayhem, will mark the first BDSM gathering run by women for women to hit Vancouver in over 15 years, and the first of its magnitude ever.

May 8th 2009: Could you hold my dog, please? - A human dog being whipped by a dominatrix was not a sight expected by bemused shoppers in Amersham.

May 8th 2009: Just a boy: my first run-in with a transexual - "She was a member of many subcultures that I had only read about and/or seen pictures of: BDSM, LBGT, polyamory, swingers. It was like the Internet exploded all over my life."

May 7th 2009: Gwyneth Paltrow Getting Kinky For Iron Man 2? - Rumor has it Gwyneth Paltrow has an extremely risque scene in the new movie where she's dressed up as a dominatrix and wields a bullwhip.

May 7th 2009: Why Labour is prudish about sex - When sex and politics collide, it is usually no more than an excuse for some good old-fashioned crudity, along with a hefty dose of journalistic double standards and, more often than not, ministerial embarrassment.

May 7th 2009: Kink Bloopers - "I spoke to a fledgling dominant recently who mentioned he was looking forward to 'getting to a place in BDSM where I don't make mistakes anymore.' I put my hand on his and said, 'Darlin', I hate to tell you, but there ain't no such destination.'"

May 7th 2009: Why feminists should be concerned with the impending revision of the DSM - There are two aspects of the proposed Paraphilia section revision that should be of great concern to feminists, as well as anyone else who is interested in gender and sexual equality.

May 7th 2009: James Dobson is Going Completely Mad Over Hate Crimes - "Because the liberals in Congress would not define sexual orientation, we have to assume that protection under the law will be extended to the 30 sexual disorders identified as such by the American Psychiatric Association."

May 7th 2009: Kirby Dick's "Outrage" Outs Closeted Politicians - Armed with a chorus of incriminating voices from across the alternative press and the corridors of state and federal government, Dick sets out to spill the beans on gay elected officials living in the closet.

May 7th 2009: Defendant in burn, sex case sentenced to jail - Both Puckett and Meer say what happened was part of a sex act or "fear play" that went horribly wrong.

May 5th 2009: Woman sues over dominatrix outing - A New York woman is suing a woman who outed her as a dominatrix in another court case, contending her nursing career was dashed by the revelation.

May 4th 2009: Power Exchange Determined to Relocate - Mike Powers gets it—the neighborhood's reaction to his sex club's relocation was unequivocal. But as he cleaned up the 12,000 square feet of space at 44 Gough St. where he'd planned to open in early April, he made it clear he is looking for new space.

May 2nd 2009: Painfully miffed - The Twitterverse erupted in a sea of criticism on Sunday, April 13 when it was revealed that the world's largest online media clearinghouse, Amazon.com, had de-listed over 57,000 items in its database—including many gay-themed books or media with homosexual content.

May 1st 2009: U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings reads sex fetishes on House floor - Hastings urged passage of the bill, saying it would ensure that “all of these -philias and fetishes and -isms that were put forward need not live in fear because of who they are.”

May 1st 2009: Bondage sex act led to man's accidental death - “He had clearly involved himself in something for sexual gratification which went very wrong and he was asphyxiated from a rope around his neck.”

May 1st 2009: Professors look at sex response with YouTube - Whitehead studies society's reaction to depictions of sexual violence, and while he said his audience is inherently limited due to the vulgarity of his imagery, he hopes to eventually draw a greater crowd.

May 1st 2009: BDSM Lifestyler Unfit to Drive a Limo - A potentially groundbreaking case on BDSM began hearings in BC's Human Rights Tribunal Mar 30. The case could determine whether BDSM qualifies for protection as a sexual orientation under the province's Human Rights Code.

May 1st 2009: Sensation vs. Spectacle - “I recently spent an unusual—for me—evening at the New Horizons swing club in Lynnwood, and it struck me that public BDSM parties and swing parties diverge in an oddly similar way.”

May 1st 2009: An interview with Mr. San Diego Eagle - Can you believe it's already May? All over the country, leather men are preparing to compete for the title of International Mr. Leather.

May 1st 2009: Festival of erotic art not just for viewing - This weekend at the Exhibition Hall of the Seattle Center, interested persons can learn how to please a romantic partner, from the kind and gentle approach to other, more kinky activities.

May 1st 2009: “A Wink and a Smile” Review - It's no coincidence that the performers of burlesque and “boylesque” tend to run in the same circles as the mistresses and masters of the BDSM scene and the queens and kings of drag art.

Apr 30th 2009: Sextanza! at Re-Bar - Re-Bar is not your average club and Sextanza is definitely not your average club night, but trying new things is what makes life interesting.

Apr 30th 2009: The Truth About Kink.com - “…I have to say that my experience there offers a very different understanding of the people at kink.com, what they are doing, and why the people who perform in their films do what they do.”

Apr 30th 2009: Craigslist Faces More Heat Over 'Erotic Services' Listings - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined the ranks of law enforcement authorities renewing calls on free classifieds site Craigslist to stop offering "erotic services" listings.

Apr 30th 2009: The Case For Cuckolds - Rather than being cramped by it, a husband who embraces jealousy can enjoy its exquisite agony as the finest spice of his relationship.

Apr 30th 2009: Working Out the Kinks - “Smith's repeated use of the terms ‘torture’ and ‘impalement’ to describe BDSM and dildo play demonstrates a total lack of understanding for the respectful, consensual, prenegotiated, intimate, and often-joyful interaction that is BDSM.”

Apr 30th 2009: For the love of porn! - From paid and free porn internet sites, magazines, erotic books, XXX adult stores, phone sex lines, and naughty text messaging services. It's everywhere. So how much is too much porn and does it hinder or help a relationship?

Apr 28th 2009: A huge question for Iowa caucuses in 2012 - “How is it equal justice under law to legalize same-sex marriage - but NOT to legalize marriage which is polygamous, or polyandrous, or sado-masochist, or bestial, or necrophiliac?”

Apr 28th 2009: Beyond the sheets: Do not judge what others like - Perhaps you feel unnerved by individuals who engage in bondage. Often, people have a mental image of bondage involving dark, scary alleys with individuals clad in leather.

Apr 28th 2009: The calendar girl is back - Henry says her pinup clients are diverse, from housewives to burlesque performers, from college girls to the 70-year-old woman who called recently to arrange a session involving feather boas.

Apr 27th 2009: Pakistanis Find Success in Fetish Business - Deep in the nation's commercial capital, in an unmarked house, two Pakistani brothers have discovered a more liberal and lucrative use for the scourge: the $3 billion fetish and bondage industry in the West.

Apr 27th 2009: Fetishism goes pop culture: Sweden's latest social trend - Even in Sweden, a country with traditionally liberal views about sexuality, fetishism has long been considered a taboo subject. But it appears that fetishism is finding a mainstream foothold in Swedish society.

Apr 27th 2009: Craigslist Founder Defends 'Erotic Services' Listings - Craigslist founder Craig Newmark said the site does not currently plan to discontinue its "erotic services" listings, despite renewed pressure from law enforcement authorities.

Apr 27th 2009: State Drops Its Stimulus for S&M Video Production - For three years Kink.com's employees have benefited from the state-funded training program, which provided money to allow its employees to take classes at a nearby organization, the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC).

Apr 26th 2009: The Closet-Busting New Documentary 'Outrage' - Outrage discusses at length the contrast between Crist's ongoing anti-gay positions and oft-heard murmurs about same-sex hookups, including a relationship with Jason Wetherington, a former state employee.

Apr 26th 2009: Actually, opposites don't attract, study finds - Do opposites really attract? A new study finds that when it comes to personality, people seek partners with their same qualities - but claim to want someone who is different.

Apr 26th 2009: Rubberball at Ground Zero this Saturday - Ground Zero is perhaps best known for Bondage A-Go-Go, a weekly Saturday night party that celebrates all things kinky with music, performances, and public whippings. This weekend, they get kink-specific with the 15th Annual Rubberball.

Apr 24th 2009: 'Pornographers Against Free Press' Plan Weekend Protest - SF Weekly's current lead news column has apparently incited a mass protest movement among pornographers opposed to freedom of the press.

Apr 24th 2009: BLISS: Beyond sex education - Wait. So, your high school sex ed class didn't cover topics like bondage, sex toys, bisexuality or transgender identities?

Apr 24th 2009: Us and them - Trained in philosophy and neuroscience, Taylor seeks to describe and define cruelty, to distinguish between callous brutality and sadism, and ground them in the workings of the human brain and evolutionary theory.

Apr 24th 2009: FOXSexpert: Understanding S&M - It seems like an underworld of incomprehensible eroticism. How can pain can be pleasurable? Who could possibly enjoy this act? And just what exactly does S&M entail?

Apr 22nd 2009: Rochester Erotic Arts Festival - The Rochester Erotic Arts Festival offers a dozen or so workshops, including "Rope Bondage 101 for Beginners," "Principles of Sex Magic," and "Zentangles: Erotic Doodling."

Apr 22nd 2009: Be Sexy and Green - Solar powered vibrators reduce electrical and alkaline guilt from your good time and the Twisted Monk Bondage Starter Kit will ensure that you never underestimate the strength of hemp rope again.

Apr 22nd 2009: Hell for Leather - Sydney's leather and fetish community is about to embark on a week-long celebration of its culture. Welcome to Sydney Leather Pride Week.

Apr 21st 2009: Justices to Rule on Law Banning the Depiction of Cruelty to Animals - When President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law, he issued a statement instructing the Justice Department to limit prosecutions to “wanton cruelty to animals designed to appeal to a prurient interest in sex.”

Apr 20th 2009: Cops crack whip in fight vs. vice - To spend a Sunday afternoon with the ladies on the roster of La Siora, a high-end club based in Shinjuku, is to realize that the proper delivery of the craft's techniques involves much more than wanton, grip-it-and-rip-it whipping.

Apr 18th 2009: Tie Me Up And Pin Me Down! - Why do so many summer movie trailers feature boy-on-boy bondage? Like this Terminator Salvation goodness. We've pulled the best homoerotic bondagey moments, from this summer's biggest movie trailers.

Apr 18th 2009: On Sex Addiction - All roads lead to Rome, and almost all sexual or fetishistic search words eventually take the seeker to articles deploring an interest in that fetish as a form of sex addiction.

Apr 18th 2009: Faster Than a Speeding Bullwhip - Thus it came to pass that, in 1954, Nights in Terror appeared on the shelves of some of New York's seamiest booksellers with stories of spanking, humiliation, violence against women and general medium-grade kink.

Apr 14th 2009: Advice Column: extreme sexual encounters - “When we went back to his apartment to heat things up, the whips and chains came out… LITERALLY. What's the best protocol to take when your lover wants to get a little more ‘freaky’ than you do?”

Apr 14th 2009: Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow Porn Star, Dead at 56 - Chambers wasn't the first person to take the route from modeling and acting to hard-core, from commercials to pervertials.

Apr 14th 2009: Frolicon 2009 - Described as a Dragon*Con for people who'd rather get busy with each other than discuss Buffy plotlines, Frolicon had an extensive “kink” programming track featuring hands-on seminars

Apr 13th 2009: Activist imparts ‘positive’ view of sex in new film - One image safe sex doesn’t generally conjure up is a gay S&M hustler - yet that's exactly what the new film “Sex Positive” argues it should do.

Apr 12th 2009: Ordinance would regulate the display of sexual materials - The ordinance would prohibit the display of “harmful materials” where minors can see them. However, such materials could be displayed behind a screen or some other kind of cover.

Apr 12th 2009: Research begets witty, cerebral musings on sex - “When Alfred Kinsey investigated S&M, he learned that people registered only ‘mild tactile sensation.’ Being whipped or flogged just doesn't feel as painful when you're aroused.&rdquo

Apr 10th 2009: In Quincy, burlesque is rebuffed - The Boston Babydolls thought they'd found their new home when they leased an empty dance studio in North Quincy last year. But members of the quirky burlesque dance troupe say they have received a chilly reception from Quincy city officials.

Apr 8th 2009: Tied Together - An upright judge's hands are tied when a colleague tries him for prostituting and maltreating his S&M-happy wife in "Tied Together," a soberly shot but captivating debut by Belgian writer-helmer Erik Lamens.

Apr 6th 2009: The Science of S&M - New Scientist has a short article claiming S&M brings couples closer together. Unfortunately, it doesn’t offer much to back up the headline.

Apr 5th 2009: San Francisco hosts celebration of kink - Tourists at the Holiday Inn on Van Ness Avenue were overtaken Mar. 19-21 by the corseted, studded, bare-assed, booted, crop-toting and pasty-wearing kink congregants of International Ms. Leather and Ms. Bootblack 2009.

Apr 3rd 2009: Iowa high court overturns same-sex marriage ban - The Supreme Court of Iowa held Friday that a statute, Iowa Code § 595.2, banning same-sex marriage violates the state's constitution.

Apr 3rd 2009: Sorry, kinky diners…The Vault was an April fool - It was a review of The Vault, a restaurant where diners are shackled to their chairs in a sort of S&M- meets-Gordon Ramsay experience.

Apr 3rd 2009: Coming out in the kink community - Every second Monday of the month, young people in Winnipeg who are interested in bondage can go to Gio's, one of the city's two gay bars. There, they can learn everything from rope tying to anal fisting.

Apr 2nd 2009: Why Sex Positivity is Bad for Feminism - The Visions in Feminism conference, an annual feminist symposium held at American University, has chosen its 2009 keynote speaker: Annie Sprinkle.

Apr 1st 2009: MacAskill says no to legalising BDSM acts - MSPs yesterday heard an appeal that adults who indulge in consensual bondage, sado-masochism and similar practices should be exonerated from the threat of prosecution.

Mar 31st 2009: Victim Blamed in 'Gay Slay' Due to 'Lifestyle' - In the wake of a newsman's tragic death at the hands of a reportedly heterosexual 16-year old boy, various online media sources have found an opportunity to use the tragedy as a springboard for an array of messages.

Mar 31st 2009: Bondage Sets and Miniskirts on a Tour of Kink's Armory - If you think the old Armory at 14th and Mission - a giant brick fortress fashioned back in the 1910's as a recreated Moorish castle - looks imposing from the outside, check out its insides.

Mar 31st 2009: Spanking can be good for relationships - Sadomasochistic sex may be stressful at first, but it could bring you closer to your partner, new research suggests.

Mar 30th 2009: Primary school sex ed - An Italian primary school teacher is in hot water after a sex education class in which she openly discussed whips, handcuffs and genital piercing.

Mar 28th 2009: Tough Times Require Tough Tactics - Using the tools of the professional dominatrix, Robyn shows women how to succeed in business by employing the tactics of six mistress archetypes: Goddess, Queen, Governess, Amazon, Nurse and Schoolgirl.

Mar 28th 2009: Burn, sex trial begins in Williamson County - Puckett's attorney, Jim Todd, said the couple was into “non-traditional sex” acts and “fear play.” Todd told jurors that Puckett poured alcohol on Meer during one of these sex acts and accidentally set her on fire, burning his own hands in the process.

Mar 26th 2009: Seattle leather woman is IMsL '09 - For the second year in a row, a Seattle leather woman swept the field of contestants at the 2009 edition of International Ms. Leather in San Francisco on Saturday, March 21.

Mar 26th 2009: A Dominating Read - I Was A Teenage Dominatrix tells the story of how author Shawna Kenney put herself through college by inflicting pain, and kicking the asses of lawyers, lobbyists and politicians.

Mar 25th 2009: Spank me if you love me - Thanks to films like Secretary and Nine and A Half Weeks, the stigma associated with sadomasochistic behavior is slowly starting to shift.

Mar 24th 2009: Transgender women are not gay men - A number of misunderstandings about transgenderism have recently been displayed in print and on the television by both the unlearned and the experts alike.

Mar 24th 2009: Advice Column: He wants me to wear PVC - “My new boyfriend has just confessed he has a fetish for rubber and bondage. He asked if I would dress up in a PVC body suit for him.”

Mar 21st 2009: The London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival - Clearly, there's never been a better time to be gay in the movies, and the annual LLGFF proves it with another superb selection.

Mar 21st 2009: Thanks, Dick - “Whenever I tell someone, ‘I have a human dog,’ I kind of… throw up a bit in my mouth,” the words come slowly out of my new handler's mouth. She's sitting on her bed, beer bottle clutched tightly in both hands like a lifeline.

Mar 19th 2009: Fetish Fetale - A tattoo artist from the Chicago 'burbs turns female casual conjecture into promiscuously provocative portraits.

Mar 18th 2009: iPhone OS 3.0 Will Turn Your Phone Into a Revolutionary Sex Toy - The latest features in the new iPhone OS 3.0 make it a better phone, GPS, gaming and computing platforms. But they also have the potential to turn it into the most perfect sex toy yet.

Mar 18th 2009: Advice Column: It's Only Rape If... - “It was on the phone that she told me about her rape fantasy: She has always fantasized about being kidnapped by a stranger from a public place like the grocery store, held in a dark room over the weekend, and forced to do whatever her captor wants.”

Mar 18th 2009: Advice Column: Becoming a Fetish Model - “I'm a 20-year-old female and a junior in college. For the past few years, I've been working on becoming a journalist. But I've found myself less and less interested (and passionate) about it as time goes on. And I think I'd rather be a fetish model.”

Mar 17th 2009: 'S-E-X-OH!' tramples taboos - There's any number of empowering, confrontationally honest shows about sex and sexuality out in the theatrosphere. But Teatro Luna's S-E-X-OH! goes where even the likes The Vagina Monologues fear to tread.

Mar 16th 2009: The Porn Identity - Stacey May Fowles and Hal Niedzviecki correspond via email about the broader implications of ordinary women revealing themselves and their lives on the internet…

Mar 16th 2009: 22 artists for the 21st century - Goth imagery exploits the darker side of sexuality found in BDSM culture (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism). It involves sexual role-playing, fetishism, sadomasochism and power exchange.

Mar 16th 2009: S&M For Beginners - It's common to assume that sadism-and-masochism enthusiasts are at best unusual or shocking and at worst downright depraved. But are they really?

Mar 16th 2009: New to the dominatrix scene at 62 - Why is it that women who explore their sexuality well into old age are considered empowering feminine figures, while men who do the same thing are just dismissed as creepy perverts?

Mar 13th 2009: Teacher's Porn Role Exposed After Turning Down Sequel Appearance - A kindergarten teacher was recently exposed as having starred in a BDSM film, by the very company that shot it.

Mar 13th 2009: Linden Lab Cracks Down On Second Life Porn - Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, announced today a range of new measures meant to finally confine Second Life's sprawling adult community to a virtual "red light district."

Mar 13th 2009: The Leather Foundation: a new generation of service - New to the San Diego Leather Pride this year is the establishment of the first nonprofit benefiting the local leather community.

Mar 13th 2009: Sir Raul sits down with sigma - On Oct. 12, 2008, Raul Mendez II was awarded the title of International Leather SIR. Gay & Lesbian Times In the Pit columnist sigma had the good fortune to meet and spend some time with Sir Raul.

Mar 13th 2009: New Author Breaking Out with New BDSM Erotica Series - African-American author Shakir Rashaan breaks into the literary world with his debut novel which encompasses the eroticism of BDSM and publishing it on Lulu.com.

Mar 12th 2009: On Dreams and Dominance - Sometimes we are not as unique as we think. You probably don't realize that many women and men have similar fantasies or dreams of subservience, bondage, and dominance.

Mar 12th 2009: Flogged for a cause: An adult festival with heart - The Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is an annual BDSM and leather subculture event held every September and tops off San Francisco's "Leather Pride Week".

Mar 12th 2009: S&M Nesting Dolls - One of three ads by Ryan Thomas and Francesco Turchiaro for North Bound Leather, featuring s&m nesting dolls.

Mar 12th 2009: iPhone's Zen Bound offers beautiful UI, great puzzles - You basically wrap rope around 3D figures by twisting the object on the screen. When you've covered enough surface area with that rope, you gain points and may proceed to the next level. Zen Bound is based on Zen Bondage, which was developed as a demo a few years ago.

Mar 12th 2009: Advice Column - Please Be Gentle When You Beat Me Up - “I have reached a fork in my sexual life. I am 24, SWM, and I work an office job. In my late teens I got bored with sex, I thought at the time this meant that I was gay.”

Mar 12th 2009: S&M and domestic violence aren't the same - “A recent column about S&M was so far off the mark that I think I'm going to have seek articles and fun to read things elsewhere.”

Mar 12th 2009: Advice Column - Is this normal? - “I have discovered a fascination with some aspects of BDSM (bondage, dominance and submission), and eventually would like a chance to play out some of my fantasies. Is this normal?”

Mar 12th 2009: Redefining Crazy: Researchers Revise the DSM - If you wanted to make a list of important books you should read, what would you choose? Anna Karenina, maybe? The Bible? How about the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders?

Mar 12th 2009: Spank 'n' Scribble - Shawna Kenney would rather whip a senator with his pants down then read her writing out loud to a room full of people.

Mar 11th 2009: Max Mosley: My 45 years in S&M - It was not unlike a peep show. Max Mosley came before MPs to talk about privacy law but then, at odd intervals, he would reveal some titbit about himself and sado-masochism.

Mar 10th 2009: Erotic Bondage Handbook- Jay Wiseman - From the author of our bestselling “SM 101” comes this compendium of sensible sensational advice about how to tie up your sweetie or get tied up yourself.

Mar 10th 2009: Man guilty of abusing wife for years - Olea, a tattoo artist, testified that his wife's injuries were the result of the couple's consensual sex life.

Mar 10th 2009: The Mistress Is In: Kink 101 - Ever wonder what goes through the minds of those leather-clad, cruel beauties known as dominatrices? Well, welcome to my world…

Mar 10th 2009: Flashback: Norman Saunders S&M Bazooka Porn And Battle Cards - They were printed by A&BC, an English company that usually produced bubble-gum cards with footballers and cricketers, but which had struck a deal with the American company Topps.

Mar 10th 2009: International 'exposé' makes big splash in Copenhagen - Scores of charged hormones flooded Valby Hallen in Copenhagen this past weekend to take advantage of the 12th annual Erotic World trade show.

Mar 10th 2009: Madame de Sade: Hara-kiri, sex and six women - With their shared interests in sex, pain, and the beauty of death, the post-war Japanese imperialist and the so-called "father" of the French Revolution make ideal bedfellows.