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On Capitol Hill, survivors push for change as Congress confronts its own misconduct Advocates with RAINN urged lawmakers to fund critical support services and address the rapid rise of tech-enabled sexual abuse.

Policy experts and survivor advocates with RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence advocacy organization, came to lobby against online sexual abuse and found lawmakers wrestling with abuse within their own ranks.

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Black Maternal Health is Still in Crisis During Black Maternal Health Week 2026, Rewire News Group is highlighting our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are tak...

The ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week began on April 11. @tmavuram.bsky.social rounded up our reporting on the hurdles Black people face in getting adequate care during pregnancy and birth—and how communities are taking their health into their own hands:

Abortion key safes in Malta For immediate release: April 15, 2026: <br />To call attention to the violation of women’s rights in Malta, Women on Waves has placed several abortion key safes across Malta and Gozo. The safes contai...

Across Malta and Gozo where abortion is illegal, Women on Waves has placed several abortion key safes to call attention to the violation of women’s rights in Malta. The safes contain abortion pills. Women can email WoW to get the location and code.

Stop Saying Gen Z Women Want to Be Tradwives A sketchy source declares that young women are looking for male breadwinners. But the evidence is thin.

"86% of respondents wanted to have a job, hardly indicating an antifeminist rebellion. But that’s not how an EduBirdie blog post accompanying the results put it. Instead, becoming a typical working mom is described as “the ‘tradwife’ path.”" wsjfreeexpression.substack.com/p/stop-sayin...

Trump admin ordered to permanently restore Stonewall pride flag The LGBTQ+ pride flag will be permanently returned to Stonewall after the Trump administration settled a recent lawsuit with several nonprofits.

A win! Pride flag returning to Stonewall National Monument.

Can You Share Sex Toys? Used vibrators, butt plugs, and dildos can spread infection. And some partners may find it sketchy to be offered a pre-loved toy. But there are safe and sexy ways to open the collective treasure chest...

Is soap and water enough to clean sex toys? Sometimes, @cuteflesh.bsky.social writes, and sometimes you need a boil. Let that fire burn and cauldron bubble:

I Live in Colorado. Conversion Therapy Destroyed My Life A Supreme Court decision could overturn my state’s conversion therapy ban. That would be tragic for many LGBTQ+ kids.

“So when I learned that the Supreme Court ruled that this kind of messaging [could] be protected, that adults [may] be free to tell children that queerness is sickness, dangerous, shameful, or sinful...I hear the beginning of a tragedy for kids like me.”

Do Both 26: An Expletive-Filled Rant About Daylight Saving Time YouTube video by Burlesqueadelphia !

Enjoy an expletive-filled rant about why we need to stop changing the clocks twice a year for no fucking reason youtu.be/Ph6nE6anLCA

10 Ways to Have Great Sex While Camping Air mattresses are your enemy, not your friend.

It's the Brokeback Mountain thumbnail for me.

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Colorado bill to decriminalize sex work becomes law in 2026? View real-time odds for "Colorado bill to decriminalize sex work becomes law in 2026?" as of April 7, 2026 and trade on The World's Largest Prediction Market...

This tracks the odds that Colorado will decriminalize SW by passing an upcoming bill

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I Was Fired from My Sex Ed Job for Reposting a Trans Woman According to the school, I was fired because I violated the administration’s values about LGBT inclusion—by reposting Brianna Wu, a trans woman, on X, writes Logan Levkoff.

"According to the school, I had violated the administration’s values about LGBT inclusion—by reposting Brianna Wu, a trans woman, on X." www.thefp.com/p/i-was-fire...

A Group of Trans Women Confronted Clavicular Live on Stream: “We’re the OG” Looksmaxxers The interaction happened during Clavicular's 30-day livestream.

“Why am I mogging you right now?” one woman says as she approaches Clavicular. “I’m dragqueenmaxxing right now, no shade.” www.them.us/story/a-grou...

"Additionally, prominent financial institutions provided the hidden mechanisms that sustained the function of Epstein’s network. Multiple banks provided the accounts and infrastructure that allowed Epstein to move and conceal funds with minimal oversight." cseinstitute.org/the-epstein-...

Sex life: As a sex worker, I see the man behind the façade I see the dark sides of men who appear differently to women they consider “dateable”

"men often aren’t trying to impress us in the way they are with civilian women; we see their insecurities and fetishes and compulsions and vices. They feel free to expose themselves, partly because we are not respectable and not of marriageable quality. " www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/lives/...

Colombia’s Highest Ranking Catholic Official Washed the Feet of Trans Sex Workers This was the second year Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio has observed Holy Week by tending to trans sex workers.

"Aparicio accompanied his ritual with an address calling for greater acceptance and empathy." www.them.us/story/colomb...

Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that pos...

Imagine that you're pregnant and decide you want an abortion. You walk into a pharmacy, and pick up a medication abortion kit from the shelf. You buy it, and end your early pregnancy at home. "It's time that the general public understands that this could be a reality," says Dr. Daniel Grossman.

Finally, the clitoris is getting the attention it deserves Almost 30 years after scientists mapped the nerves in the penis, they’ve done the same for the clitoris. At least men have stopped denying it exists

"Ju Young Lee, one of the researchers behind the scan, has said she’s amazed it has taken so long for a project like this to materialise. But the clitoris has long been understudied and misunderstood. " www.theguardian.com/society/comm...

The penis has been saved Historic Carleton College sidewalk design gets a second life in Bridge Square

"The cement penis outline, a part of the very ground the viewer walks on, urges a recognition of the cultural ubiquity of patriarchal structures and subsequent confrontation with them." northfieldorg.substack.com/p/the-penis-...

Researchers Found the Male G Spot—And It's Not The One You're Thinking Of A long-overlooked patch of tissue may be the penis’s sensory epicenter.

"This region is known as the frenular delta. Its function as a male sexual pleasure point was determined after researchers examined fetal and adult penile tissue under the microscope." www.zmescience.com/medicine/ana...

Crowds march with giant phalluses at Japan’s fertility festival Giant phallus-shaped portable shrines and penis-themed candies took over the streets near Tokyo on Sunday as crowds flocked to Japan’s “Kanamara” fertility festival, a vibrant and unabashed celebratio...

"The festival as legend has it honours a local blacksmith in the Edo Period (1603-1868) who forged an iron dildo to break the teeth of a sharp-toothed demon inhabiting a woman's vagina that had been castrating young men on their wedding nights." www.france24.com/en/asia-paci...

Ancient Roman bone penis discovered in forgotten museum box Phallic sculptures often guarded against the 'Evil Eye.'

"Romans typically weren’t too scandalized by nudity in artwork, including depictions of male genitalia. What’s more, they often saw penises as symbolically protective." www.popsci.com/science/bone...

Grandmother Faces Trial in Alabama for Wearing Penis Costume to No Kings Protest The 62-year-old was arrested for wearing a penis costume to an Alabama No Kings protest — then prosecutors doubled down.

"The alleged crime? Unclear." theintercept.com/2026/04/03/p...

London Doctors Are Accused of Removing a Transgender Man's Vagina Without His Consent Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

"The patient, who had begun transitioning in 2013, reportedly consented to a hysterectomy and a metoidioplasty, but did not want his vagina removed. ...Capece is accused of later altering the patient’s consent form to make it look like he wanted the procedure." www.jezebel.com/london-docto...

‘Vaginal estrogen as a face filler? I think not’: Experts critique the new skincare trend Doctors warn viral off-label use lacks evidence, with unknown long-term risks and possible systemic absorption

“What we need are larger, long-term studies evaluating safety, dosing and cancer risk before any widespread recommendation could be made,” www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...

Vaginal injection of platelet-rich plasma improves sexual function | Contemporary OB/GYN A randomized controlled trial among sexually active premenopausal women found that anterior wall PRP injections vs control led to greater improvement in sexual function.

"A pilot single-center, single-blind, randomized controlled trial published in Obstetrics & Gynecology found that platelet-rich plasma injections into the anterior vaginal wall resulted in greater improvements in sexual function compared with placebo." www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/vaginal...

US sexual health report card: High pleasure, low testing, stark gender disparities A new sexual health survey reveals a mix of progress and persistent gaps. Overall, many Americans report positive experiences—interest in having sex, sexual pleasure, and good communication with partn...

"Overall, Americans report positive experiences—interest in having sex, sexual pleasure, & good communication with partners—yet women & gender-diverse individuals still face higher rates of sexual violence, lower sexual pleasure, and discomfort discussing health." medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04...

'Complex, dangerous, sexual beings': The centuries-old origins of current fairy fiction The fairies in erotic "fae" romantasy are not cute or benevolent. They are dangerous, shape-shifting beings, exactly what they were in historic folklore, according to a new book.

"From the ancient Nordic forest fairies and the 15th-Century Mélusine legend to Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, faerie folklore is full of deception and seduction." www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

This Saturday at Get You a Babe Who Can Do Both- the show that combines slide decks and striptease- I'll be ranting about Daylight Saving Time. We know the time shift is bad for mental & physical health SO WHY DO WE KEEP DOING IT? Learn more - and enjoy saucy burlesque! doboth.eventbrite.com