LOS ANGELES – CatalystCon, a conference created to inspire exceptional conversations about sexuality, will host its first Pleasure Products Symposium Sept. 15. The event is free and open to retailers, manufacturers, sex educators and therapists. Schedule to take place from 9:30...

By Francis Phelan Special to YNOT NEW YORK – It may seem strange for a homeless guy to say, but one of the things I miss most about having a place to live is the simple pleasure of being connected to the world of real-time information. Sure, I occasionally read the newspaper...

Jillian Janson came of age with a passion for exhibiting her budding sexuality, love of nudity and need for self-expression. She discovered the pleasures of porn early when she began webcam modeling at 18 while still in high school. Within days of posing nude online for the first...

LOS ANGELES – Pleasure products manufacturer Screaming O and Woodhull Sexual Freedom Foundation have partnered to support HIPS with a donation of 80,000 condoms. HIPS is a charitable organization providing harm reduction, advocacy, education and outreach to sex workers and drug...

By Jack Titanium-Nickelloy Special to YNOT LOS ANGELES – It seems like every time you turn around these days, there’s another story about a deeply biased judge sticking it to an innocent party in their courtroom. Whether it’s some Mexican unsealing documents that paint a...

LOS ANGELES – Mid-June has been a busy time for both sides of the contentious “condoms in porn” issue in California. Nearly simultaneously, the Adult Performer Advocacy Committee finally came out with an official statement about the matter and the California Division of...

MIAMI – After spending most of her adult life fighting for “truth, justice and the American way” in a literal sense, Natalia Maldonado, known in her hometown of New York City as “the Wellness Warrior,” has turned her superpowers to fighting for “love, orgasms and freedom.”...

NASHUA, N.H. – Documentarian Kevin Singes says when he starts a project, it quickly blossoms into a full-blown obsession, overtaking everything else in his life until his work is done. The trait has made him a thorough, comprehensive filmmaker who digs deep into his subjects and...

STRATHAM, N.H. – After debuting to much applause at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, the Bluetooth Kegel exerciser Lovelife krush has hit the market at last. Designed and manufactured by OhMiBod, krush is a Bluetooth Kegel exerciser that uses haptic and visual feedback...

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – A new gay pay site hopes to appeal to men with a military fetish by featuring “American sailors, soldiers and marines stripping out of their uniforms and experiencing new kinds of pleasure.” According to director Major Wood, the website’s name,...