WASHINGTON, D.C. – International classified advertising site Backpage, whose owners are facing criminal charges in at least two states, shuttered its adult-services ads sections on Monday after a scathing congressional report accused the company of knowingly accepting advertising...

KEYPORT, N.J. – Payze.com has tapped Jeff Neis as global sales manager. In his new position, Neis will help manage “rapid growth, expanding partnerships and sales initiatives moving forward,” a Payze spokesman said. Over the past five years, Payze has developed unique...

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Williams Trading Co. is supporting the U.S. launch of Satisfyer products with special retail collateral materials. Components include a retail tester model and a display program. A free personal tester may be available to those who complete the Satifyer product...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Let’s say you woke up one morning and found your Twitter feed lit up with outrage over the airing of gay porn on a popular television show. What sort of sex acts would you assume the offending program had aired? Playing the odds, would you assume it was...

CYPRUS – A new adult entertainment portal its developers say offers “the best live shows and a totally re-imagined voyeur experience” has debuted on a URL no one should have trouble remembering: Sex.sex. Designed by John and Kira in cooperation with Barron Innovations Ltd. (which...

TORONTO – Winter nights can be bitterly cold in Canada. What better way to warm up than with a little bedroom heat? The folks at sex toy e-tailer NaughtyNorth stand ready to help with that mission. The company’s new Naughty Box subscription service was designed especially for...

WASHINGTON – There’s an old quote you might have heard about how “nobody has ever gone broke by underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” Of course, H. L. Mencken never actually wrote those words, but a great many people believe he did, because this is what...

NEW YORK – Four percent of U.S. internet users — roughly 10.4 million Americans — have been a victim of “revenge porn” through threats or actual posting of sensitive images. Members of the LGBTQ community are targeted proportionately more often than any other group, with 15...

OTTOWA, Canada/AMSTERDAM – Pleasure product manufacturer We-Vibe and teledildonics developer Kiiroo have partnered to create a new product that senses touch and allows couples a new level of shared pleasure even when they are separated by distance. When connected to the Kiiroo...

TORONTO – The mainstream media, especially on the right-wing end of the scale, frequently mention drugs as a significant companion to — and sometimes facilitator of — LGBTI sex, as though members of marginalized communities only pursue intimate encounters when they’re high,...