LOS ANGELES, CA — A long-simmering battle between the adult entertainment industry and officials from the Los Angeles County Department of Health and Cal-OSHA over control of health and safety practices in adult productions threatens to escalate into open warfare after the...

NEW YORK, NY — Sonny and Cher’s little girl soon will become their little boy. Chastity Bono, the 1970s singing sensation’s only child, is transitioning from female to male, her publicist announced Thursday.The process began shortly after Bono’s 40th birthday in March....

CYBERSPACE — Regardless of real or imagined perceptions to the contrary, Macs are not impervious to malware attacks and Mac users are not impervious to the allure of internet pornography. Alas, when in combination, pleasure turns rapidly into pain. According to the security...

BOULDER, CO — What could be better on a sunny day than to work amongst the green and growing things while wearing as little clothing as possible? That’s certainly the philosophy of two clothing very optional gardeners whose neighbors say they’ve pretty much seen it all –...

LOS ANGELES, CA — For the first time since 2004, Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation has confirmed a case of HIV infection in a female adult-industry performer.Although AIM founder Sharon Mitchell said she could not reveal details about the case due to provisions...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — In spite of turn of the 20th century film featuring real people getting really naked, most folks don’t think of amateur porn having a “vintage” period – yet that’s precisely what Homegrown Video and HotMovies.com are combing to showcase for the internet...

AUSTIN, TX — Never let it be said that the state of Texas has let a little thing like the Constitution stand in its way of squeezing guilt-money out of the adult entertainment industry. After being assured that the state’s attempts to install a so-called strip club “pole...

DENPASAR, BALI — The island of Bali will not enforce the anti-pornography law passed last year by the government of officially secular but predominantly Muslim Indonesia. According to officials, the law — which bans nudity and sexually explicit imagery — would require...

HO CHI MINH CITY — Modern day Vietnam is not exactly ground zero for sex positivity of any sort. Even something as simple as a condom is likely to be bought hurriedly on the cheap from a drug store, supermarket or roadside kiosk. But times – and tastes in condoms – are...

VANCOUVER, BC — An anonymous gift of $1.7 million earmarked for research into human sexuality and relationships will allow the University of British Columbia to establish Canada’s largest center for such scientific endeavor.The gift was tendered in memory of lesbian...