COLUMBUS, OH — There wasn’t a single voice of protest raised during last week’s Ohio legislative panel meeting as it passed the first-ever state-wide “civil registry” for sex offenders. While it’s common for states to have public records that...

SEATTLE, WA — Entrepreneur and software industry giant Bill Gates recently spoke in favor of sex worker rights during his keynote speech during the opening of the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada. Now Corbis, his photo rights company, has become the...

FLORENCE, NJ — Visitors to the Florence Adult Books store will find it shuttered and locked, visibly closed for business. John Bordone, its 62-year-old owner, and John A. O’Brien, its 61-year-old manager, are likewise out of commission for the moment, both arrested by...

JACKSON COUNTY, IN – The Lion’s Den adult shop, housed in an unimposing beige structure just off Interstate 65 in southern Indiana, has faced staunch opposition from local forces on two fronts, opposition that began before the shop had even opened its doors.Pressure from the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA – Ward 3 Councilor Marilyn Richards says she’d just as soon not have an adult store on Northampton’s King Street at all, but she apparently has come to terms with the city’s inability to legally prevent Capital Video from opening its doors there.After all,...

24-K, Spain’s only fully bi-lingual English and Spanish trend and lifestyle magazine distributed nationally, is proud to announce the release of their 5th issue featuring the queen of pop, the material girl in all her splendor, Madonna.Madonna is the mother of redefinition,...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Being a playboy has always been more than buying a magazine and ogling the pretty girls. A playboy lives a life devoted to pleasure and comfort, free of entanglements, responsibility, or attachment. Naturally, any man willing to make the sacrifices necessary...

REDMOND, WA – According to statements published on the Windows Team Vista blog, Microsoft has completed the first “release candidate,” or test version, of its new Windows Vista operating system and it will be made available to beta testers next week.In a letter posted to the Team...

CHINA — The ancient and venerable nation of China has an equally historic tradition of appreciating and indulging in the pleasures of the senses. Modern history has been hard on Chinese sensualists, however, and although things have come a long way since the brutal...

WASHINGTON, DC – In its ongoing efforts to “cleanse” American society, nobody can accuse the Religious Right of lying down on the job.In separate actions yesterday, the Parents Television Council (PTC) and Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on the federal government...