BURBANK, Calif. – Winners of the 2013 StorErotica Awards were honored during a gala event July 14 during the semi-annual Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo. Before a capacity crowd, 11 adult novelty sector companies and individuals received awards signifying excellence in the adult...

By Peter Berton ENCINO, Calif. – When it comes to alarmingly lifelike, life-sized sex dolls, RealDolls fill the bill. The female and male mannequins are so realistic they’re downright unnerving — and unlike Barbie, they are anatomically correct.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – In its never-ending quest to provide women, men and couples with sex-positive information and education, Bay Area-based Good Vibrations has rebranded and re-launched its community outreach program. For more than 36 years, the program now known as Good...

By Peter Berton LAS VEGAS – Gamblers can bet on all kinds of things in Vegas. The latest action? Sex toy races.

By Jay E. Moyes NEW YORK – Recently, the Big Apple gleamed with the New York Rubber Ball and the Miss Rubber World 2013 competition. After the event, we were granted an audience with The Baroness, one of New York’s preeminent designers of elegant, provocative latex...

By Peter Berton AUSTIN, Texas – It’s difficult to imagine a man who hasn’t at least heard about the Fleshlight male masturbator, unless he’s living in a cave. The realistic vaginal, anal or oral openings — many molded from adult stars like Nina Hartley, Jesse Jane, Tera Patrick,...

By Erika Icon YNOT – When former police officer and motorcycle enthusiast Dave Hagan Jr. founded his company less than a year ago, the only thing he knew for sure was that he wanted to incorporate his love for big bikes somehow.

YNOT – Weeks of rumor and speculation ended Wednesday with Nick Orlandino’s confirmation that his Giant Media Group has acquired adult studio Devil’s Film. Orlandino is the chief executive officer of Chatsworth, Calif.-based Pipedream Products Inc., one of the largest...

YNOT – Floggers, clamps, strap-ons and other accoutrements of BDSM play are becoming sparklier, brighter and otherwise “softer” as more style-conscious women embrace the alternative lifestyle, according to a California adult novelties distributor....

YNOT – The dating scene in Brazil must be tough. As promotion for the first international convention of inflatable dolls, which took place March 9-13 in São Paulo, sex shop Sexônico mounted an online auction of Brazil’s first lifelike sex doll. The winning bid at midnight March...