Or so says the president-elect of the American College of Surgeons, a professor-emeritus at the University of Michigan. So the guy isn't a crack pot ( Read more... )

This isn't specifically gay related, although there is some toward the end. Still, I thought it was funny and worth sharing.

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And rates of virginity are up, apparently. The study was performed by the CDC, and had 13,500 participants.

"...among adults aged 25 to 44, about 98 percent of females and 97 percent of males have had vaginal intercourse; 89 percent of females and 90 percent of men have had oral sex with an opposite-sex partner; and 36 percent of females and 44 ( Read more... )

Some of the primary findings aren't surprising, but the Journal of Sexual Medicine has released what they're dubbing "largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans' sexual behavior since 1994."The study found that 7% of adult women and 8% of adult men identify as homosexual. Interestingly, 15% of men 50-59 report receiving oral sex from ( Read more... )

It isn't just Texas that wants to criminalize bedroom activity between consenting adults.

This part of their platform is short:

"We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed by legislation to keep homosexual acts illegal."

WTF? I wasn't aware that Montana had recently held a referendum on sodomy.

A military research unit in Afghanistan has released a study they've performed on homosexuality amongst Pashtuns. Apparently it's rampant, although many of those actively engaged in sex with other men deny that they're homosexuality. They discuss potential reasons for this ( Read more... )

The French cultural minister - and nephew of a former President - is in hot water over a book he wrote a few years ago in which he detailed how he enjoyed paying for sex with "young boys" in Thailand. Thailand is a popular destination for "sex tourism" (that is, pedophiles who travel the world to get off). He says he did nothing wrong, and has ( Read more... )

I suppose it shouldn't come as a surprise, but the recent ruling from an Indian court (that deemed India's archaic anti-sodomy law illegal) is being appealed to the Indian Supreme CourtThe suit was filed by a Hindu astrologist. Which just goes to show you that religious nuttiness transcends culture, and isn't just an issue in countries with a ( Read more... )

Portland, Oregon recently elected Sam Adams, who is openly gay. This was seen as a big deal, since it's the biggest U.S. city ever to elect an openly gay person as mayor.

Now, shortly into his term, Adams is embroiled in scandal because reports have surfaced that he had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy. The boy was a legislative intern, ( Read more... )

A new federal study of 934 high school-age students has found that those who take pledges of abstinence tend to not use condoms or birth control when having sex:

"Teens who took the pledge began having sex at the same age as non-pledgers, Rosenbaum said, although they had 0.1 fewer sex partners during the past year then their non-pledger ( Read more... )