BDSM in the News

Jul 15th 2010: Trans, pansexual pleasures - And as with all businesses, it's smart to focus on a niche - and for some reason Buck Angel is still the only female-to-male transsexual pornstar of any significance.

Jul 15th 2010: Jurors sequestered in Mineola child sex ring case - In court, the defense in the Dennis Pittman trial continued to make its case calling to the stand an operator and customers of the Mineola swingers club.

Jul 14th 2010: The Chicago Hellfire Club: A closer look - The Chicago Hellfire Club is one of the most mysterious organizations within the LGBT community, but, as the private gay men's club prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary starting this November, club president Roger Scheid sat down for an exclusive interview.

Jul 14th 2010: Teenage Son Prefers Stilettos to Sneakers - "I found out about a dark, secret obsession of my teenage son. While cleaning his bedroom, I looked into his closet and was astonished by what I discovered."

Jul 14th 2010: Obscenity vs. Freedom of Expression - "When did women exchanging bodily fluids and a little light bondage become the most obscene thing in the land?" asks Constance Penley, a University of California at Santa Barbara professor well-known for her classes on pornography.

Jul 13th 2010: 'Human Ponies' Create Wild Fetish Community - Like real horses, Wilcox grooms, commands, and feeds her human ponies who communicate silently with her using special cues and signals such as stomping.

Jul 9th 2010: Is There Such a Thing as Gateway Sex? - "My girlfriend wants to go to a fetish party. She's interested in exploring BDSM and I'm not against it but was raised with religion and I'm not sure how far I would go. If I start, is it hard to stop, and what if I don't like where it leads?"

Jul 8th 2010: What is abnormal sexual behaviour? - Seriously, this Indian publication says "Abnormal sexual behaviour may not only be socially inappropriate, but also offensive or injurious to the self and to others"

Jul 5th 2010: Bondage-Style Lingerie That Won't Tie You Down - It's no easy feat to find high-class, dominatrix-vibe lingerie for mid-range prices. You can either buy some plastic getup from the porn store, or drop half your rent on something ultra-luxe.

Jul 2nd 2010: Julie Simone All Tied Up at July 3 Bondage Ball - One of the standout performances of the evening will feature Mistress Julie Simone and RubberNecro. Simone will be staging a latex fetish and rope bondage suspension in celebration of RubberNecro's 21st birthday.

Jul 2nd 2010: Extreme porn now illegal north of the border - This week, the Scottish Parliament finally fell into line with its English counterpart south of the border, passing laws making it a criminal offence to possess images that were extreme and pornographic in nature.

Jul 1st 2010: City's first fetish party a walk on the wild side - The event held on June 19 was a historic one for Moncton, marking the city's first-ever public fetish party. The turnout was impressive, unearthing more attendees than some downtown bars usually draw on Saturday nights.

Jun 30th 2010: Miss Kitty, Bondage Ball and Erotic City - Hotter than a BBQ in hell and more colorful than a box full of illegal fireworks, we spotlight a trio of sexy, edgy Fourth of July weekend bacchanals.

Jun 29th 2010: Facebook censors naked ass - Elaine Miller says she can't understand how the image of a woman's panty-clad ass can be considered offensive, but Facebook pulled the photo and sent her a warning.

Jun 24th 2010: Woman flashes breasts to silence noisy boy - A Canadian woman driven mad by her neighbour's noisy five-year-old grandson says she has resorted to flashing her breasts to keep him quiet.

Jun 24th 2010: Dominated to death in a 'dungeon' - A British motor racing chief died after a sadomasochistic sex session with a woman claiming to be 'Europe's most perverted dominatrix', police have said.

Jun 23rd 2010: Violence, depression, suicide stalk gay youth - The video is a joint project of the Suicide Prevention Partnership of the Pikes Peak Region and Inside/Out Youth Services, an organization to empower and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and other sexual minority youth.

Jun 22nd 2010: Another Year of Folsom Street East in New York - Another Year of Perversion on Parade - Participants in Folsom Street East did not lack for ways to express themselves, remaining just shy of the full-nudity mark, wearing sadomasochistic paraphernalia or by the messages on their t-shirts.

Jun 22nd 2010: PHS Releases High-Style, Heavy-Duty Stainless Steel Weights - Sex toy brand-maker PHS International has debuted its latest set of lead-free stainless steel ball weights in heavier varieties, each featuring a designer finish for BDSM enthusiasts of all levels with an eye for high style.

Jun 22nd 2010: Raunch culture's toxic effect on children - The ethics and politics of raunch culture routinely spark ferocious debate: pornography, lap-dancing, prostitution - red-rag subjects, every one.

Jun 21st 2010: Say `Happy Birthday' With Shocking Greeting Cards - Photographer Natasha Gornick is giving those special moments in life a hard dose of shock value with her line of greeting cards, Nasty By Design.

Jun 21st 2010: Bondage sex murderer Steven Roy Turner fails in appeal bid - A man who claimed a woman died while he was having bondage sex with her has failed in a bid to have his murder conviction overturned on appeal.

Jun 21st 2010: SouthEast LeatherFest spanks Decatur [photos] - You might not consider downtown Decatur as the Southeast's epicenter of leather and BDSM culture. But for a few days earlier this month, it was exactly that.

Jun 21st 2010: S.F. Bondage-Porn Actress to Join Relief Effort in Haiti - ...Kink.com model Maggie Mayhem, is headed to Haiti to join recovery workers in Leogane, who are working to restore the country in the aftermath of its devastating January earthquake.

Jun 18th 2010: S&M Ad for Stones Album Provoked Women to Protest - Bound with ropes, bruises clearly visible, a giant, scantily clad woman sprawled on the billboard high above Sunset Boulevard.

Jun 16th 2010: S&M Spanking Scandal Drives Hottie Banker to Hire New Lawyer - Hottie banker Debrahlee Lorenzana has switched lawyers because "sex positive women's rights lawyer" Jack Tuckner recently faced sexual harassment allegations of his own, over a sadomasochistic spanking scandal involving his secretary.

Jun 15th 2010: Sex fetish rape case dismissed, for now ... - "They've been friends for seven years," he told the judge. "She's conducted similar behavior in the past voluntarily. Since then, there have been about 12 consensual encounters between them."

Jun 15th 2010: Why We're Addicted to Negative Behaviors - You know what else doesn't make sense? BDSM dungeons, where people pay good money to get abused by some latex-clad lady.

Jun 15th 2010: Try satin ribbons, rope for extreme pleasure - Many couples, bored by the flagging sex lives, indulge in role play and sexual bondage. It's known to perk things up between the sheets!

Jun 14th 2010: The Fetish Show Podcast is Looking for Events, Guests and Questions - "The Fetish Show" podcast is looking for information and interaction from people in the worlds of alternative photography, fetish modeling, burlesque performance, erotic art shows and the BDSM community.

Jun 14th 2010: Stockroom Fetish Gear Takes Center Stage on 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno selected nearly 30 BDSM products from The Stockroom, Inc. to set-dress a skit on Wednesday, June 9, starring ex-supermodel and reality TV star Janice Dickinson and comedian Mikey Day.

Jun 12th 2010: Are you nuts? - "I have the unfortunate enjoyment of a very painful fetish. I enjoy being kicked/kneed/otherwise struck in the groin by women whom I find attractive."

Jun 11th 2010: Sex advice: My husband wants to play mistress and servant - "I found some porn that my husband had downloaded on our computer (I subsequently discovered that he had wanted me to find it) with a lot of images of dominant women and submissive men."

Jun 11th 2010: Kink of the week: Bondage - Many people are turned on by both the idea, and the sensation of physically restrained before or during sex. So if you have fantasies of being dominated, why don't you introduce a few of these elements in your bedroom.

Jun 9th 2010: Women's body fears 'overshadow sex' - We may have gone through the sexual revolution but for most women, inhibitions still overshadow sex, a study has revealed.

Jun 9th 2010: Sex Dungeon Found in Florida Neighborhood - All bedrooms only had a blow up mattress or small bed on the floor. The garage was converted into a sexual torture chamber - equipped with a leather bed, hand cuffs, whips and chains.

Jun 9th 2010: Get naked - "Your recent reply to the guy asking about the New York fetish scene seemed so weak I felt compelled to write. That place you recommended sounds like a tourist attraction."

Jun 7th 2010: SouthEast LeatherFest ties up its 15th year - The venue is booked, the Thursday-through-Sunday schedule is set, and the attendees are counting down the hours to the 15th annual SouthEast LeatherFest (SELF), the largest event for "alternative sexualities" in the region.

Jun 6th 2010: Madam Lash makes for fantastic reading - Madam Lash is a character so much larger than life that sometimes people don't realise she is (or was) real.

Jun 4th 2010: The Porn Post, Revisited - More men than women were found to have ever used pornography (97.8% for men; 79.5% for women), and men spent significantly more time per week on pornography consumption (80.8 minutes for men; 21.9 minutes for women).

Jun 3rd 2010: Trans man wins IML 2010 - McCormick is the first transgender man to win the IML title, as well as the first to win in a wheelchair.

Jun 3rd 2010: Man Raped Woman After Bondage Session - A Rotorua man has been convicted of raping a woman with whom he regularly took part in bondage session.

May 26th 2010: Ten Dangerous Queer Books - The most dangerous threat to patriarchy and globalized capitalism is the queer intellectual. These are the queers that the Christian Right is warning America about.

May 26th 2010: Adult website encounter goes awry - Over her objections, Durrer said, the victim told authorities that Senter hit her with a cane, bit her and pulled her hair. Durrer said Senter also repeatedly ignored a "safe word" - a word or phrase used within the scene to immediately stop the role-playing.

May 26th 2010: From hot trannies to BDSM nannies - Popular sex columnist Dan Savage gives advice on finding an MTF for a FWB, and how to properly cage your man while you're away.

May 25th 2010: Get your freak on - Implied trust is a vital undercurrent in the erotically themed workshops and fetish play of the first Fetish Flea & Freaker's Ball scheduled for Saturday at Gentlemen's Club 10 in Wilkes-Barre Twp.

May 24th 2010: BDSM and Free Condoms - "BDSM activities are becoming a lot more mainstream than they were before. The ideas of bonding or blindfolding have been popularized in many different types of porn and movies, introducing it into the eye of the public."

May 21st 2010: Anger at sex night at the Marsden Grotto pub - The Cave Club is due to open at the Marsden Grotto Pub early next month for one night, and a website promoting the venture does little to disguise what is on offer.

May 20th 2010: I Have a Kinky Fantasy, But Is It Wrong? - Sometimes we dream of certain things, but when we imagine bringing them into reality, we worry that they're wrong. This week's question comes from a CafeMom who wants to keep her relationship healthy and still indulge in a little off-center fun.

May 18th 2010: Orgasms, ejaculations, lessons learned - "When I researched this phenomenon I discovered about 15 percent of American women also had never felt the big O."

May 18th 2010: From Austria to China, Swingers Are Stirring Up Trouble! - The A.P. reports that a Nanjing college professor and 21 of his closest friends were charged last month with "group licentiousness" for their participation in what is referred to as "partner swapping."

May 18th 2010: The Stockroom, Inc. Named Exclusive North American Retailer For Victor Tella Whips - The Stockroom, Inc has announced an exclusive North American distribution deal with Victor Tella, widely considered an artist with leather and the world's finest whip maker.

May 18th 2010: Mucky private chat could be illegal soon - Could 2010 be the year when the authorities finally clamp down on the internet - and in the process abolish some fundamental liberties we have been taking for granted for a very long time?

May 18th 2010: Lovechess Salvage Gives You Sex Scene Control - A continuation of the (obviously) popular Lovechess series, Salvage features human 'pieces' dressed in bondage gear. As Pawns, Queens and Knights take opposing pieces, they... well, they get 'taken' don't they?

May 14th 2010: Getting tied up with CineKink - CineKink, the "kinky film festival," celebrated the start of its national tour in a most appropriate way: a kinky kick-off at the Erotic Heritage Museum.

May 13th 2010: In the Pit - All over the country our sisters are making a positive impact on our lives as they walk the fine line between working with their male counterparts and establishing and maintaining a community of their own that satisfies their needs.

May 11th 2010: The Sexual Manifesto: (Kinky) Sex Sells - The combination of sex and music is nothing new. But look to mainstream pop videos, and you see not just sexual imagery but kinky sexual imagery. Is the whole world secretly a fetishist or do latex and riding crops just mean "extra" sexy?

May 8th 2010: Whipping up an appetite for the Dungeon - The location is something of a natural for in the same building as the restaurant is a BDSM members' club where a diverse range of sexual activities in these themes is indulged.

May 7th 2010: The Story of O - Heavy Metal artist Guido Crepax adapts the classic tale of sadism that nearly ripped apart 1950s France in this recently reissued classic of 1970s erotica.

May 6th 2010: Sex & Power: The Story Begins - "There are a lot of differing opinions as to what constitutes power, particularly as it relates to sex. In my time as a professional dominatrix, I've heard plenty of personal theories and even hatched a few of my own."

May 5th 2010: Shelf life of the party - For 10 years, Chris Cook has been the city's unofficial partymeister. Every month he's planned and put on the First Friday Fetish, a sex-themed bash that encourages outlandish costumes.

May 5th 2010: Jessica Alba Had To Drink Through A Straw While Filming Sex Scenes - Her character has several raunchy romps with a small town Texas sheriff, played by Casey Affleck, including sessions of spanking and erotic asphyxiation.

May 3rd 2010: Tax Break for Erotica? A Museum Favors It - Of course, there are people who quibble about whether whips and etchings and other types of erotica are the kinds of cultural artifacts that deserve a tax deduction.

May 3rd 2010: St. Louis Blogger "The Beautiful Kind" Fired for Writing About Sex - The cause: "a Twitter glitch" that came to light when her boss, at the suggestion of top management, performed Google searches seeking information about employees.

May 2nd 2010: Church Counsels Women Addicted to Pornography - While churches have addressed pornography use among the men in their congregations and among the clergy, a group for women who say they are addicted to pornography is new territory.

May 2nd 2010: A place where sex is never a dirty word - The Erotic Awards seek to promote artists, writers, performers, academics and even politicians who have contributed to the battle to liberalise sex.

May 1st 2010: Christina Aguilera's 'Not Myself Tonight' music video goes for shock value with leather and bondage - If there was any inkling that Christina Aguilera is a boring soccer mom, the singer's new jaw-dropping music video has squashed that notion.

Apr 30th 2010: A History Of Hooding - The sensory deprivation of prisoners was used by the United States before with those who were charged with conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.

Apr 30th 2010: Erotica May Save Publishing - Surely you must have picked up the S&M re-imagining of Robin Hood? Because it's masterworks like these that may revitalize publishing.

Apr 29th 2010: Ohio obscenity law, Equality, bondage and Columbus singles - This week in Cap City sex: the latest porn ruling, GLBT Lobby Day at the Statehouse, a metal show for fetishists and cocktails with the city's 10 most eligible SYPs.

Apr 27th 2010: Fear and the Fight over Sexual Rights - "... our time has become one of 'of course you are free to do whatever you want, but please at least publicly mind other people feelings too (and behave in front of the children).'"

Apr 27th 2010: The New Bottoming Book - Almost a decade ago, the first 'Bottoming Book' taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - being a submissive, masochist, slave, 'boy' or 'girl,' or other BDSM recipient - is as much an art as topping.

Apr 23rd 2010: Play with A.S.S.: Atlanta's BDSM weekend - Pool parties bloom. Tea dances re-emerge from their cocoons. But it wouldn't be spring in the gay South without Spring In the South XXII, Atlanta's annual three-day Bondage, Discipline, Sado-Masochism education convention.

Apr 21st 2010: Minimizing Injury during Bondage - Because they driven by power and control, bondage fantasies may sometimes get out of hand, which is why it's important to adopt safe practices in any type of scenario.

Apr 21st 2010: Medford Outraged Over Sex Talk TV Show - A steamy show on Medford's cable access station is sparking a heated debate. any in the community are outraged over what they saw on the show entitled, "Dirty Talk: Live Sex Advice, Dirty Talk and Naughty Stories," on TV 3.

Apr 20th 2010: Queer Enough for You? - When you're in the Bay Area, the question is not whether you're gay or straight. At least not in certain circles. No, the question stands: how queer are you?

Apr 20th 2010: Sexology Symposium - The Sexology Symposium for the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Western Region took place in Palm Springs mid April 2010.

Apr 20th 2010: 'Crush Videos' Law Too Broad, High Court Rules - Congress had passed the law to target so-called "crush videos," or movies that highlight a fetish that involves people stomping on small animals for sexual arousal.

Apr 19th 2010: He wants me to whip him - "My new boyfriend has very unusual tastes. We've done a bit of bondage and spanking but now he's asked me to ride him like a pony and use a whip on him. this is a step too far but I don't know how to say no to him."

Apr 16th 2010: Obama orders most hospitals to grant gays visitation rights - President Obama late Thursday ordered most hospitals in the country to grant the same visitation rights to gay and lesbian partners that they do to married heterosexual couples.

Apr 15th 2010: Been There. Done What?! - In her new memoir, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem (out later this month from Plume Books), she has tried to present the story in its full complexity.

Apr 14th 2010: Kinky but still squicked - "Now, mind you, I like being treated like a dirty whore. And I love porn. But for some reason, this put me off. I ended up heading home early, and I am apprehensive about seeing him again."

Apr 14th 2010: Underneath the 2010 Boston Underground Film Festival - The 2010 Boston Underground Film Festival, held from March 25 to April 1 at Kendall Square Cinema, featured a mix of grindhouse cinema and queer film. The following were Bay Windows' favorite submissions.

Apr 14th 2010: Dominatrix 'Mistress Tia' banned from village hall - She said it had been booked by a man 'for auditions' so the true nature of what was going on did not become clear until managers realised he was Mistress Tia's business partner.

Apr 12th 2010: Bettie Page, FBI Consultant - Though J. Edgar Hoover's minions often probed the interstate transportation of obscene material featuring Bettie Page, the notorious pin-up model was nonetheless willing to help agents when it came to FBI inquiries about the production of certain "flagellation and bondage pictures," according to bureau records.

Apr 12th 2010: Four Questions About Urban Tantra - Barbara Carrellas is an author, educator, performer. Over the years she has developed a particular way of approaching a wide range of work in sexuality, a practice she describes in her most recent book, Urban Tantra.

Apr 10th 2010: Dominatrix books village hall for sex games - Professional dominatrix Sophie Allen booked Waters Upton Village Hall to film saucy scenes for her website because the wooden floor "accentuated the sound of her heels."

Apr 9th 2010: Lacing up for statewide leather events - A few years ago, the International Ms Leather Contest, headed by Glenda Ryder re-emerged with a new sense of passion and commitment and was named the Pantheon of Leather 2009 Large Event of the Year.

Apr 9th 2010: Alleged Sex Club Sues Clark County - The I-Team first exposed the inner workings of the adult sex club in April of 2009. Now a year later, the club's operator has been cited and a federal lawsuit against Clark County could make sex clubs more accessible than ever before.

Apr 9th 2010: Undergrad defending paper at international conference - Next month fourth-year women's studies student Ada Demaj will be put to the test, fielding questions and comments from feminist researchers on a subject certain to ignite interest - feminism and feminine masochism.

Apr 8th 2010: Piercing through fetishes - Anxiety rushed through me as I sat in the leather chair and watched, heart beating into my ears, as the clamps squeezed into delicate skin. A moment later, plastic gloves, a needle, a sharp pinch, a gasp - then again - and it was all over.

Apr 7th 2010: Murray Hill OB/GYN's Office Doubles As Sex Toy Shop - A Murray Hill gynecologist just managed to make your next visit even more awkward! The doc has started selling sex toys after his own sex life was revived by vibes.

Apr 7th 2010: Ukip politician suspended for making sex game films - Rob Ager was chairman of UKIP's Liverpool branch until party chiefs found out about his films, which include scenes of bondage, incarceration and flagellation.

Apr 7th 2010: An Interview With Janet W. Hardy - "Janet was always miles ahead of the rest of my M.F.A. program. She had already written many books, including the well-known guide to consensual non-monogamy, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities."

Apr 7th 2010: The Pansexual, Polyamorous, BDSM Law School Application - "I decided to dump every egg at my disposal into one basket. Since December, the essay below has been read by my parents, most of my friends, and the admissions committees at thirteen top-ranked law schools."

Apr 7th 2010: Whips & Chains - Jason Schwartzman and Kristen Johnson found themselves together in a Chelsea S&M club last week. They were doing a scene for the HBO dark comedy "Bored to Death."

Mar 31st 2010: How to Arouse Your Nude Model: "Wiggle Just Enough" - John Hammack has been modeling nude for 15 years, ever since a guy at the gym spied him naked in the locker room and suggested he start disrobing professionally.

Mar 31st 2010: Club Strawberry Introduces Singapore's First Costume-themed KTV Pub - Club Strawberry is Singapore's first KTV Pub to have costume-theme every night. Located at Boat Quay's Circular Road, the waitresses will dress up in provocative and fun costumes to go with the themes like Nurse, Police, Maid, Dominatrix and more.

Mar 30th 2010: Technology helps couples stay close - While it's preferable to be in close proximity to your significant other, sometimes school, work or a number of other factors cause couples to drift apart. Though the person may be worth the wait, long distance relationships can be difficult to maintain.

Mar 30th 2010: Gay Jesus Play Canned at Texas School - A college play that depicted Jesus Christ as a gay man was canceled after school officials received a barrage of "vile, hateful" emails and messages, a university spokeswoman said.

Mar 30th 2010: Bang for Their Buck?: A Critical Precis to the R.N.C.'s Night at a Bondage Club - What can one even do with $1,946.25 in a bondage-themed nightclub? VF Daily spoke with Zena at Pandora's Box, a BDSM club in Manhattan, to see how much bang we could get for our buck.

Mar 29th 2010: The Art of Restraint - Some willing volunteers get all tied up in knots at Femina Potens art gallery's "The Art of Restaint" where attendees indulged in rope bondage, champagne, chocolate and all other kinds of sinful delights.

Mar 29th 2010: RNC runs up $2,000 tab at bondage-themed club in LA - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is taking his calls to build a "big tent" party seriously - with the RNC running up a nearly $2,000 tab at a bondage-themed West Hollywood nightclub.

Mar 28th 2010: Book Review : Dare to Try Bondage by Arthur De Pins - "Recently I was sent the book Dare to try Bondage to review from Hunter House Publishers. Those who are shy to go into the sex section of bookstores to learn and read about bondage, well this is the book for you!"

Mar 26th 2010: On Politics and Paddling: Reconciling Feminist and Submissive Identities - A confession: we both love rough, kinky, slap-me-on-the-ass-and-call-me-a-bitch sex. Both of us identify as rough-sex enthusiasts, masochists, submissives, and, here's the kicker: committed feminists.

Mar 25th 2010: Bawd and Man at Yale - Madison Young was invited to speak at Yale University in February as part of a nine-day series of lectures, panels, and special events known as "Sex Week at Yale."

Mar 24th 2010: Explore Kinky Side At Museum - The Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas teaches the history and ins-and-out of sex, and curator Dr. Laura Henkel says it's the best place to decide whether or not to dive into wilder sexual adventures.

Mar 23rd 2010: New 'adults-only' private nightclub opens downtown - Electric Abyss The Club is the city's first fetish/swingers nightclub, which opened on Front Street Friday, and Head Mistress Lalani Electrica promises plenty of entertainment.

Mar 22nd 2010: My first date at the BDSM class - "I thought taking a girl I'd just met to an erotic bondage workshop would be fun and progressive. I was wrong."

Mar 22nd 2010: Worried About a Sexual Fetish? - There are often so many guilty feelings attached to sex, even these days, that it can be very hard to work out what is reasonable and what not, what is unnecessary inhibition and what is a very understandable need to draw the line.

Mar 19th 2010: Kink: A Straight Girl's Investigation - Stephanie Clifford-Smith explains that the book arose out of her curiosity about "how kinks affect relationships and how does one person suss another one out".

Mar 19th 2010: When it comes to love-making, some like it rough - Rough sex is both titillating and a primal expression of human sexuality. Sometimes you just can't deal with whipped cream and sprinkles and you just want to nail your lover against the door the moment you get home.

Mar 19th 2010: Makeover your Sex Life with 'The Sex Whisperer' - Sex Whisperer, Kim Gillespie, shares her vast knowledge about Sexual Bondage, through a workshop designed to introduce couples to the possibilities of enhancing their sex lives through the world of BDSM.

Mar 16th 2010: Finding pleasure in a painful paradox - It all depends on where you draw the line between pleasure and pain. Although the two are purported to be opposites, many people find that in the heat of the moment, they are indistinguishable.

Mar 16th 2010: Sex week kicks off with 'Kink' documentary - As the images of lashing whips and spanking fill the screen, the showing of the documentary "Kink," followed by a panel discussion on Sunday night, provided a kickoff for what promises to be a mind-blowing Sex Week.

Mar 12th 2010: More Lust Survey Replies - What do you know now that you wish you'd known earlier? What's the kinkiest thing you'd try if the opportunity arose?

Mar 12th 2010: TriBeCa Neighbors Sue Sex-Toy Salesman for Hosting 'Pornographic' Parties - Residents of a luxury TriBeCa condo building have filed a lawsuit against their downstairs neighbor for hosting a series of raucous, sex-themed parties featuring S&M-dressed guests, stripper poles and fire play.

Mar 12th 2010: San Diego Leather Pride 2010 - In 1995, I attended Leatherfest in San Diego where I had a conversation with leather/BDSM author and activist, Race Bannon, concerning the future of leather title holders and whether or not leather title holders were an asset to the BDSM community.

Mar 12th 2010: 'Big Love:' The Different Kinds of Polyamory - "With so much talk about cheating, sex addiction and horny housewife shows, I've been getting a lot of mail asking questions that span from inane to fantastic."

Mar 12th 2010: Sex trade show at TCU Place - Sex was in the air last weekend as young and old donned their flirtiest duds and got all oiled up for Saskatoon's first naughty trade show at TCU Place.

Mar 12th 2010: BDSM and Roleplay: Some Common Scenarios - Known as 'scening', wherein the dominant and the submissive don special roles, is not only found online but also offline, in the BDSM themed groups, clubs, etc where people following the lifestyle meet and interact.

Mar 12th 2010: Not Such a Curious Carnival After All - Last Friday I attended Carnival of Curiosity which consisted of works by the Priestesses of the Holy Mountain, which is a BDSM (bondage discipline/ dominance submission/ sadomasochism) temple.

Mar 11th 2010: A crack of the whip can shake up a dull sex life - Kink is common. Even in the 1950s, when Dr. Alfred Kinsey surveyed men and women about their sex lives, one in four people reported enjoying the sensations of being bitten during sex.

Mar 11th 2010: Bondage lovers, work out the kinks - "One minute we're making love, the next we're fooling around with some extreme BDSM. I'm game for a lot of it, but there are times when I get uncomfortable."

Mar 11th 2010: 20 Most Odd and Disgusting Fetishes Sure to Turn You Off (Unless You're a Deviant) - So, you thought you were being kinky when you appeased your girlfriend by trying on her panties before making love. Or maybe instead, you let her tie you up and paddle you a little bit and call you a bad boy.

Mar 11th 2010: Student's sex life has taken her from webcams to BDSM - Most people don't begin their sexual exploration through live video streaming from a Web site. But for Sonya, what most people do is boring.

Mar 11th 2010: Savage Love - "He is in a long-term relationship with a vanilla boyfriend who has no interest in BDSM and vehemently opposes allowing him to explore with others."

Mar 10th 2010: Which Country Has the Best Sex? - Totalling an average of 20.4 sexual partners in a lifetime, New Zealand has the most promiscuous women in the world, a survey reveals.

Mar 10th 2010: Castle: Leather and Lace (But Mostly Leather) - Last night's episode of Castle was - to put it delicately - kinky. Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) investigated the murder of a woman who was doing sociological research on people with BDSM fetishes.

Mar 8th 2010: Village sex den - WHIPS, handcuffs, masks, shackles and a straitjacket were found by police when they raided a house in Lee Mill which was suspected of being run as a brothel.

Mar 8th 2010: Bing shies away from gay-as-day search results in Arab countries - Microsoft's Bing search engine blocks out "sexually explicit" results and gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender queries in Arab countries, claimed the Open Net Initiative late last week.

Mar 7th 2010: Nothing's African about gays - The ire of the youth in Mombasa against a gay marriage is only too comprehensible. Considering that homosexuality is an aberration that militates against the African psyche, the youth were expressing what was natural - revulsion against what they considered deviant behaviour.

Mar 5th 2010: Saskatoon displays sexy side with first-ever Taboo show - While businesses owners and exhibitors at the Taboo Naughty But Nice Show have displayed their goods across the country for years, it's the first time folks in this city will get a peek.

Mar 5th 2010: Fed up with labels and lingo? Here's one more: pansexuality - "In light of being in college, a time in our lives during which we should all feel liberated to explore our identities and sexualities, I think it's only appropriate to discuss something that, in my opinion, is often terribly misinterpreted: bisexuality."

Mar 5th 2010: Hit me baby, one more time - One of the first options for the college-age crowd is the Madison Area Whippersnappers. According to their website, madisonareawhippersnappers.org, MAW is a "pansexual kinky group for people 18 to 35 years old."

Mar 4th 2010: Whips, Chains and... Balloons? - According to her upcoming book Whip Smart, it was never part of the plan to become a dominatrix, or "domme," when she moved to New York.

Mar 4th 2010: A surprisingly sexy Sexpo - The best thing about Sexpo is the fact that the folk who make Sexpo magic happen are (heavily censored) but unashamed and really do let it all hang out. Literally.

Mar 3rd 2010: Yes, mistresses - Dominatrixes, or doms, are the people in charge of whipping, scratching, nibbling, teasing, pinching, burning and cajoling willing participants at Alter Solum's monthly BDSM event, Heaven and Hell.

Mar 3rd 2010: Are internet sex lives and personal sex lives one and the same? - College-aged twenty-somethings are the first generation of people to have accessed and used the Web for sex in the capacity that we do.

Mar 3rd 2010: Leather and muscles and bears, oh my! - "To my surprise and delight, 'Mr. Leather' is a 2004 Jason Garrett documentary centered on the gay leather pageant circuit circa the early 2000s."

Mar 3rd 2010: Sex columnist: Porn fest just not for men - About 76 percent of women view porn to enhance their sex lives, a 10 percent increase from last year, according to a study conducted by the Web site The English Netmums.

Mar 2nd 2010: Girl Talk: I Wanted To Be Dominated - "I'm a feminist. Why do I like this so much? Isn't this wrong? How can I be a good feminist and still like a man taking charge outside the bedroom?"

Mar 2nd 2010: 'Sex Dungeon' in Sleepy Suburbia - Officers were alerted when neighbours reported "unusual behaviour" and "strange sounds" coming from the four-bedroomed house in tiny Lee Mill, Devon.

Feb 28th 2010: Public Council on Morals demanding preview of Rammstein's Minsk show - "The members of the Council believe that with its work, the band openly propagates homosexuality, masochism and other perversions, as well as cruelty, violence and abusive language."

Feb 26th 2010: Sex show steams up love life - Call it Woodstock for the horny. The first-ever Sexapalooza comes to the International Centre this weekend in hopes that lovers in the GTA will stop hibernating from the snow and gather here to heat things up.

Feb 25th 2010: Britain's Getting Kinkier - With a focus on their purse as well as their pleasure, cash-strapped adults are swapping a night out in the pub for a sensational, BDSM-inspired night in the bedroom with handcuffs, clamps and restraints, turning this country into the United Kinkdom.

Feb 25th 2010: Do sex-offender laws really protect the public? - Florida is one of the most restrictive states when it comes to registered sex offenders and where they can live. You might remember the group of RSOs that decided to live under a bridge because they couldn't find anywhere else to live that wasn't too close to a school, park, etc.

Feb 24th 2010: Sexuality & Gender talks (2/24-26) - Ladies and gentlemen, gather your shackles and riding crops, and agree on that safety word. BDSM is consensual role play between two or more individuals, who use their experiences of pain and power to create sexual tension, pleasure, and release.

Feb 24th 2010: Best Sex Writing 2010 - Sexting. Tijuana Bibles. Pregnancy sex. None of these subjects are typical of most best-of collections, but those three things and more are highlighted in this year's Best Sex Writing 2010.

Feb 24th 2010: Kink on Campus Climaxes - To promote healthy relationships and an open dialogue about sex, the Women's Resource Center held a three-day event called Kink On Campus.

Feb 23rd 2010: BDSM: A Guide for Lay People, Well-wishers, and Newbies - The evening will incorporate participation from the attendees and opportunities for discussion in order to explore predominant assumptions about kink and discover what the BDSM subculture may have to offer to people, whether or not they personally identify as kinky.

Feb 23rd 2010: Supreme Court to Hear Sex Offender Case Sotomayor Set Aside in Lower Court - It's all about sex at the Supreme Court Wednesday when the justices hear arguments in cases involving a national sex offender database and the federal government's appeal of a lower court ruling setting free a man dubbed the S&M Svengali.

Feb 23rd 2010: Art gallery hosts underground sex club - A Vienna art gallery has opened a nightly swingers club as part of a two-month project aimed at provoking debate about scandal in art.

Feb 23rd 2010: Queer Conference Deals with Prejudice - Over 800 people attended the 20th annual Western Regional Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex & Allies College Conference at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo this weekend.

Feb 22nd 2010: U.S. Census Opens Count To LGBTs - What makes this year's Census even more historic is the unprecedented and welcoming outreach by U.S. Census leaders and managers to include the entire LGBT and allied community in these efforts.

Feb 21st 2010: The Midtown Dominatrix/New School Student - The Post takes a crack at its own version of a Sex Diary today by chronicling the adventures of Melissa Febos, a New School student turned midtown dominatrix.

Feb 20th 2010: Annual campus event promotes healthy sexuality - The Third Annual Sex Positive Fair started off with a bang when more than 200 students arrived at the Student Union to partake in this year's festivities.

Feb 19th 2010: Sex and art and rock' n' roll - Patti Smith, an American musician known for mixing poetry with rock and roll, promised the dying Robert Mapplethorpe, the unique, controversial and legendary photographer, that she would one day write their story.

Feb 19th 2010: "Marat/Sade," a political debate? - That's the scenario behind Peter Weiss' 1965 play "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade."

Feb 19th 2010: Gay or Metal Quiz - A funny little quiz that pits Heavy Metal imagery versus gay leather imagery. Can you really tell the difference? Take the quiz and see how you do...

Feb 19th 2010: Dog Tag on Tonight - Starting at 8pm, the leather and fetish event will include music by DJ Gavyn Vince, buzz cuts by The Naked Barber, boot shines by Alex and bondage by Bailey.

Feb 19th 2010: 2010 Sex Poll uncovers fantasy, fulfillment, frustration - Some of the results are predictable albeit still interesting. For example, it's no surprise that many of us are having a lot of sex, we masturbate frequently, we like to fantasize and we use toys to get off.

Feb 18th 2010: An S&M Coming-Out Story - He'd asked me why I wanted to be hurt. I couldn't work out an answer - wasn't certain the question was valid - so I asked him why he liked to hurt people. He'd half-laughed, with a tone that I couldn't evaluate. Ruefully? "That's a long, dark road," he'd said.

Feb 18th 2010: Kinksters work to stay out of public eye - Nearly a century and a half after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch published the erotic novel that led to the psychiatric definition of masochism, fetish sexuality remains mostly under the radar of vanilla society.

Feb 17th 2010: Decorating down there - Though it's common to beautify fingers, ears and belly buttons with jewelry, consider adorning your private parts with rings and studs, known as genital piercing.

Feb 17th 2010: Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter - Gary Dunn, a former FBI agent and private investigator hired by the defense, said Laurie Moore was in contact with several men she met on the BDSM Web site, collarme.com.

Feb 17th 2010: The CineKink Film Festival - The films showing at the seventh annual Cinekink NYC Film Festival aren't exactly porn, so leave your Pee-wee Herman impulses at home. These shorts, documentaries and dramas are sex and kink-positive, but still classy. Who says smut can't be artsy?

Feb 16th 2010: Midori to Host Stockroom University Class And Weekend Intensive In San Francisco - The Stockroom, Inc. will present Midori, renowned best-selling author, lecturer and educator on human sexuality, in two separate events this March.

Feb 16th 2010: European court rules against Turkey over ban on erotic novel - The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had prevented public access to Europe's literary heritage and violated freedom of expression when it banned a classic erotic novel.

Feb 15th 2010: Rihanna to play dominatrix - The 21-year-old has apparently been asked to fully research her role before shooting begins, and is contemplating spending time at a fetish club for inspiration. "She has been told to look into the role - and this could well include a trip to an S&M dungeon."

Feb 15th 2010: Feet=Sex? What's Behind the Kinky World of Foot Fetishes - For Stan, it's not just about attractive feet in fishnets or fuck-me heels. No, it's also about submissiveness.

Feb 15th 2010: The Women of Leather: Bringing a Sub-Subculture to Light - Women who are into leather constitute a sub-community within a subculture. For that reason--and more likely, because of its innate macho nature--the contributions of women to the leather community have long been overlooked.

Feb 13th 2010: The Story of Opal - If a Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe, as Pierre Berton quipped, a Canadian erotic romance writer knows how to fit three, four or more into that rocking canoe. At least, she does if she's romance author Opal Carew.

Feb 13th 2010: A brief meditation on erotic comics - The Kinky Comic Carnival was held at S&M cafe Wicked Grounds a couple Saturdays ago. Comic book fanatics, stimulated by both caffeine and visual erotica, swarmed in unexpected numbers to meet local creative talents.

Feb 12th 2010: Some like it kinky: A look into the Alternative Lifestyle Association - The Alternative Lifestyle Association (ALA) is Washington University's main club for everything kinky, but there is more to the club than just rope and leather.

Feb 11th 2010: On polyamorous partners - Race Bannon will be on the judging panel for the Mr. San Diego Leather Contest held March 18-21 as part of Leather Pride. Race Bannon is the author of the best seller Learning The Ropes: A Basic Guide to Safe and Fun SM Lovemaking.

Feb 11th 2010: Diagnosing Groping: New Frotteur Rules Require Three Nonconsensual Rubs - Yesterday, the American Psychological Association released a set of proposed revisions to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, the document that sets guidelines for psychiatric diagnoses.

Feb 11th 2010: Love lockdown: A beginner's guide to bondage for Valentine's Day - A self-described "ninja sex poodle and Ronin of love," Madison author and burlesque performer Graydancer has established himself as one of the region's leading sex educators.

Feb 10th 2010: The Slappening -- Why I Love to Be Hit by Women - The souffle of pain and pleasure that I feel after a good hard slap melts me to my very core. It all started in seventh grade. I made some crack to Carolyn Hester* which didn't sit well with her friend Catherine Chang*, who proceeded to wallop me about the head.

Feb 10th 2010: Dominatrix Specializes in Erotic Hypnosis, the Next Big Fetish - Traditionally, hypnosis has been used primarily for silly sitcom plots and to help people quit smoking. But thanks to the Internet, hypnosis can now be used in the bedroom as well.

Feb 10th 2010: Exploring the other side of Philly's kinky side - Frangiosa opened the Philadelphia School of Burlesque. After initially offering successful four-week workshops complete with a student show at the end, Frangiosa designed a one-day workshop for sexual souls looking for instantaneous burlesque satisfaction.

Feb 10th 2010: Interesting Facts About Sex - 46% of women would give up getting laid for two weeks rather than logging off the Internet for the same amount of time, according to a survey conducted by Intel.

Feb 10th 2010: The sensual literary salon - The Erotic Literary Salon pounds with words, those words, the ones not usually uttered in polite company - or in private without a blush.

Feb 10th 2010: Lust: The Reader Survey - "When we launched the Lust Survey, we had no idea how it might go over. Would readers be able to perform under the pressure of being watched? Well, you not only performed, you put on a hell of a show. "

Feb 10th 2010: Closer Look gets the scoop on the Leather Archives & Museum - Discreetly placed between the residential apartment buildings that line Greenview Avenue sits the only institution in the world that preserves the history of leather fetishism.

Feb 9th 2010: Love & Sex 2010: Forget kink - Forget anal, bondage and sado-masochism. Every day hundreds of new porn sites go online. I can pull up videos of women fellating men, men fellating men and women performing cunnilingus.

Feb 9th 2010: A decade of sex - A list of events and innovations of the last 10 years in the world of sex.

Feb 9th 2010: Bound and Gagged: Graphic Documentary @ Hallwalls - The award winning documentary will be presented at Hallwalls, Friday, February 12th, at 8 PM. Graphic Sexual Horror examines the subterranean world of bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism (BDSM).

Feb 9th 2010: It's Sex Week at Yale - Sex Week at Yale (SWAY) is a student-organized week of presentations, parties, art and sex-ed "designed to pique students' interest and spark dialogue through creative, interactive, and innovative programming."

Feb 9th 2010: CuriousJosh: Bondage and Burlesque - David Gueringer presents an erotically charged mix of burlesque and bondage for The Velvet Rope. Featured performers include Alikat Rose of Hellz Belles, Olivia Bellafontaine, Kitty Cadillac, Duchess Scarlett, and a special rope suspension by CharlyB.

Feb 8th 2010: Sex Positive Week to spread awareness - It can be argued that sex is part of human nature. For as long as we have had libidos, it has remained a simple fact of life; ubiquitous in virtually every sector of the mass media that weaves its way into our daily lives, yet a mystery.

Feb 6th 2010: Man barred from charging for sex parties - Officials in Maryland's Montgomery County said a man would be allowed to continue holding sexual fetish parties at his home if he stops charging a cover.

Feb 5th 2010: FriendFinder Pulls IPO; What, No Street Interest In Online Porn? - FriendFinder Networks this morning pulled its planned IPO. The company said "it has chosen not to proceed... until market conditions improve."

Feb 5th 2010: "Bondage for Beginners" vies with "Origin of Faeces" as contenders line up for oddest title prize - The prize's custodian, Horace Bent, said he received a total of 90 submissions for this year's prize, almost three times as many as last year, but was forced to reject many of them for either being too old or for failing to meet his "properly published" criteria.

Feb 5th 2010: Learning the ropes of bondage - People engage in bondage for all sorts of reasons, and an oft-cited one is to "spice things up" or try something new. Some of the appeals include the visual aspect-maybe your partner looks totally hot all tied up.

Feb 5th 2010: State v. Bvocik - Details of an interesting court case that was reversed on appeal involving age-play correspondence on a BDSM social networking site.

Feb 5th 2010: "Rubbers" at MoSex - The Museum of Sex delves into the history of the condom with a new, risque exhibit. Consider our chronicle of the love glove on a pop-culture-assisted timeline.

Feb 3rd 2010: Monthly Bethesda sex party runs afoul of zoning regulations - Montgomery County authorities have ordered a stop to kinky sex parties frequently held in a Bethesda home, saying they are not criminal but violate zoning regulations.

Feb 3rd 2010: Two Erotic Merry Widows To Make Their San Francisco Debut On February 5th - The fashion show is presented in conjunction with Stormy's sister brand, Syren Latex, which specializes in sexy rubber couture, and will additionally feature handcrafted leather collars; cuffs; and other handcrafted fetish accessories from Stormy's parent company, BDSM giant The Stockroom.

Feb 3rd 2010: Fetish Ball Stirs Up S&M Frenzy in Scottsdale - The event, which runs from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., features a variety of acts, displays and events meant to be a tribute to the ways of the fetish culture.

Feb 3rd 2010: Graphic Sexual Horror to screen at Leather Archives - Sex+++ Film Series will screen 'Graphic Sexual Horror' documentary and discussion featuring film director Barbara Bell at the Leather Archives & Museum on Friday, February 12th.

Feb 3rd 2010: The Natural Redhead's Favorite Sex Writers - I like to imagine myself as a sassy best friend or weird hippie aunt or something. In any case, in honor of the Sex Issue, here are five of my favorite female sex writers who actually know what they're talking about.

Feb 3rd 2010: Romance and Erotica Gatherings - Hill is among the nearly 100 members of New York City's chapter of the Romance Writers of America, which will host the organization's national conference in 2011. Romance junkies can pitch in with the planning, bring pages to be critiqued and hear guest speakers at the group's monthly meeting on Saturday.

Feb 2nd 2010: The NHS pays to 'cure' homosexuals - If you thought funding those quack homeopathic medicines was a waste of the NHS budget, you'll absolutely hate this waste of money. Taxpayers are paying for gay people to be "healed" of their homosexuality, even though homosexuality is perfectly normal.

Feb 1st 2010: For the love of love - Conversio Virium is the oldest BDSM student group in the nation, and people like Miranda Elliot, CC '10, have done much to expand the awareness of trans issues over the past two years. Yes, we are extremely fortunate in this respect. But no, this is not enough.

Feb 1st 2010: Use imagination, get rough to keep a love life from becoming routine - Living a dominant or submissive sex life can be intriguing. It's a rather naughty escape from a lovey-dovey sack session and necessary to avoid a sexual routine.

Feb 1st 2010: "Voluptuary" Brings New Fun to Earthy Pleasures - Featured currently are the painting, drawings and sculptures of of three locals in a show called "Voluptuary: Expressions of Eros." The work is a playful visual treat and, like this article, definitely NSFW.

Feb 1st 2010: Masochists Delight in 'Venus in Fur' Ode to Austrian Sex Nut - Sacher-Masoch's tale concerns Severin, a young nobleman who becomes the sex slave of a woman who humiliates and physically abuses him, thereby satisfying his aberrant cravings.

Jan 29th 2010: Tough titties for bondage columnist running for office - Joe Laiacona, a part-time computer science teacher at Columbia College by day and leather master named Jack Rinella by night, is running against incumbent Deborah Mell.

Jan 29th 2010: Kinky Comic Carnival will get fingers sticky - Surprising, unsettling, naughty and quite nice, kinky comics are way more fun than the traditional cats in the daily papers. Whether you're already a fan or instantly curious at the thought, the Kinky Comics Carnival is the perfect place to entertain your illustrated fantasies.

Jan 29th 2010: Pope John Paul II into S&M, according to insider's book - The kinky pontiff's penchant for self-flagellation was well-known throughout the Vatican, members of his own entourage regularly overhearing these nightly sessions.

Jan 28th 2010: Police Raid the Only Effective "Safe Word" on Budapest BDSM Porn Set - Police arrested 14 people at the scene and have charged three of them. According to a police captain, Hungarian law states that a person cannot consent to be harmed, meaning that any contracts signed by the victims are invalid.

Jan 28th 2010: Susan Sarandon: Pig Spanker - As you glitter pixies already know, Of Montreal will be back at The Cannery Ballroom on Feb. 6. But did you know that on the opening show of the tour, Susan Sarandon jumped onstage and spanked a couple of people dressed up as pigs?

Jan 27th 2010: Open verdict on bondage death - An inquest has heard how a Hampshire man's badly decomposed body was found wearing erotic bondage gear.

Jan 27th 2010: Gagged by society, BDSM enthusiasts forge relationships - "Actually, I'd never been to a college party where a person had to proposition me by saying, "Would you like to play?", and if I said "No," he (or she) would have to leave me alone for the rest of the night or they would be escorted out by a large man nicknamed Lion."

Jan 27th 2010: Let's talk about sex education - My real sexual education began around sophomore year of high school, when my good friend at the time told me of her sexual conquests. Needless to say, I didn't learn anything useful from her.

Jan 27th 2010: Venus in Fur - David Ives ("New Jerusalem") and his collaborator, helmer Walter Bobbie, take all the fun out of sexual power games in "Venus in Fur" by talking the subject to death.

Jan 27th 2010: A Monstrous Lie - A proposterous sex-negative article about the GLBT community in the United States.

Jan 27th 2010: The Blood Behind the Boudoir - Whilst particular BDSM fetishes can certainly be labeled as nothing more than imagination, the reality of BDSM can be seen as just as shocking. Followers use pain and control, or the lack of, to obtain sexual pleasure.

Jan 27th 2010: Fired 'Bondage Porno' Cop Wants Cuffs Back - A former Hollywood cop who appeared in a gay bondage porno long before he was patting down perps wants his job back.

Jan 25th 2010: Investors May Be Cautious on Racy FriendFinder IPO - Penthouse magazine publisher FriendFinder Networks Inc., which operates adult entertainment and networking Web sites like Bondage.com, AdultFriendFinder.com and HotBox.com, hopes to raise $220 million in an initial public offering this week.

Jan 22nd 2010: Sex addiction: Whether it's real or ruse is debate for docs and comics - It is the alleged addiction that fuels an endless stream of late-night talk show jokes. Mention it and eyes roll and wisecracks abound: "If you have to be addicted to something it might as well be sex."

Jan 22nd 2010: Students brainstorm for this year's Sex Positive week - The week is based around the idea that sex, in whatever context - heterosexual, homosexual, BDSM, or strictly within marriage - is nothing to be ashamed of.

Jan 21st 2010: Hump Day: BDSM gatherings alter perspective on whips, chains - This is the first in a two-part series exploring the BDSM lifestyle. In order to ensure the privacy and safety of all persons, groups and property encountered and interviewed, all names have been changed.

Jan 21st 2010: Savage for a day - "I've attended various munches on a regular basis, and I'd have to say that over half of the regular attendees at each of them are not straight."

Jan 19th 2010: The CO2RSET - a carbon-dioxide sensitive corset - Not only is this hook-and-eye corset sensitive to C02, it's also gonna make darn sure that you're pretty sensitive to C02 too after you've worn it, because as carbon dioxide levels in the air increase, tiny motors draw the laces in, tightening the corset.

Jan 19th 2010: Denmark's Oldest Adult Store Closing March 31 - Denmark's "Blue Movie" adult shop, believed to be the world's oldest adult store, having opened its doors before the country legalized pornography in 1969, will be closing March 31, local sources disclosed.

Jan 17th 2010: The Private Channels of Roku (Education & Porn) - "It's not my cup of tea. But if whips and clips turn you on, this'll be right up your alley. Previews are free (and appear to be SD), but a subscription is required for broader access to their library of BDSM."

Jan 15th 2010: US man convicted in fatal sex dungeon shooting - A man charged in the shooting death of a friend during a night of drug-fueled sex play and Russian roulette has been convicted of manslaughter in a U.S. court.

Jan 13th 2010: Fatal gunplay in Maine sex dungeon leads to trial - A gun collector who introduced several weapons into sexual play with two other men contends the weapons were intended to fulfill a sexual fantasy. Instead, a lethal combination of drugs, extreme sex and Russian roulette has put him on trial for manslaughter.

Jan 13th 2010: Untying your tongue - The newest installment of Dan Savage's acclaimed syndicated sex column.

Jan 13th 2010: The Sexual Manifesto: The Sexual Resume - What if we lived in a world in which people readily handed over their sexual resumes to new partners? Not a list of who's done whom, but rather a list of what you've done, what you will do, and what you'll never do.

Jan 11th 2010: LA Times Borrows Name For New Section From Fetish Mag - LATextra is the name of the new LA Times section for all the late-breaking news that used to be in the rest of the paper. It is also the name of a free British fetish magazine produced by BDSM publisher Skin Two.

Jan 9th 2010: True Companion Debuts Sex Robot Roxxxy - Men have often dreamed it, but it hasn’t become a reality until today: the sex robot. The technology was developed by Douglas Hines of True Companion, who formerly worked in the artificial intelligence lab at AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Jan 8th 2010: Cultures Monogamous and Polyamorous - "The traditional family of Western civilization is based on lifelong monogamy. The competing culture is 'polyamorous,' normally a serial polygamy, but also increasingly polymorphous in its different sexual expressions."

Jan 6th 2010: Between studying and spanking - The workshop, the first of its kind on campus, saw what was likely the largest public gathering of kinky or curious students in York’s history.

Jan 6th 2010: Role-playing games - "What is a good way to introduce the idea of age play to my boyfriend without sounding perverted? Is age play perverted?"

Jan 6th 2010: 10 sexy books published in 2009 - If sexy is to be taken by its dictionary definition as "sexually interesting or exciting," then the following ten decidedly qualify.

Jan 4th 2010: Confronting bisexuality - "I still identify as queer, but I am wary that the queer community might not accept me because of my perceived 'heterosexual privilege.' There are a lot of misconceptions about bisexuality in mainstream culture, and academics debate the existence of bisexuality."

Jan 4th 2010: Masking Fetish - Everyone Forever described the desire for masking as "from the wearer's point of view, the mask provides an opportunity to be completely surrounded by the powerful smells and tactile qualities of latex."

Jan 3rd 2010: A walk on the wild side in 70s New York - Edmund White was there at the Stonewall riots, there again at the onset of Aids, and his intellectual friends ranged from Jasper Johns to Susan Sontag. Gaby Wood meets the celebrated author as he publishes his memoir of that time, City Boy.

Jan 2nd 2010: Bordello chic seduces L.A. - Decor at clubs and other businesses takes a decadent turn with curved and corseted chairs, vintage lighting and other items reminiscent of old-style gentlemen's clubs and brothels.

Jan 1st 2010: Michelle Jackson: Sign-Language Interpreter, First Female San Diego Leatherboys President - It was a job she took to interpret at a San Diego Leatherfest that led her to the Leather/kink/BDSM community - and she's become an energetic activist in it, serving as Ms. San Diego Leather 2005 and recently being elected the first female president of the San Diego Leatherboys.

Dec 30th 2009: Worst Job Ever Shockingly Involves Porn - The controversial adult fetish site, Kink.com is looking for a helping hand as it shoots videos devoted to BDSM fetishes. The job pays $15 an hour and minimal experience is required. But that is where the dream ends.

Dec 29th 2009: The Sexual Manifesto: Can BDSM Be Feminist? - Images of women crying out in pain and receiving a sound beating don't usually scream "feminist." For some, it's cause for alarm, calling up notions of rape and patriarchal power and privilege. For others, though, BDSM fits hand in hand with sex-positive feminism.

Dec 26th 2009: Sherlyn Chopra strips for circus animals - Posing for a new PETA anti-circus ad clicked by Rakesh Shrestha, Chopra poses with a whip and chain next to the tagline "Whips and Chains Belong in the Bedroom, Not in the Circus".

Dec 24th 2009: A trial in error? - Terri-Jean Bedford is a professional dominatrix. According to a newspaper report, her happiest hours have been spent tying up male clients and spanking them at her north Toronto "bondage bungalow."

Dec 23rd 2009: Pornstar wishes you a happy holiday; Canada bans his film - BDSM pornstar Derek da Silva's film Shock Treatment was recently banned by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), along with Raging Stallion's Piss Off and a handful of other films the government deems to be "obscene."

Dec 23rd 2009: Blurring The Lines - In light of the NRL group sex scandals and the more recent 'dildo rape case,' we take a look at the issue of sexual consent. What is rape? Why are the lines not always clearly drawn? And who is muddying the waters?

Dec 19th 2009: Great balls of ire - "My boyfriend enjoys having his cock and balls played with very roughly. I am happy to oblige him in this request, but I worry that I will render him sterile or at the very least a candidate for the emergency room."

Dec 18th 2009: Are girls who are into BDSM real-life psychos? - "I can't help but think that women into BDSM or dominance have serious psychological problems and do I really want to go there? I mean, are these women to be avoided at all costs or do normal, sane dominant women exist?"

Dec 18th 2009: Permission To Explore, Please - "I enjoy sex a lot, even a bit of BDSM. My husband, on the other hand, isn't 'driven by sex,' as he likes to put it, and will try tying me up if that's what I 'really want.'"

Dec 15th 2009: YouTube suspends account of Canadian newspaper chain - Canada's Pink Triangle Press, which publishes the Xtra! chain of gay newspapers in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, had its YouTube account suspended for two weeks recently for posting "inappropriate" videos.

Dec 15th 2009: "Kink" at The Annoyance - It's 2010 and sexual repression is alive and well in suburbia. Mom is a closet dominatrix and Dad is a closet cross-dresser. Their daughters Julie and Tammy are getting to that age where clothes may not be the only hang-ups in their closets.

Dec 15th 2009: Christian Kink - What happens when a deeply religious person finds that their sexual interests seem at odds with their faith? Sometimes, it's easier to reconcile than it seems.

Dec 13th 2009: The Legal Dangers of Rough Sex - Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton says the woman he beat during sex consented to it. Now he's charged with a felony - and perhaps a classic casualty of BDSM's legal booby trap.

Dec 13th 2009: Tough love: the lives and times of a dominatrix - Dressed in thigh-high stilettos and brandishing a whip, the dominatrix is, to most, a seedy figure from tabloid exposes. But what lies behind the stereotype?

Dec 12th 2009: Female Domination, Male Submission - The female dominant lifetyle suggests a surprising twist on patriarchy, the social construct which places males in control of and a position which is superior to that of females.

Dec 10th 2009: Jetton Tried to Ban "Deviate Sexual Intercourse" - Rod Jetton (R), the Missouri power broker who is accused of assault in a S&M encounter gone bad, apparently fought to ban "deviate sexual intercourse" in his state -- at least when it involved same sex couples.

Dec 9th 2009: Their sole issue - "I have a foot fetish and she is fully aware of it. She doesn't like the idea of me kissing her feet or indulging my fetish in any way. We have sex quite often, and I've always let it slide that she doesn't want any part of my fetish."

Dec 8th 2009: Sexcipe: Orgy with Rack of Lamb - Let's face it, when people have sex, people get hungry, and when there's more than two, you need enough food to keep the crowd satisfied. This recipe was inspired by a hotel room group-sextravaganza a few weeks ago and has evolved from other multi-partner sex scenes over the years.

Dec 7th 2009: Former Missouri House Speaker, Rod Jetton, Charged with Assault in Kinky S&M Game - The alleged incident occurred last month in Sikeston, Missouri. The complaint asserts that the Republican power broker "recklessly caused serious physical injury to her by hitting her on the head, and choking her resulting in unconsciousness and the loss of the function of part of her body."

Dec 6th 2009: Mindy Lawton on Tiger Woods - "Sometimes, I looked like a rag doll after we'd made love." Lawton is said to have gushed about the "well-endowed" golfing great's penchant for marathon S&M romps. "On a scale of ten I would give him 12," she tells News of the World.

Dec 6th 2009: Tiger's Cuckold Fantasies -- What Do They Mean? - US magazine has reprinted an erotic cuckold dream that Tiger Woods reportedly sent to one of his alleged mistresses. Woods told "Rachel" in an email that he envisioned her having sex with Derek Jeter and Bones star David Boreanaz -- at the same time.

Dec 6th 2009: Blake Lively - One embarrassing scene, that features the 22-year-old actress leashed up in her underwear under the direction of a dominatrix (Julianne Moore) was raising questions and finally, Blake Lively has spoken up.

Dec 5th 2009: The new wedding essentials - The run-up to the wedding isn't all about trousseau shopping. New-age grooms and brides are also busy picking handcuffs, whips and leather gear.

Dec 2nd 2009: Andelloux will take city to court over sexual health center - A stalled plan to open a sexual health center on Main Street appears headed for Superior Court after an appeals hearing before the city's Zoning Board of Review Monday left its backer conceding that she has little or no chance of winning her fight on the local level.

Dec 2nd 2009: Some Like it Rough (Hooray!) - "I'm not part of the kink community; in fact, I'm a bit hesitant to partake in my kinks at all. Even if I'm with someone who is into S&M, a sub/masochist or whatever, I can't help but feel guilty that I prefer to be the dominant role."

Nov 28th 2009: Gay hanky code comes to iPhone - The hanky code - a phenomenon popular in the 70s whereby men seeking men would display different coloured hankies in their back pockets according to their tastes - is getting a second life as an application for the iPhone.

Nov 26th 2009: The Ins and Outs of the Everything to Do With Sex Show - The ETDWSS pretty much lives up to its name, with dozens of booths offering hundreds of goods and services for every conceivable sexual scenario, and plenty of inconceivable ones.

Nov 25th 2009: Bad Sex in Fiction Awards - It may not be the Nobel Prize, but the competition for this year's "Bad Sex in Fiction" award is just as stiff (cringe - pun intended).

Nov 24th 2009: Complaints fly over Adam Lambert's American Music Awards performance - ABC said Monday more than 1,500 people called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.

Nov 20th 2009: Depeche Mode - "Master and Servant" - It's also a song that shouldn't be toned down into some easy listening version. After all, this is a tune explicitly about BDSM, a topic the group addresses both lyrically and sonically with full gusto.

Nov 20th 2009: Top, bottom or versatile - "The world of tops and bottoms is not one that can simply be explained in these few paragraphs. The BDSM world explores further dimensions and nuances that I will not attempt to address here."

Nov 20th 2009: Leather look out - Last weekend most leather folks made the trek to Palm Springs Leather Pride 2009 - Turning up the Heat. The Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert (PSLOD) has been hosting this event since back in the '90s when it was called "Sweating Bullets."

Nov 19th 2009: Pedro Almodovar's One Taboo: S&M - The Spanish filmmaker says there's one subject that "still makes me shudder" - sadomasochism. He explains that he once tried to incorporate that subject while writing a movie script and balked.

Nov 19th 2009: CineKink Film Festival in San Francisco this week, 11/19-11/21 - The CineKink Film Festival opens in San Francisco tonight with screenings of "Kinky and BDSM: It's Not What You Think" at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, followed by "Whips and Restraint."

Nov 19th 2009: Stockroom Names 'Kink' Legend Shae Flanigan As Project Manager - Stockroom.com has appointed Shae Flanigan as Project Manager. A former banker and software engineer, she is known in the fetish community for her role as Mistress Shae Flanigan.

Nov 19th 2009: A Kink in the Campaign - If his challenge to Deb Mell's nominating petition succeeds, state rep candidate Joe Laiacona just might run unopposed in the Democratic primary. But can a leather master actually win in the general election?

Nov 17th 2009: Belle de Jour and other mystery sex bloggers - She was called a "by-numbers male construct" by India Knight, but this weekend the blogger Belle de Jour revealed she was the real deal, a middle-class woman who funded her PhD by becoming a prostitute.

Nov 16th 2009: OOLALA! Sexing it up at the Taboo Show with SECN Reporter - The first booth we hit was all bondage accessories. Did you know that they have bondage accessories for bath tubs and showers? There are handcuffs with suction cups so you can get busy in the shower without slipping and falling all over the place. Someone was thinking.

Nov 16th 2009: Why We're Obsessed With Vampire Sex - Fangs are everywhere these days, hoping you'll also want a taste of the bloodthirsty fervor that has gripped the nation.

Nov 15th 2009: Selling erotic wear in orthodox Pak - Two Pakistani brothers who earned millions by selling leather-made "corset, fetish, erotic and bondage wear" are still going strong despite threats from hardliners.

Nov 13th 2009: Scandalous life and perversions of Marquis de Sade - Donatien Alphonse Francois, known as the Marquis de Sade, was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer who became famous for novels full of sexual violence. One of the largest impulses in his creative work was the pursuit of his personal pleasures.

Nov 13th 2009: Shackle your judgment: BDSM deserves respect - Have you read our article on bondage and sexually expressive "play" seen in the new, unrecognized group started by UNH students? If not, click back to the home page and take it all in: the whips, the domination, the diapers. Try to keep your mouth from falling open.

Nov 13th 2009: Playing with Desire: UNH students push sexual boundaries - Courtney Jane, or CJ, is the creator and coordinator of UNH's BDSM group; an unrecognized organization that looks to give people an outlet for fulfilling their kinky sexual fantasies in a safe environment.

Nov 11th 2009: Sex positivity finds a social 'center' - After selling her restaurant in the 1990s, Allena Gabosch said even she thought her next business move was a little out of the ordinary-she opened a sex positive community center for playtime and community education.

Oct 29th 2009: Band plans dark, sexy Halloween show - The Genitorturers will perform Halloween night at Club Vegas in a show that includes a guitar giveaway and costume contest. Female clubgoers should be forewarned: They'll be hard-pressed to compete with Gen, the Genitorturers' leader, when it comes to sexy dominatrix costumes.

Oct 29th 2009: Let the journey begin - The year 2008 saw the resurgence of International Leather Sir/boy as the dominant title for for men who are skilled and participate in the BDSm lifestyle.

Oct 29th 2009: Girls in Rubber!!! - Billed as Sin City's only fetish dance troupe, Girls in Rubber is a latex-clad group of 12 to 20 performers exploring sexual boundaries, even when (or perhaps especially when) bound by chains and hanging from the ceiling.

Oct 28th 2009: Transparency, "Human Rights," And the 40th District - On the surface, Columbia College instructor and journalist Joe Laiacona's challenge of incumbent State Rep. Deb Mell in the 40th District's Democratic primary in Feb. doesn't seem so unusual.

Oct 28th 2009: Registration open for November "Transcending Boundaries" conference - The annual 'Transcending Boundaries' conference (TBC), a symposium for bisexual/pansexual, trans/genderqueer, intersex and polyamorous people and their allies, will be held at the DCU Center and the Hilton Garden Inn in Worcester.

Oct 27th 2009: The Sexual Manifesto: Reigniting San Francisco's Sex - That's right, freaks. After wading through some bureaucratic red tape, the Power Exchange is re-open for business. Tenderloin residents who were up in arms weeks ago will have to refocus their efforts if they want to put up a fight.

Oct 24th 2009: Sis is a dominatrix - "Dear Robin: I am really disturbed. While visiting my sister, I was rooting around her spare bedroom for clothes, and found a bunch of stuff that was used for S&M."

Oct 23rd 2009: Henry show is a snapshot of Mapplethorpe's Polaroid work - Robert Mapplethorpe, who died in 1989 at the age of 42, became in his short life one of contemporary photography's most respected artists and one of its most notorious practitioners

Oct 22nd 2009: Why Do Women Have Erotic Rape Fantasies? - A recent analysis of 20 studies over the last 30 years indicates that between 31% and 57% of women have rape fantasies, and these fantasies are frequent or preferred in 9% to 17% of women.

Oct 9th 2009: Embarrassment for Gossip Girl Blake Lively - In stills released from her little seen film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the 22-year-old actress plays troubled teenager Pippa, who runs away from home and is introduced to a world of bondage and drugs by her lesbian aunt.

Oct 8th 2009: Kink appeal - You are correct that kink seems to be gaining popularity. It may be that the actual numbers of kinksters haven't much changed, but our public recognition of BDSM has.

Oct 7th 2009: Beastiality, S&M, Fetishes Encourage Open Mind For Film Festival - You know those ratings that precede every movie you see in the theater? Well, the Vancouver International Film Festival has a new one. It's "V" and it states, "An Open Mind is Advised."

Oct 7th 2009: Gadget to help women feign virginity angers many in Egypt - Whether it's seen as a clever little gadget to help a woman keep a secret or a devilish deception that threatens Islam, the Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit is not welcome in Egypt.

Oct 6th 2009: Sex club spanked with lawsuit from patron injured during bondage play - On the evening of Sept. 8, 2007, Reina Nevraumont was bound by her hands and feet and hanging from the ceiling. So far, so good. Then, unexpectedly, the ceiling bolt to which she was attached broke loose and she crashed to the floor face-first, shattering her jaw.

Oct 6th 2009: Supreme Court to decide case on animal cruelty and free speech - The law was aimed at blocking a small but growing market in underground sexual-fetish videos that involve dominatrix women who step on and kill small animals. By one estimate in 1999, these so-called "crush videos" represented a million-dollar market.

Oct 6th 2009: Professor Says She Was Retaliated Against for Objecting to Colleague's S&M Sex Scandal - A University of New Mexico professor was pressured to resign as director of the creative writing program after complaining that a colleague was a dominatrix in bondage-themed Web sites featuring photos of at least three graduate students.

Oct 5th 2009: Dominatrix challenging prostitution law in court - If she could do it herself, Terri-Jean Bedford would strike down Canada's prostitution laws, perhaps using the riding crop she plans to bring to court.

Oct 4th 2009: Pistachio industry bets on 'sex sells' mentality with ads - There's one sure-fire way to get folks to forget about last spring's nationwide pistachio recall: Make 'em think about sex, instead. Make that kinky sex.

Oct 1st 2009: Fetish Parties Across the Country Explore the Unusual - Fetishes range from a desire to be more than friendly with a particular body part to a penchant for leather and whips to dressing up in full-out costumes (just to take them all off at a later time).

Sep 30th 2009: The Student Sex Column Movement - The 1996 launch of "Sex on Tuesday" at the University of California, Berkeley--birthplace of the 1960s national student activist movement--triggered the campus newspaper sex column phenomenon.

Sep 29th 2009: The Line: Sex, Consent, Power and Pleasure - Nancy Schwartzman uses her story of assault as a jumping-off point for The Line, a powerful documentary that explores sexual politics, violence and where to draw the line with regard to consent.

Sep 28th 2009: Folsom Street Fair - The 2009 Folsom Street Fair took place on Sunday, September 27, 2009. Folsom Street Fair touts itself as being the world's largest leather/fetish event.

Sep 28th 2009: Things San Franciscans Like: Acting Incredibly Open-Minded About Sex - For San Franciscans, sexual open-mindedness is like what snuggies are to other Americans: warm and eminently collectible. Where some people weigh their judgments by wondering what Jesus would do, San Franciscans have a different motto: What wouldn't Oprah do?

Sep 27th 2009: Perverts are putting out - Hosted at San Francisco's Center for Sex and Culture, a jam packed and steamy yet cozy performance space at 1519 Mission Street, the "Perverts" in attendance delivered a positively titillating lineup of poetry and fiction reading.

Sep 26th 2009: Stately homes paying the bills with sexy parties - Orgies, S&M holidays and erotic film shoots. The bizarre ways the owners of our grandest houses are surviving.

Sep 26th 2009: Do You Like it Rough? - Many would consider these activities to be reserved exclusively for the BDSM genre, but the fact that they often occur in otherwise "normal" or "vanilla" sexual relationships means that they can't be considered just a minority behavior.

Sep 10th 2009: Considering Torture, and the Rise of Harsh Bondage - Conservatives and feminists love to freak out about BDSM practices and imagery. CIA doctors can perform human torture experiments in the name of national security, but show a few pics of the Folsom Street Fair on Fox News...

Sep 9th 2009: The strange and odd: those crazy swingers next door - Swingers need open minds that allow them to try new things, accept people who are very different, and witness sights that may test the limits of what they consider sexy.

Sep 8th 2009: Lights, camera, kink! - On Sept. 17, the Good Vibrations Independent Erotic Film Festival returns to the Castro Theatre: two hosts, 11 finalists, and countless displays of kink, fetish, and good old-fashioned perversion.

Sep 8th 2009: The Story of O - The Vice Francaise - Even with judicious selection of some of the tamer moments from The Story of O, the readings were strong stuff. Depending on your predisposition, these might have produced, as one fan put it, a "rush of blood to the non-thinking parts", or they may have left you feeling decidedly queasy.

Sep 7th 2009: The Standard Stops Bears in Their Tracks - The Standard Hotel may be able to handle some skin... as long as it's not leather. The Villager reports the hotel on the High Line didn't want the West Village Leather and Bear Street Fair coming near their doors, even though it won unanimous approval from Community Board 2.

Sep 7th 2009: Turned On, Tuned In: When Fetish Goes Mainstream - What better way to spend your day off than to talk about sick sexual shit? Just because your life must resume its wanker routine tomorrow doesn't mean that your sex life must. Work out your kinks by introducing a few. And where there's sex, there's movies.

Sep 5th 2009: Whip it good - Why is it that erotic pain sounds so much more attractive when described in a French accent? Ask Cleo Dubois, the francophonic Madame who runs The Academy of SM Arts, an informal school and sex education curriculum that offers adult workshops and seminars in the practice of BDSM.

Sep 4th 2009: Gay marriage: doing it their way - It is not so very long ago that debate raged in this country as to what same-sex marriage would do to the venerable institution of wedded bliss. They couldn't allow us to marry, the conservatives crowed. It would destroy marriage itself.

Sep 3rd 2009: Erotic publisher review: Siren Publishing - Siren Publishing has a very unique imprint of books, called Menage Amour, that basically celebrates the love of many partners, either centered on a woman with multiple male partners or on males loving each other.

Sep 3rd 2009: Creative writing fetish - Dear smut mongers, lolly and jolly gaggers, pillow princesses, butch bottoms and leather lovers, your time is at hand. The Leather Archives & Museum has just issued a call for submissives, I mean submissions, for its publication Leather Times.

Sep 3rd 2009: Genitorturers Leading a 'Revolution' This Fall - It's been a long wait, but Florida's XXX-rated cyber-rock powerhouse Genitorturers are nearly ready to unleash their next studio album Blackheart Revolution this fall.

Sep 2nd 2009: The Safe Word is "Boob Hair" - "My girlfriend asked me if I'd try slapping her and pulling her hair during sex. We tried it, and afterward she said it wasn't hard enough. We talked about it, and she feels like me asking for direction from her ruins the dominance vibe she's interested in. How do we sort this out?"