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Every right-wing authoritarian movement has one thing in common: a brutal clampdown on any persons or groups who promote equality.

A new book by the culture critic madison moore argues that an aesthetic of "fabulousness" allows queer people to reclaim visibility through flamboyance.

There are no available statistics on how many men discreetly remove their condoms during sex, an act known informally as stealthing.

An upcoming issue of Pacific Standard will include exclusive portraits from the photography series "Where Love Is Illegal." In time for Pride Month, here are some other images from the project.

Hysteria director Tanya Wexler reflects on the challenges she faced in funding a film about the history of the vibrator, and how the film shaped her career.

The difference between “escort” and “prostitute” is that one term relies on euphemistic window dressing while the other is unapologetic and unashamed.

As the Internet makes X-rated material more accessible, more Americans are watching.

How do you decide? And who gets to?

Is it possible that, for white men, sex with other men can function as the ultimate re-affirmation of straightness and privilege?

Meet Arthur Haines, the neo-aboriginal Mainer who is turning paleo fantasy into optimistic reality.

The sex industry is an undesirable solution to problems, but it’s a solution just the same. Those problems can’t be cured overnight.

An advocacy group uncovers shocking conditions in the country’s largest rabbit processing plant, raising questions about why the USDA and its Humane Slaughter Act do nothing to protect a whole class of animals.

Three theories attempt to make sense of some provocative new data.

Responsible BDSM practitioners realize, perhaps more acutely than anyone else, that "yes" is not enough. We could all learn something from this stigmatized community, if only we'd talk more openly.

New research finds we indulge in a wide variety of erotic fantasies.

A quest to track down a real Penis proves difficult.

The vagina is not the homologue to the penis. Why do we keep treating it as such?

New research suggests that not all casual sex is bad. For those legitimately interested, it can boost life satisfaction and self-esteem and lessen anxiety.

Voluntourism is ultimately about the fulfillment of the volunteers themselves, not necessarily what they bring to the communities they visit.

One mother makes up for the gaps in sex education.

The female condom has won praise for empowering women, but ever since it came onto the market, the device has found a small fan base among an unexpected population: gay men.

Many of us probably get our core gender identities as much from our biological origins as we do from our gender educations.