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Pornography

Why you should worry about age verification laws
Politics

Why you should worry about age verification laws

OPINION: Calls to restrict access to supposed adult content should be called out for their true intentions: relegating queer content to the shadows

By Nneka Ewulonu
Age-verification bill relies on magical thinking about technology
Politics

Age-verification bill relies on magical thinking about technology

OPINION: Pierre Poilievre’s support of government surveillance on adult content is certainly ironic 

By Dale Smith
‘Daddy Lessons’ by Steacy Easton offers an uneven blend of memoir, literary analysis and pornography
Books

‘Daddy Lessons’ by Steacy Easton offers an uneven blend of memoir, literary analysis and pornography

REVIEW: At its best, this pedagogy of fucking makes transgressive queer desire palpable

By H Felix Chau Bradley
From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel
Culture

From Barbie porn and Ken buttplugs to Trixie Mattel

Queer and trans folk have been doing wonderfully awful things to Barbie since the doll’s creation

By Kerry Manders
‘International Male’ documentary and ‘Vibe Check’ podcast top the catch-up this week
Queer Culture Catch-Up

‘International Male’ documentary and ‘Vibe Check’ podcast top the catch-up this week

Plus diverse, ethical porn, a “Fast and Furious”-themed trans zine and a breathlessly funny YA title from Jason June

By S. Bear Bergman
The year in love and sex
Rainbow Rewind 2021

The year in love and sex

6 stories that defined the way we loved and lusted in 2021

By Ziya Jones
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Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask
Ask an Expert

Everything you want to know about making porn, but were too afraid to ask

Queer performer and educator Lotus Lain on getting started making porn, thriving over the long term, and why we should all be paying for porn

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
I told my boyfriend he can’t watch porn. Am I too controlling?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I told my boyfriend he can’t watch porn. Am I too controlling?

Kai Cheng Thom responds to an online sex worker struggling to set relationship boundaries

By Kai Cheng Thom
Reading the history of gay desire
TV & Film

Reading the history of gay desire

Evan Purchell’s “Ask Any Buddy” project explores the evolution of gay porn over the decades—and where progress has stalled in the medium

By Sam Moore
I think I’m asexual but I’m into kinky porn, which my friends say is problematic. Am I a bad person?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I think I’m asexual but I’m into kinky porn, which my friends say is problematic. Am I a bad person?

By Kai Cheng Thom
Rachel Mason’s parents built a legendary gay porn empire; she made a movie about it
TV & Film

Rachel Mason’s parents built a legendary gay porn empire; she made a movie about it

‘Circus of Books’ chronicles the important role the Masons played in Los Angeles and LGBTQ2 history

By Tre’vell Anderson
How Tumblr’s porn ban affects LGBTQ2 users
Analysis

How Tumblr’s porn ban affects LGBTQ2 users

‘Our digital lives are our real lives — when we lose that, we lose whole communities and cultures’

By Jake Pitre
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RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)
Opinion

RIP, Yonge Cinemas (Part 1)

For gay men in Toronto, Yonge Street’s glory days are gone. So now what?

By Mike Miksche
Pop-up porno
Arts

Pop-up porno

Director Stephen Dunn brings anonymous sex stories to life

By Chris Dupuis
Meet one of the granddaddies of gay porn
Arts

Meet one of the granddaddies of gay porn

Peter de Rome documentary celebrates 8mm pioneer of pleasure-seeking

By Brett Josef Grubisic
Why one performer boycotted the Feminist Porn Awards
Culture

Why one performer boycotted the Feminist Porn Awards

Kitty Stryker raises concerns over ‘she-male’ porn and alleged transphobia, misogyny

By HG Watson
Drone sex
Culture

Drone sex

‘Drone Boning’: a short porno filmed entirely by drones

By Michael Lyons
Which country comes the quickest?
Culture

Which country comes the quickest?

By Raziel Reid
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