Sex News: Sailor Moon fights STIs, porn tackles racism, porn study debunked, Karma Pervs is back

• “Japanese anime character Sailor Moon is taking on a new fight: against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The heroine and her creator, Naoko Takeuchi, have teamed up with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to launch a new public campaign… Condoms and fliers featuring the pretty soldier, as she is famously known as, will be distributed at several venues.”
  * Sailor Moon enlisted by Japan to fight STIs (BBC)
  See also: Winning Love by Daylight: Sailor Moon Becomes Safe Sex Advocate (Future of Sex)

• “The nation’s largest state bar association is overhauling ethics rules for attorneys for the first time in 30 years, and some lawyers are unhappy about a proposal that would open them up to discipline for having sex with clients. California currently bars attorneys from coercing a client into sex or demanding sex in exchange for legal representation. Supporters of an all-out ban say the relationship between a lawyer and client is inherently unequal, so any sexual relationship is potentially coercive. But some attorneys say it’s an unjustified invasion of privacy. ”
  * California weighs banning lawyers from having sex with clients (CBS News)

• “The Adult Performer Advocacy Committee (APAC) will forgo its traditional meeting format to discuss racial discrimination in the adult entertainment industry and to provide potential solutions for diversification. APAC has requested performers who wish to share their encounters to draft a statement to be read at the December meeting. The statement should include both observations of racial discrimination and methods of responding to and preventing further inequality.”
  * APAC to Discuss Racism in Adult (XBIZ)

• “In 1989, powerful research was published (link is external)by Kenrick, Gutierres and Goldberg, examining the impact of pornography on relationships and attraction to ones’ partners. … This research has been heavily cited, in academic literature, but especially in general media discussions of the effects of pornography. … In three separate trials, researchers were unable to replicate these findings. It appears that there is no evidence to support the belief that exposure to pornography, or nude images of idealized women, leads to men feeling less attraction, or love, for their partners.”
  * Turns Out, Porn Doesn’t Kill Love (Psychology Today)

• Totally worth it. “This year marks my sixth year sending special Karma Pervs erotic philanthropic holiday cards. … I want most of all to encourage donations to support the organizations that in turn support our communities and make our world a better place.”
  * Get on my list! 2016 Holiday Cards (Jiz Lee)

• “Under the digital economy bill, internet service providers will be forced to block sites hosting content that would not be permitted for DVD sale by the BBFC. These standards are based on a moral judgement by the BBFC rather than law. … they are based on the old idea that content might “deprave and corrupt” viewers. This is same test under which the book Lady Chatterley’s Lover was prosecuted for obscenity in 1960, in which the prosecutor hilariously asked jurors whether “you would wish your wife or servants to read” such material. In fact, the law will block far more than just “extreme” porn. It is likely to block any sexual or erotic material, even simple nudity, on sites that don’t first verify the ages of their visitors. In practice this will be difficult to enact due to cost, causing millions of sites to be blocked.”
  * Porn; the first victim of the Government’s censorship crusade (Independent UK)

• “An Oregon circuit court has ruled that a resident can change their legal gender to “nonbinary,” a gender identity that is neither male nor female.”
  * Oregon court rules that ‘nonbinary’ is a legal gender (PBS)

• “Moroccan pop star Saad Lamjarred who fled the US after his 2010 indictment on rape charges in Brooklyn has been arrested on a similar rap in Paris, and could be headed back to New York to face prosecution.”
  * Singer who fled Brooklyn rape case busted in Paris sex assault (NY Post)

• “Studio owner and porn film director Lee Roy Myers prepares paint while working on a hospital room set at his studio, Mission Control Studios, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in Las Vegas. With increasing costs of doing business and a Los Angeles law requiring male actors to wear condoms, Myers moved his studio to Las Vegas last Spring and is part of the new boom in X-rated production in Sin City.”
  * Even with defeat of Prop 60, Las Vegas may profit from LA’s industry restrictions (Las Vegas Sun)

• ““When being among the leading adult market players worldwide, giving back to the dedicated fans is our number one priority.,” said Alex Hawkins, a spokesman for xHamster. “After so much demand on the xHamster beer, we decided it is only fair if we make it available for everyone. xHamster beer is a delicious mix of malts and spices that you can relax with.””
  * Porn Beer. Yes, You Read That Right. (TMR Zoo)

• “The Buffalo Bills have banned the fans that decided to throw a sex toy onto the field in last month’s game against the Patriots, Bills vice president of operations and guest experience Andy Major announced. … Patriots star Rob Gronkowski told reporters after the game that he believed the item was for the Bills.”
  * Buffalo Bills ban sex toy throwers for life (Sports Illustrated)

VB note: If you’re doing “Cyber Monday” in the traditional sense… Tantus is highly recommended: