Sex News: Weekend Roundup

I didn’t get to my Tuesday and Thursday sex news posts in a timely manner this week, so here’s a weekend roundup of news items. Sunday Sex Reads will be on schedule as usual tomorrow with the most interesting sex and culture longreads of the week.

• “Dallas LGBT advocates want the city to become the fourth in the nation to outlaw conversion therapy for minors. But unlike in Cincinnati, Miami Beach and Washington, D.C., such a ban in Dallas likely would trigger backlash from GOP state leaders as well as, potentially, litigation from one high-profile “ex-homosexual” counselor.”
  * An Epic Showdown Over ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Is Brewing in Dallas (New Civil Rights Movement)

• “A Kenyan court on Thursday upheld the use of anal examinations to determine a suspect’s sexual orientation, dismissing the argument that the procedure amounts to torture and degrading treatment.”
  * Kenya: Judge upholds use of anal probes to define sexuality (AP)

• “In the alleged interest of stopping sexual exploitation, government officials have seized yet another website (“American Escort Co”) that allowed sex workers to work more safely and independently.”
  * Feds Kill Yet Another Website That Makes Sex Work Safer (Reason)

• “Cal/OSHA will create a new advisory committee to help shape new regulations for the adult industry, according to the Free Speech Coalition. An advisory committee, which would ostensibly include working adult performers, the FSC said, is a significant shift away from the “historically adversarial approach” taken by Cal/OSHA toward the adult industry.”
  * Cal/OSHA Creating Advisory Panel to Develop Regs for Adult Filmmaking, FSC Says (XBIZ)

• “This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles gave gaming enthusiasts the opportunity to demo fully explicit porn tailor-made for the VR experience.”
  * Virtual Reality Porn Seduces Red-Faced Gamers (Daily Beast)

• “President Obama just condemned an ancient double-standard. “We need to change the attitude that punishes women for their sexuality,” he said Tuesday, “but gives men a pat on the back for theirs.””
  * President Obama just said we shouldn’t shame women for having sex (Washington Post)

• “Several Twitter accounts belonging to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) were hijacked this week and replaced with gay pride messages and links to gay pornography.”
  * ISIS Twitter accounts hijacked to display gay porn (The Next Web)

• Warning for survivors of sexual assault and trauma. “Stanford rapist Brock Allan Turner shared a photo of his victim’s breasts, by sending it to his swim teammates after the attack. This according to court papers, which indicate one of his friends deleted those photos.”
  * Brock Turner Snapchatted a photo of his victim’s breasts to friends after the attack (SMObserved)

Main post image via Moa Aberg by Will Vendramini HQ Photo Shoot (In The Raw)