Sex News: Prop 60 ads fail fact checks, fellatio cafe update, UK porn ID surveillance, Weiner-Trump-Cosby developments

• “While condom use in porn is widely supported by medical groups, the proposition doesn’t have the backing of the powerful California Medical Association, which threatened to sue the campaign for implying it supports Prop. 60. And other medical groups have come out against the measure because it could result in lawsuits that would violate the privacy of film performers. … The accusation of Prop. 60 opponents lying about who can be sued is itself a lie. Under the proposition, performers could be sued if they are also considered producers of the product — something that’s common in an overwhelmingly internet-based industry.”
  * Reality check: Pro-Proposition 60 ad is misleading (San Jose Mercury News)

• “The firm behind a proposed Geneva café where customers can receive oral sex whilst sipping their coffee is considering using robots instead of real-life [sex workers].”
  * Geneva ‘café fellatio’ considers using sex robots (The Local)

• Warning for survivors. “For months, people have wondered why this case isn’t getting more ― or, really, any ― attention in the press, even now that Trump faces an actual court date: a Dec. 16 status conference with the judge.”
  * Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old. Why Haven’t The Media Covered It? (Huffington Post)

• Classic. “Anthony Weiner has reportedly checked himself in to an in-patient addiction center in the wake of his most recent sexting scandal. The rehab center, which has not been identified, has a counseling program for people who are addicted to cybersex, exhibitionism, anonymous sex, and pornography…”
  * Anthony Weiner Reportedly Checked In to Sex Addiction Rehab. What Does That Mean Exactly? (Yahoo)

• “Refinery29 has released the video “How Vibrators Are Made,” the second in a series about Doc Johnson’s manufacturing process. The newest video, which comes hot on the heels of this month’s earlier Refinery29 video, “How Sex Toys Are Made,” follows the making of Doc Johnson’s upcoming American Pop line at its North Hollywood campus.”
  * Refinery29 Releases 2nd Doc Johnson Video (XBIZ)

• “As in past years, we gave top marks to blogs with great writing, frequent updates and sex-positive sensibilities. Of course, we threw in a few points for the blogs that entertained and inspired us the most. Then, we combined the scores from our internal staff with readers’ votes to come up with our top 100.”
  * Our Top 100 Sex Blogging Superheroes of 2016 (Kinkly)

• “When Alexandra Fine was gearing up to launch her company’s second gadget, a handheld vibrator engineered to mimic human touch, she knew Kickstarter wasn’t likely to accept her application. The crowdfunding website does not support sex toys and rejected Fine once before.”
  * The first sex toy on Kickstarter has landed (Business Insider)

• “U.K.-based pleasure products manufacturer Lovehoney was in Russia recently to provide training and product support for distributor/retailer Kazanova 69.”
  * Lovehoney Provides Training, Product Support in Russia (XBIZ)

• “Currently under review in Parliament is a law that would compel British porn sites to solicit age-verification data from people wanting to view their content. Issuing these viewers a unique porn identification number, the government would effectively commission a database of the nation’s porn consumption habits. ”
  * Welcome to the UK, Here’s Your Porn ID Viewer Number (Inverse)

• “A new online reporting tool — which will allow victims to report cases of non-consensual sharing of intimate images (commonly referred to as “revenge porn”) as well as access “immediate and tangible” support — in under development by the Federal Government.”
  * The Australian Government Is Building A ‘Revenge Porn’ Reporting Tool (Gizmodo)

• Warning for survivors. “Attorneys for disgraced comedian Bill Cosby are asking a judge to prevent more a dozen of his alleged victims from attending his trial on sexual assault charges. Bill Cosby’s lawyers will ask a Pennsylvania state judge on Tuesday to keep more than a dozen women who have accused the comedian of sexual assault off the witness stand at his trial on charges of molesting a former basketball coach at his alma mater.”
  * Cosby Lawyers Seek To Bar Alleged Victims From Sex Assault Trial (Huffington Post)

• “Glamour Magazine on Tuesday named a young woman at the center of the high-profile Stanford sexual assault case one of its women of the year. Without naming her, the magazine cited the impact of Emily Doe’s powerful sentencing statement, which she read after her assailant was sentenced to six months in jail, as the reason for her award.”
  * Glamour Names Stanford Sex Assault Survivor Woman of Year (NBC Bay Area)

Main post image via Lindsey Wixson by Amanda Charchian for Garage No.11 FW 2016 (Fat Tongue)