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New analysis was presented yesterday by the National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study regarding same-sex sexual activity amongst 17-year-olds. The NLLFS was comparing their numbers to numbers obtained from The U.S. National Survey of Family Growth to figure out if lesbian parents inspire their children to engage in excess homosexual romps, as the anti-gays so vehemently believe. Unsurprisingly enough, there was no significant difference in same-sex activity between the daughters of gay parents and the daughters of straight parents. More »
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Good news, bisexual men: Scientists have decided that you exist! You may now stop fighting your attraction to both women and men, because some dude in a lab coat says you're allowed to want whoever you want. More »
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Way back in 2006, Young Dro climbed the charts with his one and only hit, "Shoulder Lean". As much as I would love to regale you with stories of how this song was played at every party for the following two years, the reason I bring it up is because it's the song that started it all. In my mind at least. Young Dro's seemingly innocuous throwaway punchline started a trend that will probably outlast hip hop's greatest obsession — comparing oneself to shit. More »
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A study purportedly shows that straight men are more likely to forgive a girlfriend's cheating if she does it with another woman. What's behind the idea that girl-on-girl cheating somehow isn't "real"? More »
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The UK's Daily Mail has announced "the dawn of the flexisexual"—a perceived increase of "straight women who flirt with bisexuality." It's a new phenomenon that started with celebrities and is now affecting "regular" women. Trend alert! More »
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A new study shows that teens who have sex with both male and female partners are more likely to experience dating violence, and less likely to use condoms. More »
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I've never really had any TV characters I could identify with, who seemed to represent my personal experience of sexuality. But then I discovered Brittany and Santana on Glee. More »
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We're not sure what makes this Austrian Ikea commercial less likely to air in the US: the fact that it gleefully depicts infidelity, or its suggestion that male bisexuality exists. More »
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According to a new biography, the star of Gone With The Wind allegedly had an insatiable appetite for "rough trade" and would pay hustlers with cigarette cases. As God is my witness, I'll never be desperately horny again! More »
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The Guardian's Marcus Morgan offers a spirited defense of bisexuality against various generalizations. But he still offers one of his own: that everyone's actually bi. More »
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11:19am, December 8. ABC. More »
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With all the predictable stereotypes foisted on unsuspecting readers of stories about Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson split, we asked you what the go-to lesbian stereotypes are these days, and, boy, did you guys deliver. More »
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Geneticists at the Pink Tiger Research Institute in Australia have discovered the gene that causes Christianity in mice, just in time for the biggest religio-consumerist holiday of the Roman calendar year. More »
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Scientists at Indiana University looked at scientific research on sexuality and found that most studies focus on either hetero- or homosexual individuals, which is sort of like dating for bi people. [UPI] More »
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We've had our issues with Dan Savage. Actually, I've had my issues with Dan Savage, personally. There's certainly a place in America for a columnist who assures you that your kinkiest kinks aren't so bad and you can still be loved for them, so get some therapy and practice safe sex! And, at one point not terribly long ago, I was happy that that person was Dan Savage. But then the more I read of his columns and his "vaginas are terrifying" and his whole "women are double-standard having bitches" thing that he likes to harp on sometimes I am like, wow. And now he has on display some pretty heteronormative thoughts about bisexuality: it's great in girls and most of us do it, but it's virtually non-existent in boys. Gross. More »
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There is a long-standing stereotype that women's sexuality is more fluid than that of men — also known as the "all woman are a little bisexual" theory. The thing that annoys me about this stereotype is that it plays into the (mostly male) fantasy that there is some secret code or enough alcohol that will convince otherwise comfortably straight women (who are obviously fooling themselves) to engage in sexual activity with other women, while comfortably straight men are just, you know, straight. Besides the fact that very little sexuality is black and white — witness my gay neighbor's ostensibly "straight" dates coming by late at night, or the occasional sexual propositions I get at gay clubs, for instance — I also feel that it plays into this idea that you can "choose" your sexuality, that sexuality is a Pick-Your-Own-Adventure game and that women will be inspired or can be convinced to pick otherwise, which is really condescending. And, so, it doesn't surprise me that either Salon or the New York Times articles about Dr. Meredith Chivers' research into human arousal get it wrong. More »
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"At this point, coming out would be the most normal thing [Lindsay's] done in months," Queerty editor Andrew Belonsky said recently. And according to an article in ABC News, if Lindsay Lohan admitted to a relationship with Sam Ronson, it could actually be a boon to her ailing career — it would take attention away from her drug-addled past and her humiliating, fame whoring family. But what if an up-and-coming, sexually ambiguous male star with similar image woes, let's say a Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who's also had several stints in rehab, came out of the bisexual closet? Would it be a career positive, or a career ender? It's more likely to be a career ender, say experts — and according to Jennifer Baumgardner, the author of Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, it's because women are taken less seriously in general. "It's like, 'So what if they were fooling around?' When two men, who were thought to be straight, have sex, it's perceived as more serious," she tells ABC News. More »
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Are single women who take birth control when they fall in love CHEATING MEN WITH THEIR DECEPTIVE PHEROMONES??? That's the rather radical spin on what seemed to me to be a relatively rational chat between a psychology blogger and the editor of a big cover story about the chemistry of love in TIME, sent to me late last night with a rather enraged rant by a certain bisexual polyamorous friend of the blog. Now: my inclination is to think women who take birth control before they're even in a relationship are cheating themselves, because while condoms do indeed suck why would you want to fuck without the pheromonal connection? Only to, once again, risk the possibility of falling in love with someone who's probably, once again, not right for you? The answer, my bipoly friend explained to me, is simple: there's a flaw in my logic. I was operating under the assumption that humans were built for monogamy. And that's not true! "All the science" says so. My IM reeducation after the jump. More »
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