August 2005

• Japanese Stuff - Sex
  

  Remember the PerfectFlex ladies who are on CyDy from time to time? This site was promoted to me as having a gallery of erotic contortionist photos...but it appears to all be in Japanese, so I'm not sure what's going on...

• Gay Gender Gap - News Reports
  

  David Crary has written an article for the Associated Press called Gender gap divides U.S. gays, lesbians. It's a really good article, go check it out. (BTW, I have updated this site to Movable Type 3.2 - let me know...

• Two Topics - News Reports
  

  Supreme Court Will Consider Parental Rights for Former Lesbian Couple This is notable primarily because it's in Utah. However it also points out that lesbians can be just as hasty as straight people when it comes to rushing into...

• Pulp Covers - Literature
  

  Here is a fun slideshow of gay-themed pulp novel covers, from 1971's "Some Are That Way" to 1952's "Warped Desire." If you like this collection, check out Jaye Zimet's book Strange Sisters on the same subject, and see also PulpCards.com....

• Free Advertising - CyDy Network
  

  Added: Offer temporarily unavailable while I figure out the PayPal thing - thanks Ed! Hey there! See that ad box I've just added to the top of the left column? It's something I'm trying out for a while. For a...

• British Observation List - News Reports
  

  Interesting admission: Britain's Royal Air Force kept records on suspected lesbians during the 20th century. Radclyffe Hall, the famous author of The Well of Loneliness, was one of the earlier targets; in 1920 she was nearly charged with "obscene libel...

• Brazen Femme - Literature
  

  While at a bookstore today, I found a neat book in the gay and lesbian section. Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity is a collection of works edited by Chlöe Brushwood Rose and Anna Camilleri. Intended as an in-your-face rebuttal of the...

• Network Update: Sappho's Girls - CyDy Network
  

  There's a new update at Sappho's Girls that features more sepia-toned "vintage" erotica. The star this time is Veronica, and while the pictures don't quite look vintage to me, there is definitely a "frozen in time" feeling to them. I...

• Network Update: Serafina Sox - CyDy Network
  

  This weekend brings another Makaio update from Serafina Sox! She does some cute solo posing in the yellow room again, this time wearing light blue thigh-highs with little bows on the top edge. Her hair is beautifully highlighted, but it's...

• No More Toys - Sex
  

  So am I the absolute last person to realize that Toys in Babeland has changed their name and is now simply called Babeland? And that they've been selling their products through Amazon for more than a year? Holy crap. I'm...

• Gay Travel - Pop Culture
  

  Has anybody ever picked up a Damron book? Are they any good? I always want them but I could never justify the expense. The L.A. Times has an article about mainstream travel sites courting gay users, which is a phenomenon...

• CyDy Sale - CyDy Network
  

  Just a quick heads-up tonight, because I've been throwing myself into genealogical research all night! If you weren't already aware, now is a great time to get a Cyber Dyke Network membership. There's a $5 off summer sale!...

• Lesbians in Nepal - News Reports
  

  If anybody thinks life is tough for lesbians in the United States or western Europe, they should try checking out the lesbians of Nepal. Many regions and religions vilify sex between men but leave lesbianism untouched or uncondemned. In Nepal,...

• Best Sex Writing 2006 -
  

  Cleis Press is looking for submissions for Best Sex Writing 2006. They are seeking "personal essays and reportage" and the series features exciting, arousing, and intelligent nonfiction sex writing. (After years of Best Lesbian Erotica and other annual titles, I'm...

• International News - News Reports
  

  A couple of articles from around the world: Japanese Legislator Comes Out At Gay Pride - Kanako Otsuji's announcement that she is a lesbian came after she heard the stories of hardships faced by closeted Japanese. Lesbian couple in bid...

• Network Update: Posteriority - CyDy Network
  

  One of my favorite CyDy models is in the latest Posteriority update! Roxxie is so pretty - I love when CyDy features her. In this oversized gallery she is paired with Sapphire, who has the perfect ass for this site....

• More on Cherokees - News Reports
  

  Okay, so, the news may not be so good for gay members of the Cherokee Nation after all....

• Bernadinism - Cool Links
  

  Okay, this photographer's work is seriously cool. Bernadinism is heavy on the surreality and the fetish. My favorite gallery is the one of various spankings taken at the moment of impact using a sound-activated switch. The photo is taken just...

• Unique Artistic Pinups - Cool Links
  

  Here's a fun link: bawidamann.com features a few dozen large pinup images drawn by Andrew Bawidamann, who says his pictures "offer much appeal to today's soldiers, tattoo artists, bikers, rockers and just about anyone with a fetish!" (Pinups were especially...

• That Bird's Nest - Cool Links
  

  I could have sworn I had linked to this before, but apparently not! My friend bias_cut has done some modeling for That Bird's Nest, a woman-positive alternative porn site that has just gone free. It was formerly a membership-based site,...

• Native American Marriage - News Reports
  

  This is a front I wasn't aware of in the struggle for same-sex marriage in the United States - apparently Native American tribes (or at least some of them) have sovereignty, and thus the authority to grant or deny marriage...

• Network Update: Sappho's Girls - CyDy Network
  

  This hot-off-the-digital-presses update from Sappho's Girls features exactly what the site is best-known for: two hot women making all kinds of love. They are energetic about everything from the striptease to the muff-diving! (Yeah, I said that.) One of my...

• Dyke Dolls - Pop Culture
  

  I think I've heard of these before, but I don't remember mentioning them, and they're worth pointing out! DykeDolls are the lesbian version of the Billy dolls, but without the enormous cocks. The "Bobbie" dolls come in three versions -...

• Perception of Lesbianism in Korea - News Reports
  

  The social status of gays and lesbians varies widely around the world, but in South Korea ignorance about lesbians is alive and well. A television report claimed that lesbianism has only emerged in the past five years, despite historical evidence...

• Network Update: Serafina Sox - CyDy Network
  

  The latest update from Serafina Sox is a bit kinkier than most! Punky, pretty, and pierced Roxxie has some special tube sock love for a dildo. Here's a preview selected by yours truly: And that's not even showing you the...

• Admitting What We Like - Sex
  

  Genia of SistersTalk has written about lesbians who love gay male porn. She has an awesome quote from Felice Newman that I just have to pass along: Fact is, many people – lesbian, gay, heterosexual, bisexual - get off on...

• Gay Blood Donations - News Reports
  

  Currently, gay men are banned from donating blood in a number of countries, including the United States. These bans date back to the early years of the AIDS crisis - they were established in 1985 in the United Statees -...

• Queer Jews in Brazil - News Reports
  

  The next time I feel like I'm in the minority, I'm going to remember the queer Jews of Brazil. There is an article called In Brazil, gay and lesbian Jews struggle for Jewish acceptance from the JTA, a Jewish news...

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