Taiwan Prepares White Rhino ‘Emma’ to Find Mate in Japan
It’s been a busy and exciting time at Taiwan’s Leofoo Safari Park where zookeepers have been preparing to send one of their southern white rhinos over to Japan.
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Malaysian Wins Challenge Against Islamic Law Banning Gay Sex
A Malaysian man Thursday won the country’s first legal challenge against Islamic laws banning gay sex, a victory hailed as “monumental progress” in combating persecution of the LGBT community.
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Virginia Senate Committee Kills Cyberflashing Bill
The committee’s only two female members voted in support of the effort, which would compare the unsolicited sexual images to a kind of digital indecent exposure.
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In Win for Sex Shop, Sixth Circuit Strikes Down Kentucky Billboard Law
An adult bookstore in Kentucky can keep its roadside billboard after a Sixth Circuit panel found state regulations on such advertisements violate the store’s First Amendment rights.
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French Government Seeks to Set Age for Sexual Consent at 15
France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse, amid growing public pressure and a wave of online testimonies about rape and other sexual violence by parents and authority figures.
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Roadsides Too Noisy for Birds to Think, Crickets to Mate
Crickets and the birds that snack on them are not natural allies, but they do have a common enemy, according to a pair of studies published Wednesday: roadside noise pollution.
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Dangerous Liaison: New Zealand Virus Quarantine Flaw Exposed
The woman who took a flight back to New Zealand was supposed to avoid all physical contact with others for 14 days as she went into mandatory quarantine. The man working at the quarantine hotel was supposed to be the last line of defense.
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Reindeer Lichens Are Having More Sex Than Imagined
Reindeer lichens — named for their notable place in a reindeer’s balanced diet — are reproducing sexually at a rate that far exceeds what scientists would have ever guessed.
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Kentucky Urges Sixth Circuit to Order Takedown of Sex Shop Billboard
The state of Kentucky argued on Friday before an appeals court panel that an advertisement for an adult bookstore on the side of a tractor-trailer violates state law and must be removed.
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Indonesian Gay Couple Whipped for Sharia-Banned Sex
A gay couple were flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province Thursday, justice officials said, in a public spectacle lambasted by human rights groups.
Read moreSurveillance Videos
A federal court in Florida ordered the destruction of “unlawfully obtained” surveillance footage of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, recorded between Jan. 18 and Jan. 22, 2019. The order, requested on behalf of a John Doe, pertains to video that allegedly shows New England Patriots owner Rovert Kraft of engaging in paid sex acts. Prosecutors last year dropped charges against Kraft relating to the prostitution sting.
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Bolsonaro’s Son Ordered to Pay Damages to Journalist
A Brazilian court on Thursday ordered the lawmaker son of President Jair Bolsonaro to pay damages to a journalist after claiming she had “tried to seduce” a source to obtain compromising information about the far-right leader.
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Butterfly Species Sprays Mate With Anti-Aphrodisiac to Ward Off Competition
The anti-aphrodisiac the male Heliconius melponene sprays the female butterfly with after mating smells like flowers.
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The Ex-Cop Behind China’s Largest Gay Dating App
Blue went public last July with an $85 million debut on Nasdaq, a remarkable tech success story for China, where homosexuality was classified as a mental illness as recently as 2001.
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Seoul Court Orders Japan to Compensate 12 Korean Sex Slaves
A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan to financially compensate 12 South Korean women forced to work as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, a landmark ruling that’s set to rekindle animosities between the Asian neighbors.
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Berlin’s KitKat Club to Become Covid-19 Testing Center
Berlin’s legendary KitKat fetish nightclub will reopen to the public on Friday, but visitors might be disappointed to discover that the only latex on show will be medical gloves.
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Hungarian MEP Resigns After Lockdown Breaking ‘Sex Party’
A conservative Hungarian MEP and close ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orban apologized Tuesday after Belgian police caught him at a lockdown-busting party that local press described as an orgy.
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Man Arrested in Berlin on Suspicion of Cannibalism
German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found a pile of bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.
Read moreMoral Code
An appeals court in New Jersey reversed a ruling in favor of a Catholic school, which allegedly fired an unmarried teacher after discovering she was pregnant. Knowledge of the teacher’s pregnancy alone is not a basis to determine whether she violated the school’s moral code.
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New FIFA Rules to Protect Female Players’ Maternity Rights
Female soccer players should soon get their maternity rights protected under new employment rules announced Thursday by FIFA.
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