ISSUE XI

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Crushed between prudish traditionalism and dour activism culture, society desperately needs to get laid.

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Featured

As the absolute labels once needed for acceptance begin to peel off, a clear trend re-emerges: We are more bisexual than we think.

Je Suis Nonbinary: Coming Out in Support of Free Speech

A nonbinary journalist explains how the humorless Left’s unwillingness to defend satire reveals a larger rift.

Faux Feminism: Denying Positive Masculinities

Inclusive Masculinity Theory sees gay acceptance as evidence that the patriarchy is fading. So why are we still so fixated on sticking it to The Man?

Islamic Homophobia is Empowered by Leftist Silence

Homophobia is widespread in Islamic communities throughout the world. It’s hard to combat the problem when even most LGBT activists are unwilling to call it out.

Man Up and Take It: Do We Under-detect Men’s Suffering?

Studies tell us that people perceive men’s and women’s wellbeing very differently. What does that say about the discourse that currently dominates our culture?

For sex researcher Michael Bailey, nothing is sacred — except the truth.

Latest

Critics are convinced that the rise in LGBTQ+ identification is driven by the TQ+, but that’s not what the data says.

Easter, Trans Visibility, and the Death of Grace

The manufactured controversy over President Joe Biden recognizing Trans Visibility on Easter reveals the spiritual rot at the core of the culture wars.

The Right-Wing Groomers Who Call Everyone Groomers

When it comes to the right-wing “groomer” police, methinks they doth protest too much.

Oh, Canada… A Liberal Immigrant’s Lament

The Canada my parents moved us to 50 years ago was a bastion of liberal freedom. Now it’s beginning to remind me of the country we fled.

Off the Reservation: The Navajo Nation’s LGBT Refugees

The Navajo Nation were once driven off their lands. Now, LGBT Navajos are being driven off by their own homophobes.

A theologian’s guide to the Bible’s stance on gay sex.

Boutique Bogeymen: The Incel Panic and the Failure of Empathy

Incels have become one of the most reviled groups in affluent circles, but how dangerous are they really?

Your personal guide to picking and staying with the right person to annoy you for the rest of your life.

Putting the Sex Back Into Sexual Orientation

You shouldn’t need a Tumblr thesaurus to figure out whom you’re attracted to.

News

Bi Fruitful and Multiply: The Genetics of Bisexuality

Some critics think that younger generations are more bi because it’s trendy. New research shows otherwise.

Success! Men Now Face More Hiring Discrimination Than Women

Hiring biases against women have been all but eradicated, yet new research shows that people just don’t believe it.

The Moderate Chads and the Radical Virgins

As politics takes a role once filled by religion, research shows that no one wants to date radicals.

“Queers for Palestine” and the Death of Irony

Imposing Western identity politics onto the Middle East is a formula for moral insanity.

Asking people to choose between free speech and LGBT rights is a disaster in the making.

New primate research shows the evolutionary benefits of swinging both ways.

Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey has been dead for generations, but he still lives rent-free in Republicans’ minds.

A new law in Florida is forcing Pride parades back into the closet.

Banning Anne Frank's Diary, in the Name of Freedom

Hysteria over Anne Frank’s bisexuality shows the religious right’s true colors.

Trends

Is The Rainbow Mafia Turning Everyone Gay?

28% of Gen Z is LGBT. Has being queer become a craze or is there more going on?

The arguments in favor of circumcision as a matter of course just don’t measure up.

By Any Means Necessary: Iran, Hamas, and the Left

History shows that when the revolutionary left and Islamist right start sounding alike, it’s time to start worrying.

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic takes a few liberties, but it hits all the right notes on the Maestro’s bisexuality.

The Youth Sex Drought Is Not Evenly Distributed

The data shows that young straight people are having less sex than ever — but bi folks are doing better. What explains this divide?

Radical Feminism’s Strange Love Affair With Hamas

The patriarchy is real in Gaza, but Western feminist academics and activists have better things to care about.

The vitriol against cis white gay men in activist circles seems new, but it’s been decades in the making.

Men, Ancient Rome, and the "Blank Slate"

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither was the male fascination with it.

There’s a reason why right-wing culture warriors sound a lot like the postmodernists they rail against.