In several ways, it’s a shitty time to have intercourse.
There’s the just-passed legislation, the misleadingly called “Allow says and subjects to combat Online Sex Trafficking Act,” which just place the personals area of Craigslist and Backpage.com, a site commonly used by gender workers to acquire people, out of business. Using each party in the U.S. government, the guidelines ways most sex professionals will today go to jail — which will suggest considerably queer and trans individuals will head to prison, because so many folks endure off gender services.
In urban centers across the nation, cops still target consensual hookups between queers in parks with long been cruising spot. And situations like Michael Johnson’s — the 23-year-old black queer Missourian which gotten a 30-year prison sentence for HIV “exposure” — showcase just how U.S. courts criminalize people due to prevalent anxiety and misinformation about STIs.
In San Francisco, Grindr and homes crisis have place the city’s latest gay porn theaters out of business. Continue reading “How This Bathhouse’s Sober gender nights Became a sanctuary for Queers in Recovery.”