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2016 in porn

Teens are down! Step moms and MILFs are up! Faux incest is the trend of the decade! Australians love lesbians! Read more on this years porn habits from Pornhub’s Year in Review.

STI rates rise for California PrEP users

A large study on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis users in California has shown a rise in the other STI infections among users. New HIV infections remained at zero, however, and researchers believe the rise in STI rates may be because lower-risk participants dropped out of the program.

Read more at POZ.

Don’t know who’s gay? Blame hipsters

At the New York Times, Krista Burton can’t tell who’s a lesbian at the farmers market anymore because hipsters have stolen all of the lesbian aesthetic.

2017 will be the year of bathroom bills

After North Carolina and South Dakota courted national outrage last year with bills preventing trans people from using the bathrooms of their choice, six more states are following suit in 2017.

Read more at Time.

Gambian government blames gay coup for election loss

After losing an election, Gambia’s energetically anti-gay government, led by President Yahya Jammeh, has rejected the results, citing voting irregularities. Meanwhile, the state-run newspaper published an editorial accusing gay special interests of planning a coup.

Read more at the Washington Blade.

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