"The Thai state has had this ambivalence towards sex work and sex workers. This is a factor that explains why so many of them can't access any assistance from the state."

Sex workers (as well as people who use and/or sell drugs) have always known they can’t rely on police for protection because cops regularly use laws that criminalize prostitution, drug possession, and living outside to harass, coerce, extort and arrest them.

Researchers have also found that some participants regard BDSM as a spiritual experience.

In a way it seemed inevitable that The Golden Rooster Company would be embraced by Lord Rayneth and the rest of his cronies in the Kingdom of Virfortis. After all, Lord Rayneth was responsible for revitalizing the kingdom’s economy using one of the oldest tricks in the book...

Adam's never met a Witch before, let alone the Witch Plumeria who likes to throw back shots at a buzzy tequila bar in New York City's Lower East Side. To Adam's delight–and confusion–Plumeria takes an immediate interest in him...

“What’s really important [is] creating these multiple avenues to see kink and BDSM. You see this hardcore kink porn, and it seems so inaccessible.”

Banana is the DIY magazine by and for Asians growing up in the west

Karley spends time with a dominatrix and her platonic lifestyle slave and finds an unexpected dynamic.