News

• Eye on Big Brother -- CU editor Liz Highleyman looks at how the state tries to control us -- by means of censorship, outlawing certain kinds of play, arresting people for consensual sexual activities, etc.
  • Supreme Court Strikes Down Net Smut Law/Canadian Doms Still Under Fire/Banning of the Bullwhip/GeoCensorship - Summer 1997
  • Sex Mags Banned from California Newsracks/Supreme Court Hears Net Censorship Case/SF Sex Club Update/AOL Bans Bondage - May 1997
  • Sex Clubs Redux/CDA Goes to Supreme Court/Military Porn Ban Rejected - February/March 1997
  • Child porn Prevention Act/CDA Supreme Court Appeal/NEA Ruling Overturned/Newsrack Appeal Fails - December 1996/January 1997
  • Online Censorship in the UK/Attack on Anonymous Remailers/Newsrack Case/Pink Pyramid Case/Dominatrix Busted in CT - September/October 1996
  • CDA Defeated!/New York Custody Battle/Newsrack Trial Looms/Little Sister's Update - June/July 1996
  • Little Sister's vs. Canada Customs/Online Censorship Law Passes/Cyberporn BBS Conviction Upheld - March/April 1996
  • US out of myURL/Compuserve axes newsgroups/Braverman arraignment - February 1996

• S.F. Sex Clubs Under Fire Again, by Liz Highleyman (Winter 1996/1997)
• San Diego Dominatrix Runs for Congress, by Mistress Veronika Frost (February 1996)
• Book Burning on the Electronic Frontier, by Liz Highleyman (January 1996)
• Daddy's Opens Despite Homophobic Bureaucrats, by Caxton West (November 1996)
• Tensions Rise Over New Sex Club Regulations, by Liz Highleyman (January 1996)
  
  
• Leather Briefs -- the latest news events
  • Bawdy House Charges Snare Canadian Doms/ Levis Versus Leather/Medical Lesbians Discuss SM/"Family" Advocates Protest Art Funding/ AOL Rescinds "Bondage" Ban/Parental Consent for Piercing/New York City Leather Pride Events/ Society of Janus Pride Contingent/Dore and Folsom Fairs Coming Soon/Chester Seeks Radical Sex Photographs - June 1997
  • Out with the Outcasts; In with the Exiles/ Houghton Children Returned to Parents/Bondage Bungalow Case Goes to Canadian Supreme Court/ Members of National Organization for Women Seek S/M Policy Reform/Leather Leaders Meet - May 1997
  • Spanner Defeat/Houghton Criminal Case Ends/ Manic Panic/End of an Era/Pantheon of Leather Award Winners/Ms. Fallen Angel Leather/Leather White Pages/Gearing Up For Mr. SF Leather/Obituary: Jonnie Raines - February/March 1997
  • Spanner Case Heard by European Court/ Pervert Parents Bargain with Court for Custody/Mr. and Ms. Santa Clara County Sashed/ New Los Angeles Leatherwomen's Title - December 1996/January 1997
  • Margo St. James for SF Supervisor/ Powersurge Controversy/Kink Aware Professionals -- Referrals via Web/Rage! Ready to Defend Women Against Violence/ Fifth Annual SM Pride Parade in London/Submissive women Sought for Interviews by Author/ Attention Rubberists!/Living in Leather IX/Leather Pride in Amsterdam - September/October 1996
  • Stiff Upper Lip Spanner Benefit/ Sex Maniacs Ball Busted/UK SM Clubs Harassed/Beth Downey is First Ms. Golden Gate Leather/ Bears Give It Away/Women's Health Care Drive/New Power Exchange at Old Playground Site/ Wally's Birthday Bash/New SM/Leather/Fetish Network Forms/Washington Winner/ Powersurge/Obituary: Derek Yeager/Obituary: Mr. Sebastian/Obituary: Hawk Brooks - June/July 1996
  • Spanner Developments/ ICF Motorcycle Awards/Pantheon of Leather Awards/Happy Birthday, BAGG/New Castro Leather Store/ No Breast Freedom in Berkeley/Bawdy House Laws in Canada/Journeyman II Benefit Social/ Washington State Leather Pride/Gender Events in Minneapolis/Anarchist Book Fair/New SM Rap Group in San Jose/Readers and Writers Conference/ Mr. SF Leather/ SMMILE Announces '96 Dore, Folsom Fair Dates/Obituary: Brad Braverman/ Obituary: Bob Flanagan: Supermasochist - March/April 1996
  • Happy 25th, Forum!/Sober Leather Conference Disbands/Leather Toys for Tots/ New Dyke Daddy and Dyke Mommy Chosen/New Trans-Friendly Club for Kinksters/ Safer Sex Demos for Leathermen/Ink Your Skin at Black and Blue/ Women Master SM Topics at Kinkmeister - February 1996
  • Leather Sashes Change Hands/Hobbit Wears Ms. Washington Sash/With Friends Like This.../ Bloodsisters on Tape/Time for a Yard Sale?/Leatherwomen Help the Hungry/ Restrictions on Newsrack Sales/Fetish Fashion and Fun at Superstition - December 1995/January 1996
  
  
• Perverts in the News, by Pat Califia (Summer 1995)