Following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade last month, I reported on a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion after being raped due to the Buckeye State’s trigger law going into effect. Several conservatives called the story a lie due to the timing with the Roe u-turn. But on Tuesday, a man in Columbus was charged with impregnating the girl. Continue reading “Ohio Man Arrested For Rape Of 10-Year-Old Girl Who Traveled To Indiana For Help”
Man Charged With Illegally Recording Naked Men At Spa
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Look around the next time you relax at a spa, or you could end up starring in an online video for sale.
Police in Fairfax, Virginia, have announced the arrest of a man accused of secretly video recording naked men – including minors – at a local spa and selling the clips to a website.
The videos were recorded at Spa World in Centerville, Virginia.
Kwame Anderson, a 28-year-old resident of Newport News, Virginia, has been charged with three felony counts of unlawful filming of a minor, one misdemeanor count of unlawful filming of an adult, and one misdemeanor count of unlawful dissemination of the videos.
Anderson reportedly had recorded 152 videos of 81 men including three juvenile males.
According to the Washington Blade, the investigation was launched after a male customer of the spa saw a video clip of him naked posted online for sale.
The man informed Spa World who, in turn, notified the Fairfax Police.
At a press conference regarding the case, Detective Sameer Khan declined to identify the website where the clips were being sold, or if it was a gay or straight oriented site, but did offer, “It was a very prominent social media website that these were actually posted on.”
In a statement, the Fairfax Police said they had recovered videos of 84 additional victims which were not recorded at the spa.
“We are working with other area jurisdictions in hopes of identifying the additional locations and victims,” read the statement.
Illinois: State House Approves Ban on “Ex-Gay” Therapy For Minors
Let’s hear it for Illinois!
By a vote of 68 to 43, state legislators approved legislation that would ban so-called “ex-gay” therapy for minors.
Sixty-one Democrats and seven Republicans voted to protect young LGBTs from the harmful effects of what many have termed “conversion torture” which attempts to “fix” something that isn’t broken.
“Ending conversion therapy is our top priority in the legislature right now. Trying to change the unchangeable, our innate sexual orientation and gender identity, should not be attempted because it risks the health of LGBT youth,” said Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois.
The bill now heads to the Illinois state Senate.
Illinois would join Oregon, California, New Jersey and the District of Columbia in protecting LGBT minors from “conversion therapy.”
Michigan: Legislation introduced to ban “ex-gay” therapy for minors
Michigan Democrat Rep. Adam Zemke has introduced legislation which would ban gay conversion therapy for minors in the state.
From MLive.com:
House Bill 5703 would amend Michigan’s mental health code to prohibit health professionals from attempting to change the sexual orientation of anyone under 18 years old.
“The evidence shows you cannot change sexual orientation, so the legislation was kind of a no-brainer,” Zemke said. “We want to make sure children cannot be exposed to situations that are emotionally harmful to them because of their parents’ beliefs or desires to try to change their orientation.”
In 2009, the American Psychological Association said that attempts to change sexual orientation are ineffective and can have harmful side effects including depression, suicidal thoughts and anxiety.
Currently, California and New Jersey have laws on the books outlawing gay conversion therapy for minors.