Somaly Mam’s harrowing story of her own flight from sexual servitude and the stories of hundreds of girls she rescued from Cambodian brothels brought her fame and helped raise millions for her non-profit. Does it matter if none or few of the stories are true?

Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.

“That educated women’s eggs are in demand is one thing, that they are willing to provide them is another.”

Inside Harun Yahya, which promotes a “sexed-up Disney version of Islam,” publishes a 800-page creationist atlas, runs a surreal TV station, and has films it members in orgies that often include high-ranking politicians.

The downfall of Hugo Schwyzer, feminist.

How activists are using science to show that someone can be truly attracted to both a man and a woman.

Allegations of child sexual and Satanic ritual abuse overtake an Austin suburb.

Capt. Stephen Hill became famous when he came out as a gay soldier during a 2011 GOP presidential debate. Here’s how he got to that point, and what happened after.

A profile of the publisher of Screw, who died this week.

Life on the other side of the laptop.

On Silvio Berlusconi’s hedonism.

Berlusconi is Italy’s waning Hugh Hefner, alternately reviled and admired for his loyalty to his own appetites—except that he’s supposed to be running the country.

Growing up in a Toronto suburb while a serial rapist is on the loose.

The complicated case of Michelle Kosilek, a murderer fighting for sexual reassignment surgery.

The underground economy of child sex trafficking, and what happens after someone is rescued from it.

Investigating San Francisco’s OneTaste, which promises personal and professional success through the practice of orgasmic meditation.

Traveling with a sex tourist to the Uzbek city of Tashkent. Excerpted from the forthcoming book If It’s Monday It Must Be Madurai.

Confessions of a serial husband.

A self-published author of pick-up guides visits the “pacifist nanny state” of Denmark and finds the social safety interferes with his seduction strategies.

Sex in the NBA in the wake of Magic Johnson’s HIV announcement.

What the rapidly changing world of teenage hook-up culture means for young women.

One man’s experience with a sex surrogate in gay-conversion therapy.

Adventures at a gathering of furries.

On lucha libre’s exóticos, “wrestlers who dress in drag and kiss their rivals, never quite revealing whether the joke is on their opponents, themselves or conservative Mexican society at large.”

A visit to Tokyo’s first co-sleeping cafe, where one can pay a set fee to sleep next to a woman in 20 minute increments, though spooning, being patted on the head, and a change of pajamas are extra.