Human sexuality

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced they were getting a divorce in 2021, a year after Gates left the Microsoft board after being hounded by allegations he harassed a female employee while as CEO.Photo: GLYN KIRK/AFP (Getty Images)Big name Microsoft execs have come under heavy scrutiny recently for bullying and sexual harassment complaints, but a new easy, breezy independent report requested by the company isn’t ready to hold anyone’s feet to the fire.Microsoft announced Tuesday that a third-party report on the…

Grindr and Motto founder Joel Simkhai, pictured with himself. Photo: Jordan Strauss (AP)Joel Simkhai revolutionized gay dating. Now he’s trying to do it again by cutting against the culture created by his success.Simkhai founded Grindr in 2009, two years after the first iPhone was unveiled. Details magazine memorably introduced the app with the headline, “Is That a Gay Bar in Your Pocket?” Grindr, which shows its queer users who’s closest to them and how recently they’ve been online, became synonymous with gay hookup…

The FBI said Michael Pratt, shown here looking like the guy you knew in high school you were certain would eventually be arrested, coerced and lied to young women to get them to do porn shoots for his site GirlsDoPorn.Photo: FBIThe man whom multiple young woman alleged coerced them into amateur porn shoots is on the lam from federal law enforcement, and all that running has only made cops want to dress him down even more, so to speak.The FBI announced Wednesday they were adding Michael James Pratt, the main man behind the…

Photo: LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP (Getty Images)For the past year, one of the most powerful companies in adult entertainment has been weathering a lawsuit that claims it intentionally hosted and profited off of child porn. The suit accuses MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub, of knowingly monetizing videos involving minors, as well as a variety of other nonconsensual sex videos—including those involving rape and “revenge porn.”The suit also accuses Visa—MindGeek’s payment processor—of knowingly profiting off of the…