The main entrance to Dodger Stadium was briefly shut down Friday afternoon by a crowd protesting the honoring of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a satirical performance and activist organization considered blasphemous by some Christians, as part of the team’s 10th annual Pride Night. (Campa, Gupta, Valenzuela & Vives, Los Angeles Times)
Read MoreFor years, the American healthcare industry has staunchly defended medical interventions for transgender minors, including puberty blockers, which suppress the physical changes of adolescence as a treatment for those distressed over their gender. The European medical community, by contrast, is expressing doubts about that approach (Sapsford & Armour, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThroughout history, the adult entertainment business has been an engine for tech innovations – from camcorders to videocams, paywalls to better broadband speeds. Nevertheless, it poses an awkward question for Apple: is pornography the key to the future of a company that prides itself on its family-friendly image? (Ball, The Telegraph)
Read MoreJapanese lawmakers on Friday adopted legislation to raise the country’s age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, an age limit that had remained unchanged since 1907 and was so low that it made Japan an outlier in the developed world. (Lee & Inuma, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe rate of homicide deaths for young people in the U.S. sharply increased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of violent deaths over two decades found. The study also found suicide rates were at a record high over the past several decades for young adults at the start of the pandemic as many across the country stayed home amid lockdowns and closures of businesses, schools and other public facilities. (Santucci, USA Today)
Read MoreA new Pew Research Center study of 451 of the top-ranked podcasts in the United States shows this diversity of subjects: No single topic is the main focus of more than a quarter of these podcasts. (Stocking, Matsa, et. al., Pew Research Center)
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