Events

The Evening Standard and the Telegraph are reporting that police officers threatened an art gallery in London with prosecution for displaying an artistic depiction of the Greek myth of Leda and the swan. Authoritarians often scoff when we warn that attempts to restrict pornography will impact on other art forms. […]

Via Chris Ashford at Law & Sexualtiy. Book launch for Policing Sex edited by Paul Johnson and Derek Dalton Thursday 17th May 2012 at 6.15pm Birkbeck, University of London Short talks by Chris Ashford, Mary Laing, Leslie J. Moran, Jo Moran-Ellis and Murray Perkins prior to an open discussion, followed […]

Last week, Vincent Tabak was found guilty of murdering Joanna Yeates at Bristol Crown Court. The result has been overshadowed somewhat by the news that the jury were not allowed to hear evidence that Tabak had viewed violent pornography (apparently both before and after the murder), had contacted sex workers […]

Backlash needs help. We were approached for advice about images on a computer and mobile seized by the police, arising from actions by someone other than the owner. This is a case of “collateral damage”. The original issue has been resolved satisfactorily. However, because they are a social worker, client […]

£ 2010 2011 Income 3,830 200 Costs Legal 3,512 0 Admin 271 189 Net contribution 47 11 Interest 9 2 Net Surplus 56 13 Notes Backlash expenditure tends to be lumpy, because most cases in which we are involved are covered by Legal Aid. But on occasion Backlash intervenes in […]

Backlash was founded by women, much to the surprise of the Home Office, and women play a prominent role in running the campaign. So this review in the Guardian of several female pornographers by Catalina May is a welcome recognition that not all pornography is exploitative. It ends with an […]

In the US, that is one working hypothesis, where teenagers are, since the roll out of the Internet, safer, healthier and (unsurprisingly) a bit fatter.

Respected academics Clarissa Smith, Feona Attwood and Martin Barker have set up www.pornresearch.org “to understand the patterns of use of porn by ordinary people”. Their website is a call for contributions. “In the past, pornography has overwhelmingly been assumed to be a ‘problem’, and the only really important questions to ask about it […]

The Coalition have shied away from repealing the extreme images law, despite Liberals opposing the legislation when it was going through Parliament, and being in the Civil Liberties top 10 in the 2010 online consultation for repeal candidates. Backlash issued a press release confirming they will fight on. more…

Via Harry’s Place, we learn of the imminent deportation of LGBT campaigner Brenda Namigadde to Uganda, where she faces the prospect of being murdered for her sexuality and beliefs. Please sign this petition to encourage Theresa May to intercede and prevent this tragedy from occuring.