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All STIs and STDs are passed sexually, right? Wrong. In addition to transmission through sexual intercourse, there are other ways in which infections can be passed which you should be aware of. Whether an STI is passed sexually or non-sexually, it will have the same consequences if left untreated.

WRENTHAM, Mass. (WJAR) — A man donned a blonde wig and dressed as a woman so he could secretly record girls and women in a Massachusetts mall's restroom, police said. Jacob Guerrero, 23, of Woonsocket, was arrested Monday night. WJAR According to a police report, the investigation began Aug. 24 when police received a call from customers at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets complaining of a person, who appeared to be a man dressed as a woman, acting suspiciously in the women's restroom. Wearing a blonde wig, investigators said Guerrero followed girls as young as 12 into the bathroom. "What...

…..because you have no idea what you may be confronted with. I saw this when it was first passed a few weeks ago. It seems the rather militant lesbian mayor of Houston has played to her core base by getting the City Council there to approve an ordinance banning “discrimination” in public facilities on the basis of gender. This includes restrooms, and an immediate effect of the ordinance is that public restroom facilities in the City of Houston are now open to any of the 50 “sexes” that Facebook so helpfully made us aware of a short time ago. That...

“This is a group of people that are generally homosexual activists,” said Liz Theiss, an opponent of the ordinance. “And they have obviously found someone in power in Mayor Parker to forward this bill and force it on the traditionalists in this city.”

Two Peeping Toms crashed through a movie theater restroom ceiling as they got their kicks spying on unsuspecting women, police said. Eduard Petrovich Kovynev, 26, and Eduard Alexander Kovynev, 27, fell to the floor Sunday evening at Venture Value Cinema in Duluth, Ga. ... The pair is accused of climbing up into the men's restroom ceiling, crawling above the women's bathroom and watching their victims go about their business. But the ceiling gave away and the two were left humiliated after they ended up in the stalls.

A Los Angeles gay rights organization has protested the decision by Manhattan Beach police to release -- and many local media to publish -- the names and photos of 18 men arrested in an undercover sex sting at a public restroom. Leaders of the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center charged that last week’s release of the mug shots, names and birthdates of the men could lead to public humiliation and more severe consequences. The social service agency said one of the arrestees had reported to them that a fellow suspect attempted suicide after the results of the sting were made...

HARTFORD, Conn., A “Transgender Bill” passed by the Judiciary Committee on April 5 is headed for a vote in the House of Representatives. This “Bathroom Bill” would extend sexual discrimination laws to people who disagree with the gender they had at birth or disagree with expressing themselves as a single gender and would allow them access to places where they would make other people uncomfortable or worse. Men in Women’s Bathrooms and Showers: This bill would permit men, sexually attracted to women, but disguised as women, to use women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and showers in Connecticut. Unlike homosexuals, many transgendered...

BOSTON, June 7 (UPI) -- Some Boston officials say they want to convert two former public toilet facilities into upscale outdoor eating establishments. The idea of converting the aging gothic-style "Pink Palace" at Boston Commons and a grungy closed-up restroom called the Duck House in the Back Bay Fens neighborhood will be presented to lawmakers at a Statehouse meeting Tuesday by the city's Parks and Recreation Commission staff, the Boston Herald reports.

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Demand of "Transsexuals" for Special Rights DENVER, September 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A federal appeals court has issued a significant ruling saying that an employer's concern over the use of restrooms by "transsexual" employees is legitimate, according to Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Brian Raum.  Raum explained further that the court ruled that "transsexuals" do not qualify as a protected class under Title VII. "The court delivered a significant legal punch to political special interest groups who are demanding that persons with Gender Identity Disorder be treated as though they were members of the opposite...

Robo-toilets proposed to stop 'gay' cruising Mayor: 'Homosexuals ... engaging in sex, anonymous sex, illegal sex' Posted: July 7, 2007 6:55 p.m. Eastern Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle says his city has a problem with "homosexual activity" in public restrooms and he has a plan to stop it – robotic toilets that allow occupants to stay inside for only a short time before the door automatically opens. "We're trying to provide a family environment where people can take their children who need to use the bathroom without having to worry about a couple of men in there engaged in a...