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Sex Tech News: Roku to Ban Adult Content, Kegels for Men & Disability Startup Handi Renames After Trademark Dispute with The Handy

By Jenna Owsianik
November 8, 2021
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The biggest news and latest headlines on the sex tech industry.

  • Roku will kick porn channels off its platform in March

“Roku is getting rid of Pornhub: The streaming-device maker announced a policy change last week that will effectively ban the world's largest porn site, as well as a number of adult entertainment companies, from its platform on March 1, 2022…

“This includes many of the major adult content providers: Pornhub has its own private Roku channel, as do pay-per-view platforms like Adult Empire and AEBN, as well as adult video studios and subscription services like Wicked, Adult Time and Naughty America. All of these companies' Roku channels are expected to disappear on March 1.” (via Janko Roettgers/Protocol)

Roku has been the target of a well-funded campaign by religiously motivated anti-porn crusading group NCOSE (formerly known as Morality in Media): https://t.co/EbE4GZksc6

— Gustavo Turner (@GustavoTurnerX) November 2, 2021
  • Trademark issues force disability sex tech startup Handi to change its name – so it’s now called Bump’n

“Handi founder Heather Morrison said they were approached by Norwegian sex tech company, who own the trademark for “The Handy”. They insisted the Australian startup change its name. Bump’n’s co-founder and CEO said she tried to find a way for the two brands to co-exist…

“Morrison said being forced to change her startup’s name was heartbreaking. ‘The name Handi meant so much more to us than a shorthand to hand job,' she said.

“It positively re-appropriated Handicapped, had deep meaning for us and the disabled community, and brought the fun and play that sex + disability deserves.'” (via SimonThomsen/Small Business Cafe)

Check out our bump’n new name! We’ve had to move away from Handi due to ™ issues. We know – how dare they! But we’re absolutely swooning over our new name and logo – Cuz you know we’re bump’n barriers to sexual pleasure 🙂 Read more here https://t.co/QrrROZoeK0#GetBumpn pic.twitter.com/P5pJRCOHkL

— getbumpn (@getbumpn) November 4, 2021
  • A New Pelvic Floor Strengthener for Men Is Available for Pre-Order

“The portable kegel trainer kGoal Boost officially launches on November 29, a company representative has confirmed to FutureofSex.net.

“The product includes a Bluetooth device and a companion app that guides users through exercises.

“The release comes six years after Minna Life, the company behind the kGoal Boost, hosted a successful crowdfunding campaign for its original kegel product, the kGoal for women. Months later, Minna Life unsuccessfully attempted to raise funds for the kGoal Boost, and the product was never released — until now.” (via Keats Iwanaga/FutureofSex.net)

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Jenna Owsianik

Jenna Owsianik is a Canadian journalist and sex tech expert. Since 2014 she has been Editor-in-Chief of FutureofSex.net, the world’s leading publication on how technology is changing human sexuality, today and tomorrow.

Jenna is the primary author of the Future of Sex Report (2016).

Her expertise covers state-of-the-art sex technologies and the major fields driving innovations in intimacy: robotics, virtual reality, remote sex (teledildonics), immersive adult entertainment, human augmentation, virtual sex, and sexual health.

A trained journalist with a Masters of Journalism from The University of British Columbia, Jenna’s reporting has appeared on Futurism.com, Al Jazeera English, CTV British Columbia online, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS 60 Minutes, Global News, and CKNW Radio in Canada and the United States.

As a sex tech industry consultant, she is especially passionate about helping companies deliver accessible services and products to people with disabilities and other underserved communities.

Jenna also runs the sites SexforEveryBody.com, a sex-positive, body-positive online magazine that promotes inclusive sex education; and DisabledSexGuide.com, an adult resource on sex, disability, and erotica.

In 2013, Jenna won two Canadian Online Publishing Awards for her work on The Pain Project, a multimedia site on global access to palliative care.

She won second place at the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism’s Public Health category for her participation in the documentary Freedom From Pain.

Jenna has an Honors BA in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research as well as a French minor from The University of Western Ontario. She spent a year studying at L’Université Lumière Lyon 2 in Lyon, France.
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