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Cooper Koch's 'Monsters' nude scene used his real monster member

The out actor talked about pocket rockets, his real-life boyfriend, and a former acting teacher on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

WATCH: Alleged Victim of Dennis Hastert Named

A woman comes forward to accuse former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert as 'the one who was abusing' her brother in high school.

Pope Meets With Victims of Sex Abuse by Clergy, Apologizes

For 25 remarkable minutes, the shepherd of the world's 1 billion Catholics met in Washington, D.C., with a handful of victims in the worst scandal to ever tarnish the U.S. Catholic Church. One man, abused as an altar boy, said he placed his hand over Pope Benedict XVI's heart as he pleaded with him to fix the problem of sexual abuse of minors. The pontiff apologized to his guests for not being perfectly fluent in English, and ''for everything,'' according to another victim. Plans for the secret meeting were kept quiet. But two Boston-area victims of abuse shared details of the meeting in interviews late Thursday with the Associated Press.

'Puppy Master' Sentenced for Horrific Rape and Abuse of Autistic Victims

He abused the two victims from 2019 to 2020.

Victims Confront Gymnastics Doctor During Sex Abuse Sentencing

Several women accused former USA gymnastics team and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar of abuse. He is expected to be sentenced to 40-125 years in prison. 

People Still Don't Understand Men Can Be Victims of Domestic Abuse

Jennifer Ponce, who works to end intimate partner violence, often encounters people who think victims can only look a certain way.

N.Y. Catholic Archbishop Opposes Bill Making It Easier for Abuse Victims to Sue

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is lobbying against a bill offering a one-year window for survivors to sue in decades-old cases.

REPORT: Duggars Want to Counsel Abuse Victims on TV

There is little chance that anyone will take them up on it, sources say.

Op-ed: With Sexual Abuse, We Must Find Truth Amid the Noise

Seeking more information is not the same as disbelieving a victim of sexual abuse.

Kansas City Police Misgender Missing Trans Teen

The child was found, but police believe he was the victim of sexual abuse.

'This Week in the Resistance': Standing Up Against Harassment

This week, victims of harassment took a stand against abuse and sexism.

Gay Man Attacked by Trump Supporter Using Homophobic Slurs

What upset James Shawlin most wasn't that he was the victim of homophobic abuse. It's that his 4-year-old son had to witness it.

How 'SVU' led Mariska Hargitay to stand up for sexual assault survivors

"I stay motivated because an extraordinary amount of work remains to be done," Hargitay says.

Op-ed: The Most Ignored LGBT Issue

Domestic violence affects more LGBT couples than most people think.

House Passes VAWA Without Gay Protections

The House approves reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, but not an LGBT-explicit portion.

Activists Cheer House's Inclusive Domestic Violence Bill

The House passed the LGBT-inclusive Senate version of a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act by a bipartisan vote of 286-138.

Kehinde Wiley accused of sexual assualt

Joseph Awuah-Darko, artist-curator and founder of the Nolder Artist Residency in Ghana, has accused Kehinde Wiley of sexually assaulting him twice in June 2021.

Ian McKellen Says Victims Contributed to the Culture of Sexual Harassment

Drawing from his experiences 60 years ago and failing to understand the imbalance of power, McKellen said that actresses traded sex for jobs. 

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Did Mormon Leader Draw Parallel Between Rape and Gay Sex?

Church officials finally acknowledge the #MeToo movement but manage to offend with their terminology.