City Pages “It’s not a fear of commitment. It’s commitment, plus one,” she says. “Jim and I spent 20 years together monogamously and this is not a plug to fill a problem. This is something that the parts are greater than the whole and it would be sad to not …
Advocate The men of Avatar Club Los Angeles celebrated 35 years of BDSM education at one of the premier leather events of 2018 on February 17th.
City Paper “It’s not a fear of commitment. It’s commitment, plus one,” she says. “Jim and I spent 20 years together monogamously and this is not a plug to fill a problem. This is something that the parts are greater than the whole and it would be sad to not …
Take our New Survey! Please take our new Health and Technology Survey, done in partnership with Dr. Rob Cramer’s Old Dominion University research team. Help us to better understand the health issues we face as members of the kink, leather, fetish and non-monogamy communities, and find out how …
NCSF is in Atlanta for our Annual Meeting, Celebrating our 21st Anniversary! Annual Coalition Partner Meeting Friday March 9th 10 am – 6pm Atlanta GA @ Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport, 1325 Virginia Avenue, Atlanta, GA The NCSF Annual Coalition Partner Meeting is for representatives of the Coalition Partners and the NCSF …
Gloria was in the closet about being polyamorous for years. What it took for her to come out was being diagnosed with breast cancer. Upon diagnosis, she realized how short life is and that she wanted to be out and proud in all her identities. However, she still keeps her …
Vogue “I mean, the very first question someone asked one day was, ‘How do I introduce BDSM into my sex life?’ ” he says, “and I raised my hand like, ‘Hey, I have a question for all of you: What is BDSM?’ And so they tell me what it is—essentially …
Westword “Most couples think that honest communication is the key to a happy relationship, but they don’t understand that honest communication does not mean just talking honestly,” Doug says. “It means talking completely, being unafraid to be vulnerable enough to each other and admit that you have thoughts, desires, fantasies …
by Tiro A few years ago, I was talking to a therapist who knew nothing about polyamory. (In fact, she seemed to know very little about most things and our sessions were more like a series of 45-minute lectures on alternative lifestyles—thanks, National Health Service!) I was attempting to explain …
Paper Mag In the world of BDSM, the lack of representation of people of color persists as it does in many other pockets of American mainstream and underground culture. One man breaking the mold of the stereotypical white leather daddy is Ali Mushtaq, a Pakistani-American from California whose presence at …
