The Guardian Experts feel this may represent a real-life shift towards greater acceptance. “Things are changing slowly,” says Barker. “When I started studying this area 15 years ago, virtually all the reporting around polyamory was sensationalist and negative, saying it could never work, or it was ‘taking all the fun …
Pink News A reader who contacted PinkNews said: “Today, my friend was put in jail in Indonesia for taking pictures when playing BDSM with his submissive.” “The picture doesn’t even have genitals in it. They think it’s porn because they simply don’t understand BDSM, and they hate gays.”
Friday, March 9th – 10am – 4pm Atlanta, GA @ The Leadership Conference (LLC) Click to download the meeting packet The NCSF Annual Coalition Partner Meeting is for representatives of the Coalition Partners and the NCSF Board and Staff members to come together to discuss the year-end reports …
By Benjamin Schenker When using dating apps, I’ve often seen a question to the effect of “Would other people be shocked by something you own?” Personally, I don’t know, but I am sure that I have some things that I’d rather people not see that I own. In general, my …
Time Magazine By Amanda MacMillan Is sex addiction real? It depends who you ask: Hollywood stars and industry heads who’ve cited it in defense of reported sexual indiscretions—ranging from infidelity to harassment to rape—may argue that it is. Over the last decade, celebrities including David Duchovny and Tiger Woods have …
A Position Statement from the Center for Positive Sexuality (CPS), The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance (TASHRA), and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) Approximately a year after the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists’ (AASECT) position statement on sex addiction was published, three more professional organizations …
NCSF Newsletter 3rd Quarter, 2017 Edited by Julian Wolf In this Issue Disaster Relief Funds French Connection Events Stay Connected! In Memory: David Stein Narritive Project The Woodshed Lawyers Are Coming Coalition Corner Spotlight Consent Month Photo Winners NCSF Thanks! Incident Reporting & Response Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Advocacy …
NCSF Newsletter 2nd Quarter, 2017 Edited by Julian Wolf In this Issue Naughty in N’awlins Poly Dallas Millennium Stay Connected! Saying Goodbye to Chuck Renslow Narritive Project The Red Chair, NCSF Coalition Partner Kink Knowledgeable Program Incident Reporting & Response Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Advocacy with NCSF! Nauttiboy September …
NCSF Newsletter 1st Quarter, 2017 Edited by Julian Wolf In this Issue NCSF Annual Coalition Partner Meeting Stay Connected! DSM Revision Project 30-year Timeline Pick up one of our new postcards! Incident Reporting & Response Celebrating 20 Years of Progress! Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Advocacy with NCSF! NCSF Thanks! …
Huffington Post by Ruby Bouie Johnson LCSW “Compliance is not consent. Compliance is a product of coercion. Coercion is the leverage of power of social, economic, and status to manipulate, exploit, and deny another of the civil liberties and human rights. Acquiescing is not a sign of “asking for it.”
