For Immediate Release: National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Prop 8 protests heard around the country November 16, 2008 – This week, members of the BDSM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities joined protests in cities all over California against the recent passage of Proposition 8 which outlaws same-sex marriage. In addition, dozens …
1. First Person: Open (-Minded) Relationships 2. Hey Buckle Down! It’s Time to Learn About K.C.’s Leather Community 3. An Adult Haunted House 4. Officials say it’s no church 5. Suspected sex club no ‘church,’ board rules 6. Fircrest man’s sex conviction overturned 7. Papers show Duncanville swingers’ club organized, …
1. Binding Arbitration: S&M Gals Dig In Their Heels with Union Bid 2. ‘The Lifestyle’ — The world or couples who swing 3. Police again arrest owners of Cherry Pit 4. St. Paul Man Charged with Murder in Kinky Sex Act 5. Thousands attend kinky San Fran festival 6. S.F. …
1. Pennsylvania Town Says Couple Runs Swingers’ Club Inside Church 2. Shrinks: Kinky Sex is a Mental Disorder 3. Duncanville court postpones trial for ‘Cherry Pit’ swingers club owners 4. Duncanville police arrest co-owner of Cherry Pit swingers club 5. Tribeca S&M palace raided; owner, ‘Domina’ held on prostitution raps …
Kinky is NOT a Diagnosis! DSM Revision Petition The DSM Revision Petition is gathering signatures from individuals and organizations calling on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to adhere to empirical research when revising the diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Statements currently within the DSM …
The NCSF Media Committee reviews, edits, and refines the documents that NCSF distributes. The media committee is chaired by Susan Wright, spokesperson for NCSF, and consists of Levi Halberstadt, Keith Richie, Lisa Vandever, Lolita Wolf, and Howie Z. Over the past year, Susan gave five media trainings including one for …
In 2007, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) again took the lead in defending the rights of individuals and groups in the SM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities. NCSF‘s coalition of over 50 educational and social groups is committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United …
1. Is North Huntingdon ‘church’ really disguised sex club? 2. Code enforcement: “Swingers club” in Tampa stays open for now 3. Town officials issue summonses to new adult club 4. Swinging Vegas entrepreneur to get his day in court 5. 1st cruise for swingers to launch National Coalition for Sexual …
NCSF and the NCSF Foundation’s position on the discriminatory paraphilias section in the DSM. Because the scientific evidence contradicts the statements currently within the DSM, we must conclude that the interpretation of the Paraphilias criteria has been politically NOT scientifically based. This politically motivated interpretation subjects BDSM practitioners, fetishists and …