Love or Obscenity? S/M Photographer Challenges Internet Decency Standards By Dean Schabner ABCnews.com, July 29, 2002 When Barbara Nitke wanted to put her photographs of loving couples on the Internet, she thought she should check into the laws first. That’s because Nitke’s recent photographs have been focused on how some …
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ——————————————————————X BARBARA NITKE, THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR SEXUAL FREEDOM, and THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR SEXUAL FREEDOM FOUNDATION, Plaintiffs, -against- JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Defendants. 01 Civ. 11476 (RMB) PLAINTIFFS’ …
Nitke vs. John Ashcroft, Attorney General of The United States of America WHO: The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), a national organization committed to protecting freedom of sexual expression among consenting adults (Plaintiffs). Barbara Nitke, a New York City artist, has been exploring issues of sexual relationship and desire …
The NCSF Media Committee reviews, edits, and refines the documents that NCSF publicly distributes. The media committee consists of Susan Wright, Allena Gabosch, Anita Wagner, Lisa Vandever, Lolita Wolf, Howie Z., and Keith, who creates and distributes the NCSF Media Updates. Interviews Susan Wright gave 57 interviews with most of …
Mission Statement The mission of the ITCR The Foundation of NCSF and its Education Outreach Program is to provide members of the SM-Leather-Fetish, swing and polyamory communities educational information concerning relevant legal, medical and other issues. To provide education, as appropriate, to law enforcement, care providers, and other authorities about alternative …
by Female Trouble March 1994 Within the womenâs community, over half (56%) of the 539 lesbian and bisexual women surveyed experienced discrimination, harassment, or physical assault from other women because of their participation in consensual s/m. This survey only dealt with the discrimination or violence occurring within the lesbian …
PURPOSE: Gather demographic data on the SM-Leather-Fetish communities. Gain an understanding of the affect of social stigma on SM and fetish practitioners. SURVEY INSTRUMENT – Paper and electronic distribution (see below) PERIOD – April 1998 to February 1999 RESULTS: Useful demographic data on the SM-Leather-Fetish communities Sense of the magnitude …
By Eric Rofes and members of the San Francisco Sex/Politics Study Group 1996, revised 2001 We want to provoke discussion and encourage fresh thinking among activists about the relationship of our movement to sex. We believe recent sex-based attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities …
Arts Censorship Roundtable The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at The City University of New York February 7, 1998 by Susan Wright So often when examples of arts censorship are raised, the media and homophobic right-wing spokespeople focus on certain key works that include the images of diverse …
Psychology Today September/October, 1999 Bind my ankles with your white cotton rope so I cannot walk. Bind my wrists so I cannot push you away. Place me on the bed and wrap your rope tighter around my skin so it grips my flesh. Now I know that struggle is …
