Ozy By Melissa Pandika Jen Day and her boyfriend of 11 years, Pepper Mint (yes, that’s his real name), live together with their cat in a whitewashed house on a narrow, leafy street in Berkeley, Calif. They kiss and nuzzle and have date nights, like any other couple. Just …
by Susan Wright You CAN go to law enforcement to report assault even if you’re kinky. I get so mad when I hear people say, “You can’t go to the cops,” or “They’ll treat you badly because you’re kinky.” Really? You tell your friend to crawl in a hole when …
Jezebel I knew this was coming when the cashier in Barnes and Nobles saw me looking at Fifty Shades of Grey and stage-whispered: “I bought that for my mom, and now I’m just terrified that I’m going to go home and find my dad. In a cage. Bleeding or dead.” …
Everyone asks my polyamorous family how we handle the jealousy. It’s easy, because that’s not how it works Salon by Elizabeth Stern The first question people ask my polyamorous family is “How do you handle the jealousy?” Befuddled, we answer, “What jealousy?” I am lucky; I live with the …
Bay Area Reporter by Race Bannon San Francisco’s Pride 2014 weekend is now just a memory, but I remember it fondly. I especially cherish being able to yet again march with the Leather Pride Contingent in the parade. The contingent is a microcosm of why it’s so great to be …
BDSM Writers Con August 21-24 in NYC is for everyone interested in writing about or exploring the world of Dominance & submission. With 30 workshops & Live Demos, a BDSM Private Party, Author & Reader Mix and Mingles, and a BDSM Book Fair & Erotic Reading. Hang out with NY …
Leaf-Chronicle by Tavia D. Green CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Kristin Wilkerson described in court Thursday how her roommate, Shirley Beck, was hung up, gagged and continuously beaten for four hours, sustaining multiple kicks, punches and strikes with a metal pole, a rod and whip-like devices at the hands of three other …
Lake Geneva News by Rob Ireland Steven Zelich allegedly told a Walworth County Sheriff’s detective that he accidentally killed the two women who were found in suitcases on North Como Road during a BDSM session. Zelich said that he met both women on an online chat site for those with …
USA Today by Will Higgins, The Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS — There will be thousands of parties this weekend celebrating freedom. Most will involve fireworks. But one soiree will take a different tack: The Red, Black and Blue Ball will celebrate bondage, even servitude (and presumably may involve fireworks of a …
At its annual General Assembly on June 25-29, in Providence, RI, the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) overwhelmingly ratified amendments to its nondiscrimination rule, including “family and relationship structures” to its list of specifically protected groups. The language was introduced by Desmond Ravenstone, a delegate for the Arlington Street …