National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

Your Rights. Your Privacy. Your Freedom.
 

“OMG BDSM”

Stanford Daily …The entire kink community, including Kardinal Kink, functions under as much anonymity as possible. Many fear the impact being outed would have on their career and relationships. Many understand and respect our anonymity, but so few question why it is necessary and what negative impact this legacy of …

“Young: Polyamory pushes the bounds of relationships”

Newsday by Cathy Young While 2013 was a year of major victories for same-sex marriage in America, a controversial court ruling at the end of the year addressed another thorny marriage question: a federal judge in Utah struck down a portion of the state’s polygamy ban. Many conservatives saw vindication …

“Grosse Pointe Park’s Bob Bashara, accused of killing wife, returns to court”

Michigan Live by Gus Burns Robert “Bob” Bashara, 56, the Grosse Pointe Park real estate investor, landlord and BDSM enthusiast accused of killing his wife, Jane Bashara, 56, in January of 2012, returns to Wayne County Circuit Court for his final pretrial conference Thursday. Bashara is currently imprisoned for soliciting …

International Media Update: “Swinging may not be everyone but it’s great for some”

Daily Life by Matty Silver A client came to see me recently to talk about an issue that was upsetting her. She is 39 years old and has been married to a man the same age for about 15 years. Neither had had many partners before they got together. They’ve …

“Colorado swingers spice up sex life at Squirrel Creek Lodge”

Denver Post Lifestyles by Douglas Brown …How prevalent is swinging? It’s not something that is routinely tracked by academics with big budgets for data collection. The largest study, conducted in 2000 by Bellarmine University sociologists Curtis Bergstrand and Jennifer Blevins Williams, found that 84 percent of swingers are married couples …

“Erasing the Politics of Consent: What You Won’t Learn From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey'”

Truthout by Jill Weinberg There aren’t 50 shades of nuance about the book-to-movie Fifty Shades of Grey, which began filming recently in Vancouver, British Columbia. People view the saga as the guilty pleasure that reignited a flame in sexless marriages or as the glamorization of abusive relationships, all shrouded in the …

NCSF Announcement

The Board of NCSF regrets to announce that it appears Leigha Fleming breached her fiduciary duty and diverted at least $60,000 from the NCSF 501(c)4 membership organization for her own personal expenses since September 2011.   Leigha Fleming died on December 19, 2013. Leigha started volunteering for NCSF in 2000, …

“Polyamory, the Right to Privacy, and Religious Freedom”

A federal District Court judge in Utah sides with the right to privacy and religious freedom. The American Prospect by Scott Lemieux Last week, a federal District Court judge in Utah struck down a law used to prosecute members of polyamorous relationships. Predictably, some conservatives immediately brought up the slippery …