WFAA ABC News SAGINAW — The family of Alanna Gallagher, who was found murdered and wrapped in a tarp last week, addressed for the first time speculation swirling about their home life. Miles McDaniel, listed on the six-year-old’s obituary as one of Alanna’s two fathers, explained that he, Karl Gallagher …
Dirk Hooper Photography Last weekend Facebook removed dozens of BDSM-related pages from the site. The group BDSM Against Censorship lists nearly 100 groups affected by the ban, but there are unquestionably more groups and pages that have not made the list. Since last weekend a few of the groups have successfully …
Supreme Court decisions on marriage unlikely to directly impact status of polygamy, other multiperson relationships US News The U.S. Supreme Court could rule any day on challenges to two laws blocking legal recognition for same-sex marriages – the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s voter-approved Proposition 8 – but …
Loving More Updates including the preliminary results of the 2012 Loving More Polyamory Survey. http://www.mynewsletterbuilder.com/email/newsletter/1411712717 Results of the 2012 Loving More Polyamory Survey Polyamory Research Survey Background From February 10th to April 2nd 2012, Loving More (http://www.lovemore.com/) ,with the endorsement of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom https://ncsfreedom.org/) (NCSF) conducted …
The American Psychiatric Association has depathologized kinky sex – including cross-dressing, fetishes, and BDSM – in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Now the paraphilias are considered to be “unusual sexual interests,” while those who have sex with children or people who haven’t consented, or …
Chicago Sun-Times It was a marriage that lasted only three months. But it generated a seven-year legal battle so bitter it ended up in federal court. And when it was finally done Thursday evening, Gold Coast resident Kim O’Brien didn’t get a single cent out of the multi-millionaire ex-husband she’d …
What do you call it when a husband beats his wife with a paddle for disobeying him? Some would say domestic abuse. These people say he’s doing God’s work. The Daily Beast On a pain scale of one to 10, Chelsea ranks the epidural-free birth of her child as a …
Chicago Sun Times Jurors were given a peek Wednesday at a sex-slavery contract and documents outlining the basics of sadomasochism in a Gold Coast woman’s lurid lawsuit against her former husband. Kimberley O’Brien, 52, is suing 57-year-old Kevin Anderson in federal court, claiming he lured her into a violent marriage …
The Fix Being abstinent from drugs and alcohol doesn’t mean forsaking fun. A thriving community testifies that kink and sobriety go together like a fist in a leather glove. What’s the link between BDSM—the catchall term for bondage, discipline, domination/ submission, sadism and masochism—and sobriety? Can you be clean and …
The Elephant in the Hot Tub: Kink in Context by Russell Stambaugh The stark potential consequences of lack of empathy for the Other are illustrated by the Operation Spanner case. As a result of investigation of another case, the Manchester, England police Obscene Publications Squad came into possession of …