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 …
A Leadership Guide to Resolving Conflicts in the SM-Leather-Fetish Communities Quotation for the Day From sixties activist Jerry Rubin, upon being told that he and the rest of the Chicago Seven, on trial for disrupting the 1968 Democratic National Convention, would be charged with conspiracy: “Conspiracy? Hell, we couldn’t agree …
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiffs Barbara Nitke ("Nitke"), the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation (collectively, "NCSF") respectfully submit this memorandum is support of their motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the obscenity prong of the …
Affidavit of Susan Wright in Response to Affirmation in Opposition to Motion to File a Memorandum of Law Amicus Curiae N.Y. Co. Ind. No 10938/96 Cal. No. 98-10474 1. I, Susan Wright, am the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) . 2. I …
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION: FIRST DEPARTMENT ———————————————————————–X THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Indictment No. Plaintiff-Respondent, 10938/96 -against- OLIVER JOVANOVIC, Defendant-Appellant. ———————————————————————–X AFFIRMATION OF MICHAEL THOMAS FOIS IN RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO MOTION TO FILE A MEMORANDUM OF …
AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO FILE A -against- MEMORANDUM OF LAW AMICUS CURIAE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPELLATE DIVISION: FIRST DEPARTMENT —————————————————— THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Respondent, AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO FILE A -against- MEMORANDUM OF LAW …