From l to r: Tess Zachary, NCSF Chairperson; Russell Stambaugh, NCSF Professional Advocate; and Susan Wright, NCSF Executive Director NCSF awarded Susan Wright the 2023 Race Bannon Advocacy Award in Washington D.C. at the American Psychological Association Conference. This award is for a senior member of the communities who has …
Brett Chamberlin, the executive director of the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy (OPEN) shared his thoughts on the finale that recently aired on the 2023 TV schedule with TMZ. He noted that it’s “tempting to celebrate every portrayal of non-monogamy in popular media.” However, when it came to Riverdale …
“I’m grateful I didn’t let my nerves get the best of me. The experience taught me that the “scary” and “intense” stereotypes of the BDSM world aren’t universal. Tying can be gentle and kind, something to create connection of all types — with yourself, friends, or sexual partners. I left …
NCSF named Bianca Laureano as our first recipient of the Vi Johnson Liberation Award. NCSF’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee awarded Bianca due to the breadth, depth, and varied ways that she has challenged the injustices and inequalities in sexuality education, presentation, accessibility, and services. For two decades, Bianca …
“Shame and judgment do go hand in hand—and our culture, especially when it comes to sexuality, is a shame-based one. When combined with complicated feelings about dominance and submission, pain and pleasure, we are prone to negatively judge ourselves and by extension others, in a subconscious attempt to relieve the …
“Communication is lubrication, friends! Be sure that you and your partner(s) fully discuss and negotiate what the scene will look like and what kind of play is going to take place. Everyone within a scene must have their boundaries respected at all times. Have safe words in place to stop …
by Bob Hannaford, Naughty Events Our Naughty Events Instagram has been suspended and will probably not be able to be recovered. Why? Who the heck knows…. Just days before Naughty N’awlins 2023, I signed on to Instagram to check the accounts as I regularly do. The Naughty N’awlins account was …
To get Explicit Prior Permission for kink… 1. You agree to the specific things you’re doing to do and the intensity before you start – this includes any kind of sexual contact. 2. You have a way to stop at any time, like a safe word or safe signal. 3. …
“Ideally if we’re saying non monogamy, it should be ethical and consensual, built into it,” said marriage and family therapist and host of the Sluts & Scholars podcast, Nicoletta Heidegger. “Otherwise it would be cheating.” https://mashable.com/article/what-is-consensual-non-monogamy
Regardless of the exact agreements at play, a “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” relationship structure allows people to receive only the information they actually want to receive, within a container that is safe, loving, and consensual. “It offers a clear and intentional way to create a filter valve on the flow …
