In all but four U.S. States, consent is not a defense to choking someone. The other States and Territories regulate “strangulation” and “suffocation” differently under their Assault, Sexual Assault, and Domestic Violence laws. To “strangle” generally means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of someone by …
Although some efforts failed this year, there were many highlights. Bills that passed this session included: According to MCASA: “During the 2023 legislative session, MCASA continued to advocate in Annapolis for the needs of sexual assault survivors and the programs that serve them. Experienced legislators led the way as long-standing priorities were finally …
While at a kink community conference a few years ago, I had the privilege of watching a masterful leader enact an incredible scene on their follower in one of the conference’s dungeons. I use leader and follower here because I don’t know which terms these folks would self-select from the …
Social media fundraisers are a very easy way to help NCSF. It only takes a few minutes! You can create a nonprofit fundraiser on any platform and share it to your other accounts! Don’t forget to Tag us in your posts. You can also email us at NCSFreedom@NCSFreedom.org Facebook Fundraiser …
NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 69 reports & requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in January, February and March 2023. That is a 26% increase compared to the 51 reports NCSF received in the 4th Quarter of 2022. NCSF maintains the confidentiality of those who come to …
The NCSF appreciates all of our donors! Without you, we couldn’t do our work. Our sincere thanks to our donors who allow us to publicly acknowledge their contributions: Dark Odyssey Winter Fire raised $11,133 through a variety of events at the conference, and donated half to the NCSF Foundation and …
The eighth edition of the Spring Roundtable Series (hybrid) will offer practitioners, educators, activists an opportunity to share their work in a setting that will invite them to discuss the implications of how their work impacts selected communities and the possibility of creating liberatory spaces. In other words, we will …
The Path In and Out: Unpushing the Panic Button By Turtle and Seq with Contributors: CSPC ND/DG, Seranine, and Teeebone During the Fall of 2022, The Center for Sex Positive Culture members decided to have a blunt facilitated conversation about our needs around consent and neurodiversity. Simply put, we want …
