NCSF Celebrates Black History Month!
Check out NCSF’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources under our Amplify Voice project!
Category: Amplify Voices
Guest Blog: Better Than Vanilla? Navigating Neurodivergence and Disability within the BDSM Community
By Taylor E. Mackenzie (he/they), Science of BDSM Research Team Member I’m Taylor, a mid-twenties white queer, greysexual, trans man. I grew up in North Carolina and now reside in Illinois where I am working on completing my M.A. and Ph.D. in Social-Industrial/Organizational Psychology with a Quantitative focus at Northern …
Guest Blog: BDSM, But Make It Accessible – A Guide to Requesting ASL Interpreters
By Madam Interpreter Ëm Medina (she/themme), Certified ASL Interpreter and Leather Probie Some of you may recognize me from leather conferences or dungeons. However, for those who don’t know me, I am Madam Ëm, your neighborhood sign language interpreter. With 20 years of experience interpreting, coordinating, and directing, I’ll share …
Getting Off on Pleasuring Others: Trans/Nonbinary Responses to Relational Injury
By Dee Church, LLMSW (she/they), Transcendent Therapies You’re in the middle of sex with one of your regular hookups and feeling totally in your element. With each flick of your tongue, smack of your paddle, and dragging of your nails, you see your partner writhe in such pleasure. You’re so …
Guest Blog: Why I Created the Latine Leather Pride Flag
by Master Retro Bella (she/her) When I created the Latine Leather Pride Flag, I wanted something that reflected our neighborhoods first, then our nations. I wasn’t just thinking about borders. I was thinking about gardens. I was thinking about the colors that have grown around us all our lives. The …
October is National Kink Month!
Best Practices for Explicit Prior Permission for Consent to Kink: 1. Did you agree to the specific acts you’re going to do together, including if there’s going to be any sexual contact like touching the breasts or genitals?2. Is everyone an adult and able to consent: they’re not under the …
Guest Blog: Power and Consent
By Mrs. Delilah Duval I’m a queer Black woman, mother, and leatherwoman, self-styled The Consent Queen. This crown wasn’t handed to me; it was forged from the ore of mistakes, hard lessons, and deep community love. My identities shape how I navigate the world and how others perceive me, creating …
Help For Kinky Abuse Victims
by Lisa P. While kinky abuse victims are welcome to seek help at all organizations that help survivors, they may not find understanding at all of them. Some anti-abuse organizations are unfamiliar with kink, and may have a difficult time telling the difference between consensual kink and abuse, and/or may …
Celebrate Consent Month in September!
Find out things you and your group can do to celebrate Consent Month with NCSF!