Category: Amplify Voices
Celebrate Neurodiversity Awareness Month in April
For resources on accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, check out NCSF’s Amplify Voices page! NCSF receives many different requests from people who self-identify as neurodiverse, including organizers needing assistance in setting up groups or individuals facing discrimination due to their interest in kink and/or nonmongamy. In addition, in the past …
Guest Blog: Why Black and Kinky and People of Color Kink Communities ExistÂ
Context, Consent, and the Creation of Black and Kinky San Antonio By Dr. Sean Vincent Seay, PhD (he/him) Kink and BDSM communities often describe themselves as inclusive, consent-driven, and sex positive. These values form the foundation of ethical practice. However, inclusion alone does not guarantee safety or equity, especially for Black, …
Guest Blog – Through the Leather Lens: Black, Woman, Radical
By MsDDOM There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from occupying multiple marginalized identities within a space that was not originally built with you in mind. For Black women who exist in Leather, kink, and BDSM communities, that exhaustion is layered — woven from threads of anti-Blackness, gendered …
NCSF Celebrates Black History Month!
Check out NCSF’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources under our Amplify Voice project!
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 …
Guest Blog – 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 …