NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges everyone …
For more resources on consent, visit NCSF’s Consent Counts page.
Thank you to everyone who was able to come in person to the 2025 NCSF Annual Meeting. It was great to see you all! Annual Meeting Exit Survey: If you have not yet taken it, please participate in the AnnualMeetingSatisfaction Survey. NCSF finds it so helpful to get your thoughts about things while …
Please participate in this Consent Survey! The survey will take approximately 25 minutes of your time. Questions will ask about your experiences with consent both in and out of alt-sex contexts. NCSF and UNC Charlotte will use these results to help perform its advocacy for our communities. For example, NCSF …
Celebrating our partners’ partners! Metamour Day was created to honor the relationships between you and your partners’ partners, however that might look. It is not about forced compersion. It’s about communal appreciation within our family structures and modeling positivity to the world around us. Metamour Day is a recognition of …
Legally, you always have the right to stop what’s happening at any time. Check out Consent Counts for more resources!
We at NCSF will miss our beloved friend and colleague. Russell J. Stambaugh, Ph.D., served on the NCSF Board for eight (8) years and was appointed Kink-Aware Professional Advocate in 2017. He was subsequently reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022. His official role in NCSF was primarily to manage our …
March 1st, 2025 9:00am Pacific, 10:00am Mountain, 11:00am Central, 12:00pm Eastern The Annual Meeting is open to all NCSF members and volunteers, and will be livestreamed in order to enhance accessibility and equity. Here is the enhanced Annual Report. The Board Candidate bios and Coalition Partner voting form are in …
