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International Media Update: “Dominatrix who chained, gagged and whipped her clients in a sex dungeon is beaten by Health and Safety chiefs… over fire laws”

Daily Mail by By Ted Thornhill A dominatrix who whipped cross-dressing men while they were chained up and gagged has been fined for a serious breach of health and safety rules. But it’s nothing to do with the way she physically treated her clients. Lorraine White, 41, was fined ÂŁ8,000 …

International Media Update: “Whips and chains excite me: Inside the kinky world of BDSM in Lebanon”

Albawaba Sitting outside a coffee shop in Sassine, Ziad gestures to himself and says, “Look at me. Who could guess I like to whip women? ”It’s a fair question, like other members of the clandestine Lebanese BDSM community with whom the Daily Star spoke, Ziad comes across as an average, …

International Media Update: “What one family looks like today: Three partners and kids under one roof”

Globe and Mail by Leah McLaren I n many ways, Catherine Skinner is a typical stay-at-home mom. The 37-year-old former actress lives with her family on a 30-acre farm in rural Ontario where she spends her days cooking, knitting and caring for three children. She even has a mommy blog …

International Media Update: “The myths, realities and challenges in polyamorous relationships”

Globe and Mail by ZOSIA BIELSKI “Polyamory is a challenging lifestyle to live. We are not socialized to live this way and there are very few media models that demonstrate people actively living these lifestyles,” says Dr. Danielle Duplassie, a Burnaby registered clinical counsellor and sex therapist who works with …

International Media Update: “Polyamory: Two’s company, three’s a charm”

Many couples are finding meaning in loving, open relationships. Mail & Guardian By Rosemund Handler The Ravenhearts, a poly­amorist couple, defined polyamory for the Oxford English Dictionary as “the practice, state or ability of having more than one sexual loving relationship at the same time, with the full knowledge and …

Guest Blog: Gaining Certification as Supervisor of Sex Therapy

By Dr. Neil Cannon To obtain licensure as a mental health professional, virtually all clinicians go through a process referred to as “supervision.” Having a supervisor is best described as a formal mentoring process requiring hundreds of hours of observation, training and coaching. One problem faced by the kink community is …

2013 Advocacy Roundup

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 2013 Advocacy Roundup NCSF faced some difficult challenges in 2013, but the dedicated volunteer staff worked hard to advocate for the BDSM, swing and polyamory lifestyles: Kink is Okay                   The biggest news of 2013 was that the American Psychiatric Association depathologized consensual sadism, …