Fusion by Molly Osberg They were high school sweethearts, sort of: Britt and John met in middle school right outside of Houston, the kind of place where the person you end up marrying is someone you’ve known your whole life. They flirted later in the halls of one of those …
The Leather Journal by Vonn Tramel Attendees of The 2016 Alamo Leather Contest will certainly never forget! Late Saturday evening, at approximately 1030, just a few minutes prior to the announcement of The Alamo Leather Contest’s Winners bar staff swept through the Mad Marlin’s basement and parking lot. They …
Unicorn Booty BY DANIEL VILLARREAL British magazine FK recently surveyed 1,006 gay men about their opinions on open and polyamorous relationships — that is, relationships that aren’t exclusively monogamous. In short, gay and bi guys who’d never been in an open/poly relationship tended to regard them as negative, and guys …
Independent by Chloe Hamilton I meet Blythe and Tom in a bar in Clapham. Blythe’s pastel-pink hair is easy to spot from a distance. Slim, sandy-haired Tom sits beside her. As I approach, their heads are together and they’re giggling softly. They look every inch the loved-up couple. I introduce myself …
Van BY JEFFREY ARLO BROWN I studied composition with Georg Friedrich Haas in Basel from 2011-2013, his last years there before his move to New York City, where he teaches at Columbia University. In my Master’s recital, a musician showed late and an instrument I built broke, and I had …
Refinery29 byS AMIA MOUNTS When I started sleeping with Dylan, a gorgeous 24-year-old artist who worked at the local café, I thought it would be a fun, casual rebound fling. I’d just gotten out of a tumultuous, jealousy-ridden relationship with a guy who believed monogamy meant never speaking to anyone …
Folha de S.Paulo by THIAGO AMONICO Audhrey loved Eustáquio, who loved Rita, who loved Audhrey. The three decided to live together eight years ago and today they are a family. This is not a shorter, happier and more liberal version of the famous Carlos Drummond de Andrade poem “Quadrilha”. Rather, …
Psychology Today by Elisabeth A. Sheff Ph.D. In my practice as a relationship consultant and expert in polyamory, I routinely encounter people who love each other dearly and have drastically different relationship needs. Most often it is a man who wants to have a polyamorous relationship and a woman who …
In 2015, NCSF staff and media reps including Susan Wright, Judy Guerin, Barak and Sheba gave 38 interviews to reporters from mainstream media to blogs and podcasts, compared to 32 in 2014. Yearly stats: 2015 – 38 interviews 2014 – 32 interviews 2013 – 42 interviews 2012 – 63 …
By Rikki de la Vega Recently, someone submitted the following comment to my site: Do you consider yourself a feminist? If so, how do you justify supporting BDSM and prostitution? These are practices oppressive to women and opposed by the feminist movement. My first thought was to just type madly in …
