Leslie Anderson Gallery Opening Bootblack and artist Leslie Anderson opens NAKED LEATHER exhibit during the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and Leather Archives & Museum Sexual Freedom Reception. 1/22/16 8p at LA&M. Free shuttle to and from Creating Change host hotel. http://www.leatherarchives.org/events.html
Huffington Post by Sandra LaMorgese Ph.D. Remember stories from the 60s and 70s, when couples went to parties and put their house keys in a punch bowl? The person’s keys you drew at the end of the night was the person you went home with. Few people know this, but …
The New York Times By ELAINE SCIOLINO ***, the symbol was called. When *** was handwritten on books and periodicals in the New York Public Library’s permanent collection, it meant one thing: supervision required. The triple-star code, created some time in the first part of the 20th …
Maxim by Ali Drucker Bob Dylan had it right when he said “The times they are a changing.” While a few decades ago the idea of a polyamorous relationship may have been largely unheard of, more Americans than ever are accepting of the practice (although a majority still oppose it) …
BuzzFeed by Nitasha Tiku Plush Talent, a New York City-based agency representing adult film stars, recently started giving new clients a welcome guide to the porn industry. Along with tips on social media (“Twitter is a must have for every porn star, period.”) and taking photos for producers (“Don’t use …
New York Times by Michael Musto On a warm Saturday night in November, about 800 gay men wearing harnesses and other items made of leather gathered at Brut, a party held at Santos Party House in Lower Manhattan. Mostly in their 20s and 30s, the men danced to pounding house …
Gothamist BY LAUREN EVANS What is there to say about this BRIC TV video on Bushwick’s polyamory house that wasn’t already said with lingering shots of curved faucets and supple hands wrapped around goblets of wine? “What’s the garbage situation?” the embedded reporter asks the group, comprised of comely 30-somethings …
RawStory by Valerie Tarico Want a special someone who will bring you to your knees? One who will be totally in charge? One who will tell you that you are really, really bad and threaten you with punishments? Maybe you have a little day dream about being a captive virgin. …
Huffington Post by J.A. Rock My dom once stopped a scene to make sure I was still breathing. I wasn’t mad or anything. I was really glad she checked, because if I hadn’t been, it would have confirmed all my mom’s fears about the dodgy, catacomb-ish sex dungeons she …
Broadly by Trudie Carter-Pavelin Miss Jackie* sits in the back of a dingy Leeds café in England, sipping tea and speaking urgently. She describes herself as a T-girl (a transgender woman) who has been a veteran of the BDSM scene for over 20 years, save for a seven-year break in …
