Hotel Chatter Ball gag, anyone? It’s that time of the year again, when thousands upon thousands from the LGBT and leather/BDSM communities come together for International Mister Leather, a long weekend convention in Chicago that’s part tradeshow, part beauty pageant and mostly party. This will be the 34th annual if …
The country’s biggest leather fetish convention is at odds with a major hotel workers’ union. Buzzfeed A major national union may picket an unlikely venue this weekend in Chicago: International Mr. Leather. The hotel workers union UNITE HERE has demanded that the convention abandon a hotel in the midst of …
The New York Times It did not escape the notice of Tim Cole, the collections manager for the Greensboro Public Library in North Carolina, that “Fifty Shades of Grey” was “of mixed literary merit,” as he put it with a heavy helping of Southern politeness. He ordered 21 copies anyway. …
ABC News Swingers, like polyester leisure suits, seemed to have their heyday in the ’70s. But couples who openly swap partners for a night of passionate sex with strangers, are becoming a growing trend in a sort of new sexual relationship revolution — and those who swing say the rest …
The New Yorker Over at Babeland, a New York sex shop, the best-selling trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey” has shifted from erotic fiction to how-to guide. On a recent Friday, a hundred or so women, four men, and one Chihuahua crowded into the SoHo store for a class inspired by …
Part 1 KATC It’s a book that’s topped the New York Times best sellers list for more than a month. “Fifty Shades of Grey” is a romance novel with a twist. The book is filled with racy themes that are getting some women to open up about their sex lives …
Naples News When Joy Behar, a host of “The View,” asked President Barack Obama, “What’s the controversial sex book that’s on millions of womens’ bedside tables?” Obama responded, “I don’t know that.” I was immediately reminded of President Bill Clinton‘s statement, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.” …
WSOC TV CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Avid readers won’t find any copies of a New York Times Bestseller on the shelves of a local library any time soon. The Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library said it did not order any copies of “Fifty Shades of Grey” because of the book’s erotic content. The …
NCSF will be in Detroit this coming Saturday 19 May! We’ll be hosting a community leadership meeting from 2pm-4pm and an open community roundtable meeting from 4pm-6pm. The community meetings are sponsored by NCSF and no RSVP is needed. The host location is the VFW post at 1125 Fort Street …
Temecula Patch A woman who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing a Fallbrook resident was connected to the other suspects accused of the murder through an alternative, polyamorous relationship. Dorothy Grace Marie Maraglino, 36, who was arrested on suspicion of killing 22-year-old Brittany Killgore, owned a house that the …
