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“Bondage Club Gets City Approval — Will Host BDSM Seminars”

Riverfront Times After months of wrangling with the city, the south-city BDSM venue known as “The Facility” is legally in the clear to operate, proprietor Joe Kriegesmann says. “We are approved for educational seminars,” says Kriegesmann, who is also known as “Satan’s Master.” He tells us he received a letter …

“Revealed: The Black Country wedding suite which doubles as a swingers club”

Sunday Mercury A WEDDING suite doubles as a seedy swingers’ club where strangers meet for illicit encounters, the Sunday Mercury can reveal. The 1,000-seater Million Dollar Suite in Bilston, in the Black Country, is popular with Asian couples who hold huge reception parties. The recently refurbished venue boasts a stage, …

“St. Louis issues controversial new S&M club permit as education facility”

KMOV Soon, a controversial club will be opening in the St. Louis area. Missouri’s first legal for-profit bondage and sadomasochism club will open in the 3100 block of Gravois. St. Louis issued the club a permit as an education facility. It will be required to close at 1 a.m. on …

“How The Internet Killed (Or Maybe Just Changed) Dallas’ Leather Scene”

Dallas Observer News Hardy Haberman was in his local dungeon a couple years ago, beating a friend at a “play party,” when things suddenly got weird. Wielding a soft leather flogger — a thick-handled instrument that resembles a whip, but with a dozen slender tails — he was lashing the …

“University chancellor, 64, quits after shocking photos exposed him as sex-dungeon master”

Daily Mail The chancellor of the University of Northern Virginia exposed as a sadomasochistic sex-dungeon master following a school raid by federal immigration agents last month has submitted his resignation. David Lee, 64, was revealed as a man so into domination and sadomasochism that he and his girlfriend turned their …

“BDSM’s Dirty Secret – The Real Risk of Kinky Sex”

SEXIS As kinky folks, most of us have heard of the risks associated with certain activities we like: rope cuts off circulation, bruises invite suspicion and speculation, infected wounds or bites just plain suck and breath play can flat out be deadly… but there’s more. Kink and Sadomasochism come with …

“HBO Documentary Series Presents – Gloria: In Her Own Words, preview”

Monsters & Critics I was a little girl when Gloria Steinem came on the scene. My mother was an early N.O.W. member in Massachusetts, and a subscriber to Steinem’s MS. Magazine. Gloria was the sexy feminist; the one with long back combed hair, nails and was always a chic understated …