Mission Statement The mission of the ITCR The Foundation of NCSF and its Education Outreach Program is to provide members of the SM-Leather-Fetish, swing and polyamory communities educational information concerning relevant legal, medical and other issues. To provide education, as appropriate, to law enforcement, care providers, and other authorities about alternative …
by Female Trouble March 1994 Within the womenâs community, over half (56%) of the 539 lesbian and bisexual women surveyed experienced discrimination, harassment, or physical assault from other women because of their participation in consensual s/m. This survey only dealt with the discrimination or violence occurring within the lesbian …
PURPOSE: Gather demographic data on the SM-Leather-Fetish communities. Gain an understanding of the affect of social stigma on SM and fetish practitioners. SURVEY INSTRUMENT – Paper and electronic distribution (see below) PERIOD – April 1998 to February 1999 RESULTS: Useful demographic data on the SM-Leather-Fetish communities Sense of the magnitude …
By Eric Rofes and members of the San Francisco Sex/Politics Study Group 1996, revised 2001 We want to provoke discussion and encourage fresh thinking among activists about the relationship of our movement to sex. We believe recent sex-based attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities …
Arts Censorship Roundtable The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at The City University of New York February 7, 1998 by Susan Wright So often when examples of arts censorship are raised, the media and homophobic right-wing spokespeople focus on certain key works that include the images of diverse …
Psychology Today September/October, 1999 Bind my ankles with your white cotton rope so I cannot walk. Bind my wrists so I cannot push you away. Place me on the bed and wrap your rope tighter around my skin so it grips my flesh. Now I know that struggle is …
A Leadership Guide to Resolving Conflicts in the SM-Leather-Fetish Communities Quotation for the Day From sixties activist Jerry Rubin, upon being told that he and the rest of the Chicago Seven, on trial for disrupting the 1968 Democratic National Convention, would be charged with conspiracy: “Conspiracy? Hell, we couldn’t agree …
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION PRELIMINARY STATEMENT Plaintiffs Barbara Nitke ("Nitke"), the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Foundation (collectively, "NCSF") respectfully submit this memorandum is support of their motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of the obscenity prong of the …
June 6, 2007 – Please write a short note of support for the Palmer House Hilton, host hotel for International Mr. Leather, thanking them for not discriminating against any guests or groups based on their sexual orientation. The anti-gay group, Americans For Truth, posted an action alert calling for people …
1. Kinkfest provides a room to romp 2. Ex in a Bind on Bondage Saga 3. Owner plans a campground in full swing 4. Hsu Out on $400K Bond, Into Treatment Program 5. Judge: NYC jury cannot hear that employer was a dominatrix 6. …
