Category: Annoucements
Please Take the Choking Survey!
Please participate in this Choking Survey! The survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time. Questions will ask about your beliefs and attitudes toward sexual choking, as well as about specific experiences if you’ve engaged in choking. NCSF and UNC Charlotte will use these results to help perform its advocacy …
Incident Reporting & Response – 3rd Quarter 2025 Report
NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 38 reports & requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in July, August and September 2025. NCSF maintains the confidentiality of those who come to us for help, however we balance that need with the need to report the services we are providing …
NCSF Thanks You! 3rd Quarter Donation 2025 Report
Swing Life Style (SLS) and Swing.com donated $101,000 to the NCSF Foundation in July 2025, as part of their longstanding support for the swing lifestyle and alternative sexualities. This is the largest donation NCSF has ever received. SPLASH Takeovers in Houston donated $5,000 to NCSF in July, 2025! NCSF is …
Guest Blog: Why I Created the Latine Leather Pride Flag
by Master Retro Bella (she/her) When I created the Latine Leather Pride Flag, I wanted something that reflected our neighborhoods first, then our nations. I wasn’t just thinking about borders. I was thinking about gardens. I was thinking about the colors that have grown around us all our lives. The …
October is National Kink Month!
Best Practices for Explicit Prior Permission for Consent to Kink: 1. Did you agree to the specific acts you’re going to do together, including if there’s going to be any sexual contact like touching the breasts or genitals?2. Is everyone an adult and able to consent: they’re not under the …
You Don’t Have to Do Anything
For more consent resources, go to Consent Counts – https://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs-2/consent-counts/
The Grown Woman’s Guide to Kink
NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …
Howie Rubin, prominent investment banker, charged with sex trafficking
NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …
Guest Blog: Power and Consent
By Mrs. Delilah Duval I’m a queer Black woman, mother, and leatherwoman, self-styled The Consent Queen. This crown wasn’t handed to me; it was forged from the ore of mistakes, hard lessons, and deep community love. My identities shape how I navigate the world and how others perceive me, creating …