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 …
NCSF Newsletter3rd Quarter 2015 www.ncsfreedom.org edited by Julian Wolf In this issue NCSF Membership Drive a Success Incident Reporting & Response Winner of Consent Month Photo Contest Guest Blog – “What if You Get Squicked?” NCSF Thanks! Daily Flogger Satire Castle Treue’s “Cigar, Bourbon, & Leather Evening Fundraiser” Coalition Corner: …
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom launched the Consent Violations Survey in 2014 to gather details about consent violations in a BDSM context. We asked about: the severity of the violations, who is being violated, where they were violated, the relationship and intent of those involved, the power dynamic at …
by Jessica Cocker Originally published by A Submissive’s Initiative The Jian Ghomeshi scandal has become unavoidable. It is literally everywhere on the internet, television and, of course, on the radio. If you’ve been living under a rock, here’s a timeline by Global News of accusations and evidence against the former …
The women who have made allegations of sexual abuse against the former CBC host say he never raised the topic of BDSM. Toronto Star By: Kevin Donovan The women making abuse allegations against Jian Ghomeshi — there are now 15 — say he never raised the topic of BDSM or …
NCSF partners with Arizona Men of Leather and Arizona TNG to hold a consent discussion at One Voice Community Center in Phoenix. Free! and open to all adults Saturday, April 26 2-4pm @ 1 Voice 4442 N. 7th Avenue – http://1vcc.org/ Consent isn’t black and white – in fact sometimes …
Truthout by Jill Weinberg There aren’t 50 shades of nuance about the book-to-movie Fifty Shades of Grey, which began filming recently in Vancouver, British Columbia. People view the saga as the guilty pleasure that reignited a flame in sexless marriages or as the glamorization of abusive relationships, all shrouded in the …
NCSF’s Coalition Partners Join Together for Consent Summit The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom held its annual Coalition Partner meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from February 8-10, 2013. The Consent Summit took place Friday evening, and Coalition Partners were able to participate via streaming video to give their input on the …
ABC News Advocates for people who engage in rough but consensual sex say they fear an abuse case unfolding in Missouri ultimately could criminalize their lifestyle. Ed Bagley faces a federal trial early next year on 11 counts of abuse against a woman authorities say he groomed to be his …
www.ncsfreedom.org/survey.html We will be closing the survey in two weeks. We need everyone to respond. 4,400 kinky people have taken the survey! Over 30% say they had a pre-negotiated limit violated in a BDSM scene or relationship, And almost 15% have had their safeword ignored, Yet over 95% say a …
