Not all therapists take the gentle approach. The Atlantic Whips, chains, collars, gags, blindfolds, handcuffs, knives… My eyes roam the soundproof room in which we are enclosed. The subject of our conversation is BDSM (Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism), a discipline that includes a wide variety of consensual power-exchange activities …
SBS Three women have defied deeply conservative trends in Brazil by celebrating a polyamorous civil union. Â The happy trio, who reportedly have shared a bed for years and say they want to raise a child, took an oath of love in early October in the presence of Rio de …
Boise Weekly by Harrison Berry Contrary to what you might have been told as a kid, vampires are real. At least according to DJ Williams, director of the social work program at Idaho State University anddirector of research at the Center for Positive Sexuality in Los Angeles. Williams argues not …
New York Times By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW One wife, many husbands.  That’s the solution to China’s huge surplus of single men, says Xie Zuoshi, an economics professor at the Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, whose recent proposal to allow polyandry has gone viral.  Legalizing marriage between two …
San Diego Union Tribune By Teri Figueroa and Dana Littlefield Three people accused of conspiring to lure a 22-year-old Fallbrook woman out of her home three years ago, killing her and dumping her body in a neighboring county were convicted of first-degree murder and other felony charges Wednesday. Â Louis …
Religion News Service by David Gushee Recently I have had two conversations that reveal the incredible breadth of moral pluralism that exists not just in America but in the Christian population of America. In one conversation, a young lady told me that her family adheres to a very conservative Protestant …
Daily Californian BY TAYLOR ROMINE  When I met Zed, he was wearing a pirate costume, restraining my friend with his faded red rope while slyly smiling at her but also with her. The smiles exchanged were heart warming — playful yet stern.  I fell in love with him …
Out in SA by Marco Aquino After the housing crash of 2008, James Lowe, a former construction worker, moved to San Antonio from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. With him came Elizabeth. The two were close friends at the time and hoped to find a better life in San Antonio. …
Cosmopolitan By Cheryl Wischhover Domina Elle is a former escort and current dominatrix who specializes in balloon fetish play. (Its practitioners are called “looners.”) She is also a sex workers’ rights advocate. Â I like to call myself an adult play facilitator. The type of work I do is much …
Bedford & Bowery BY NICOLE DISSER When I first arrived at the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF) I filed into one of the few empty stadium seats left save for the neck busters at the very front. The place was packed for The Art of Sex & Seduction: Ceremonies of …
