Huffington Post By JamesMichael Nichols The origins of San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair may be much different than you think.  When someone talks about Folsom Street Fair in 2015, the leather and fetish elements of the historic outdoor celebration of sexual diversity are likely what come to mind. However, …
Pitchfork BY David Bevan Before we eat, Ruban Nielson’s son, Moe, leads us in a blessing. “For trees so tall and skies so blue, for friends and food we thank you,” he sings, in angelic unison with his younger sister, Iris. It’s Moe’s sixth birthday, an occasion for which he’s …
A leader of the anti-gay organization Concerned Women for America has admitted her testimony to the Texas Senate over a bill that would shield clergy and churches from same-sex weddings was not true. The Civil Rights Movement by DAVID BADASH Last week lawmakers on a Texas Senate committee heard testimony …
The Telegraph By Rebecca Burn-Callander The new ‘polyamory’ dating site is increasing users by 100pc a week Openminded.com, a new “ethical cheating” website, is on target to attract 250,000 members worldwide in its first year. The start-up, which promises to “eliminate the monotony of monogamy”, claims it has tapped into …
ABC News By LEANNE ITALIE An Airbnb-like accommodation booking site serving the BDSM community with dungeons and prison cells for rent around the world recently has launched with about 40 listings. Â Darren McKeeman, a co-founder of the San Francisco-based service, said Thursday that KinkBNB.com formally launched May 1, processing …
The Independent by Jamie Merrill  Two dominatrix pornographers have become the first adult filmmakers to fall foul of strict new regulations governing online pornography.  In December hundreds of pornographers took part in a “face-sitting” demonstration outside of parliament to protest against new rules which brought niche internet porn …
‘Like the WWE…kids don’t try this at home. I just want to be treated like every other extreme performer,’ Santos told Dailymail.com Daily Mail There is a fine line between what’s acceptable and taboo in the practice of S&M in which partners consent to test one another’s limits. And now …
Huffington Post By Heidi Hall MADISON, Tenn. (RNS) Goodpasture Christian School sits on a sprawling, bucolic campus seven miles north of downtown Nashville, where 900 students ready themselves for adult lives of college, career and loving the Lord.  Right next door sits the United Fellowship Center, a planned church where …
Natalie Bennett has told PinkNews her party is open to polyamorous marriages and civil partnerships – how would that work in practice? The Mirror By Anna Leach , Federica Cocco It took decades but eventually gay marriage was legalised here in the UK. So what’s next? How about three-way unions? …
The Daily Dot by Alana Massey Listening to people describe their initial discovery of FetLife, the social network for those interested in the BDSM lifestyle, is not unlike listening to the newly converted describe their spiritual awakening. When the website launched in 2007, many who had never disclosed their sexual …
