As more people embrace their inner kinkster, doctors need to know the details to provide quality health care. This… can be complicated. Daily Beast by Heather Boerner  Recently, Claire Conrad, 36, found herself trussed up in stirrups—and not in a fun way. Conrad was at the ob-gyn to check …
The BDSM site halts its most extreme offshoots in hopes of pushing into the mainstream Salon by Tracy Clark-Flory  In a surprising move, BDSM porn company Kink.com has suddenly stopped production on two of its most “extreme” sub-sites. CEO Peter Acworth tells Salon the company is halting filming on the …
A poly partner who now wants monogamy, an accidental triad, and more Chicago Reader by Dan Savage QI’m a married 28-year-old male. My partner and I are conflicted over the level of openness in our relationship. She describes herself as “postmononormative.” I consider myself GGG. While I know that she …
Huffington Post By Kira Brekke California’s new “affirmative consent” law is setting a different precedent for how college campuses handle sexual assault cases. This landmark law mandates that both partners issue “an affirmative, conscious and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity.” It acknowledges that fear or other factors may …
Detroit Free Press by Elisha Anderson  Bob Bashara lied to his wife about his whereabouts when he attended BDSM — bondage, discipline, sadomasochism — parties with his mistress. His wife, Jane Bashara, wasn’t into the lifestyle and wouldn’t understand or condone it, so he kept it from her. The …
Gawker by Monica Heisey  Kinky sex is back. Again. As Laura Antoniu, author of popular erotica series The Marketplace puts it, “the mainstream media ‘discovers’ kinky sex every 10 years or so.” This time around, the discovery has been linked to more than a few sources: Rihanna, “the Internet,” …
Fox News 2 DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) – Robert Godard was the first witness in the Bob Bashara trial for the murder of wife Jane on Tuesday. Godard was a former long-time friend of Bashara’s, who Bob had introduced to the BDSM lifestyle. It is an alternative lifestyle Wayne County Circuit …
The odd life and psyche of the man who invented her The Atlantic Wonder Woman did not grace the very first cover of Ms. magazine (spring 1972), although many remember it that way. That honor went to the many-armed Hindu goddess Kali, holding a frying pan, a typewriter, a mirror, …
New York Times By IAN URBINA LAST month it was California, this month New York. States across the country are trying to figure out how to address the problem of sexual assault more effectively, and more often than not, they are looking to redefine the scope of sexual misconduct. California’s …
Has your kinky group or business lost its ability to process credit/debit card transactions or has had (or currently having) trouble establishing any merchant service because of ties to kink? If so, please contact NCSF! We have been discussing this problem with the Free Speech Coalition (which is actively searching …
