This year’s Mid-Atlantic Leather may have been the largest yet, eagerly embracing newcomers and veterans alike MetroWeekly by Doug Rule Over 3,000 people attended Mid-Atlantic Leather, held last weekend at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. “It was definitely one of our largest, if not thelargest,” says Patrick Grady, chair …
by Kink University To celebrate the launch of Kink University, we went looking for the kinkiest city in America, and were shocked by what we found. It wasn’t the old stalwarts that surprised us — we had a pretty good idea that New York and San Francisco would make the …
By Zach Hughes, KSKA – Anchorage Alaska has a tightening kink community made up of people living alternative lifestyles that range from discomfort with mainstream society to unconventional sex practices. But they have struggled to find spaces in which to gather. Now, after a lengthy tenant dispute and thousands of …
Examiner.com Bob Bashara, a man described as an S&M “master,” was sentenced Thursday to spend his life in jail, with no parole eligibility, for the killing of his spouse, Jane Bashara, found strangled to death in January of 2012. Last month, Bashara was declared guilty on all five counts …
The Tennesean by Tony Gonzales A Nashville swingers club has plans to relocate from near downtown to Madison, prompting some alarm and a petition in opposition. At the moment, it’s the club’s own maneuvers that have slowed its relocation. City officials await more information before approving a permit for a …
Huffington Post UK by Louis Ridley Fans are devastated after Bizarre magazine, the British publication celebrating alternative culture, announced it would be closing next month. For nearly two decades, Bizarre’s covers starred tattooed girls in latex, stories of monsters and vampires, punk porn, weird photos and avant-garde art – but …
A BDSM-inspired video game from NYU-Poly professor Robert Yang explores deep questions about consent, sex and technology. Technically Brooklyn By Brady Dale Sex is a hot topic in video games these days. If you haven’t played a video game since R.C. Pro-AM on the NES, that might sound weird to …
The list of disorders ranges from “transsexualism” to “sadomasochism.” BuzzFeed by J. Lester Feder and Susie Armitage A decree Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed on Dec. 29 could ban transgender people from driving cars, along with others diagnosed with a long list of “disorders of sexual preference.” The …
GQ Magazine On his character in Fifty Shades of Grey “In the course of researching this character, I have seen the reality very closely. I can tell you from an alarmingly first-hand perspective it’s not altogether sexy. But I’ve been in a dungeon with a lukewarm beer while a dominant has …
The Good Men Project site censors any discussion of Kink, BDSM or Fetish Sexuality from my popular column. by Galen Fous The Good Men’s Project’s views on what defines sex-positive expression by good men and women, and what does not, was made clear to me recently. They censored my featured …
