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Kink Awareness Definitions

Beginning February 2011, new or updated KAP providers are requested to self-identify their Kink Awareness level in their listing. KAP users have requested this feature in order to better understand the background and knowledge level of KAP Providers listed in our directory. This self-supplied rating information will be displayed in …

DSM Paraphilias Subworkgroup and the NCSF Responses

NCSF was asked by the DSM Paraphilias subworkgroup to respond to their proposed changes to the DSM’s consensual paraphilias. This is our Letter to the Editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior that was published on July 15, 2010. PDF papers published by the various members of the Paraphilia Subworkgroup …

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is coming to San Francisco!

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is coming to San Francisco! Please join us for an enlightening evening of discussion of NCSF’s Consent Counts project to decriminalize BDSM.  You’ll find out about the state of the law regarding BDSM and consent and how you can help support this important national …

The Norwegian Directorate of Health takes sexual minorities off the sick list

[01.02.2010: Bente Steinnes] The Norwegian Directorate of Health has decided that certain diagnostic codes are now invalid in Norway, thus changing the Norwegian version of the international diagnoses register (ICD-10). The following diagnoses are taken out: fetishism, fetishistic transvestism, sadomasochism, multiple disorders of sexual preference, and transvestism. – In our …

Sexies Winners Announced

The board and judges of the Sex-Positive Journalism Awards are proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Sexies. Selected from about 100 entries (not counting multiple nominations of the same piece!) submitted by both writers and readers, the winning entries cover subjects from teen pregnancy to conjugal visits, vaginal …