Category: NCSF News
Action Alert – Take Action Californians!
Our BDSM communities could be adversely impacted by a well-intentioned, but overly broad, piece of proposed criminal legislation that has been introduced by Senator Christine Kehoe in the California Senate. NCSF is asking all of you to sign and send to NCSF letters (a draft is attached below) that we …
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 …
NCSF Press Release – Missouri Indictment of Bagley
In an indictment rendered by a Grand Jury in the Western District of Missouri on September 9, 2010, five Missouri men allegedly participated in torturing a mentally disabled woman online or in person over a multi-year period when the victim was between the ages of 16 and 24. Among the …
NCSF Wins – Large Non Profit
At the recent PANTHEON OF LEATHER XX awards held August 15th in Los Angeles, the NCSF received the award for “Large Non Profit Organization of the Year”. Yay NCSF! Full list of Pantheon of Leather XX Award Recipients
NCSF at NYC Leather Pride Weekend
Once again, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) will be a beneficiary of both Leather Pride Night (LPN) auction and Folsom Street East (FSE) street fair in New York City during Leather Pride Weekend in June. NCSF staff members will be present to proudly represent NCSF at both of these …
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 …