Award deadline March 31st For immediate release: March 6, 2009 Contact: Susan Wright, 917-848-6544 or Miriam Axel-Lute, info@sexies.org For more details: www.sexies.org Read anything in your local (or national) paper that reported on sex in a surprisingly informed, non-hysterical way? The Sex-Positive Journalism Awards want to know about it. Last’s …
NCSF Statement on Professional Dominatrices in New York February 11, 2009 NCSF has been contacted by over a dozen concerned members of the BDSM community in New York about the arrests of dozens of professional Dominatrices in Manhattan that started in early 2008. The pro-Domme community in New York City, …
Sweden takes sexual behaviors off their disease list November 25, 2008 – The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare is declassifying sexual behaviors as mental illnesses to avoid strengthening prejudice against the behaviors, the Swedish news service Tidningarnas Telegrambyra reported last week. The diagnoses which will soon disappear from …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Marching Forward: NCSF proactively advocates for sexual freedom November 19, 2008 – NCSF is proud to be the only group in the country with a national mission committed to changing the political, legal and social environment for those involved with the BDSM, …
For Immediate Release: National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Prop 8 protests heard around the country November 16, 2008 – This week, members of the BDSM-leather-fetish, swing and polyamory communities joined protests in cities all over California against the recent passage of Proposition 8 which outlaws same-sex marriage. In addition, dozens …
Kinky is NOT a Diagnosis! DSM Revision Petition The DSM Revision Petition is gathering signatures from individuals and organizations calling on the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to adhere to empirical research when revising the diagnoses in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Statements currently within the DSM …
NCSF and the NCSF Foundation’s position on the discriminatory paraphilias section in the DSM. Because the scientific evidence contradicts the statements currently within the DSM, we must conclude that the interpretation of the Paraphilias criteria has been politically NOT scientifically based. This politically motivated interpretation subjects BDSM practitioners, fetishists and …
August 27, 2007 – NCSF proud to be the only group in the country with a national mission committed to changing the political, legal and social environment for those involved with the BDSM, swinging and polyamory communities. NCSF‘s six programs have directly helped thousands of practitioners, businesses and groups. Four …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Wright, 917-848-6544 or Miriam Axel-Lute, info@sexies.org For more details: www.sexies.org 2008 Sex-Positive Journalism Awards Now Seeking EntriesNationally known journalists and sex-positive advocates to judge “Sexies” November 5, 2007 – To hear some people tell it, all of “the media” is a degenerate, sex-drenched affair. But …
