Category: Press
2023 ABSC Spring Roundtable Series VIII (Hybrid)
The eighth edition of the Spring Roundtable Series (hybrid) will offer practitioners, educators, activists an opportunity to share their work in a setting that will invite them to discuss the implications of how their work impacts selected communities and the possibility of creating liberatory spaces. In other words, we will …
Guest Blog: Consent and Neurodiversity
The Path In and Out: Unpushing the Panic Button By Turtle and Seq with Contributors: CSPC ND/DG, Seranine, and Teeebone During the Fall of 2022, The Center for Sex Positive Culture members decided to have a blunt facilitated conversation about our needs around consent and neurodiversity. Simply put, we want …
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Please tell us what it means to you to be a Kink and Polyamory Aware Professional. Help us provide resources to educate professionals, as well as resources to better serve you by taking our KAP survey: https://uncc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_40LKy5tDG221nFA If you’re a professional providing services (e.g. psychologist, massage therapist, realtor, spiritual advisor), …
Guest Blog – From PayPal to Stripe: Why Adult Entertainment Workers Face Hurdles with Payment Processing
In 2020 Mastercard declared it wouldn’t allow its cards to be used on adult entertainment site, Pornhub (Visa swiftly followed). Then, in 2021, Mastercard imposed more limitations on sex workers, asking adult content to be reviewed by hosting sites prior to publishing, and enforcing that sellers present “documented age and identity verification for …
Metamour Day is February 28th: Celebrating our partners’ partners!
Anna D. Hirsch is the winner of the 2023 Metamour Day graphics contest! Anna’s Metamour Day gallery is dedicated in loving memory to one of her best metamours AND best friends ~ Jen Angel (1975 – 2023). Buy one of 28 Metamour Day pillows in Anna’s shop and $10 will be donated to OPEN to help …
Creating Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and Harassment
By Tess Zachary Introduction I think most people would agree that Harassment and Discrimination are inappropriate in any setting, but many people struggle with exactly what that means except for the most extreme and egregious examples. Harassment and Discrimination are not just nebulous concepts that can be handled in casual …
DEIB Part 1: Why should your organization embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging?
By Tess Zachary This series will address some basic information about DEIB and help you to see where your organization, event, or club can implement DEIB Strategies. We have broken this content into three (3) parts: Part 1: Why should your organization embrace DEIB? Part 2: What is DEIB? Part …