NCSF named Bianca Laureano as our first recipient of the Vi Johnson Liberation Award. NCSF’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee awarded Bianca due to the breadth, depth, and varied ways that she has challenged the injustices and inequalities in sexuality education, presentation, accessibility, and services. For two decades, Bianca …
Section 213.10: Affirmative Defense of Explicit Prior Permission in the revised Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault by the American Law Institute. Erotic Choking Deaths from Sexual Choking: A review of U.S. News Reports (2000-2025) Is Sexual Choking Legal? Find out what the law is in your state in regards …
In all but four U.S. States, consent is not a defense to choking someone. The other States and Territories regulate “strangulation” and “suffocation” differently under their Assault, Sexual Assault, and Domestic Violence laws. To “strangle” generally means intentionally impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of someone by …
While at a kink community conference a few years ago, I had the privilege of watching a masterful leader enact an incredible scene on their follower in one of the conference’s dungeons. I use leader and follower here because I don’t know which terms these folks would self-select from the …
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Unlearning Couple Centrism Dan Savage once said that he is generally conservative in that he generally wants couples to stay together. I mirror his words with the couples I have loved, am friends with, or work with in therapy in that I generally want folks to stay together if that …
DIVERSITY MOMENT From Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion expectations: Every month, a Board Member is tasked with providing additional educational opportunities at the Board meeting by discussing information that highlights a Diversity speaks to the leadership’s representation within an organization or entity that is representative of the multitude of identities and …
