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Guest Blog: Why Black and Kinky and People of Color Kink Communities Exist 

Context, Consent, and the Creation of Black and Kinky San Antonio   By Dr. Sean Vincent Seay, PhD (he/him) Kink and BDSM communities often describe themselves as inclusive, consent-driven, and sex positive. These values form the foundation of ethical practice. However, inclusion alone does not guarantee safety or equity, especially for Black, …

Guest Blog – Through the Leather Lens: Black, Woman, Radical

By MsDDOM There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from occupying multiple marginalized  identities within a space that was not originally built with you in mind. For Black women who  exist in Leather, kink, and BDSM communities, that exhaustion is layered — woven from threads  of anti-Blackness, gendered …

City Hall issues cease-and-desist order against Chicago sex dungeon

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

Colorado justices skeptical that intimate messages relevant to assault case

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

Are you practising relationship anarchy without even knowing it?

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

They kicked her out of a ‘throuple.’ What happens in a polyamorous breakup?

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

A Couple Started Dating Another Woman Together. Months Later, Their Entire Relationship Changed

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

Olympia considers ordinance to expand anti-discrimination protections

NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues. Please click the image to go to the article. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges you …

2025 Incident Reporting & Response Report

The IRR Team assisted with 226 reports received by NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response program in 2025. NCSF maintains the confidentiality of those who come to us for help, however we balance that with the need to report the services we are providing and to provide the community with a …