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Celebrate Neurodiversity Awareness Month in April - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom For resources on accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion, check out NCSF's Amplify Voices page! NCSF receives many different requests from people who self-identify as neurodiverse, including or...

Celebrate Neurodiversity Awareness Month in April

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Navigating Medical Emergencies at Events: Best Practices - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom By Tess Zachary When hosting a private party, the last thing anyone expects is a medical emergency. No one wants to interrupt a party; however, being prepared to respond appropriately can not only sav...

Navigating Medical Emergencies at Events: Best Practices

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‘A win for dignity’: Portland’s polyamorous families gain legal protections under new code - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

‘A win for dignity’: Portland’s polyamorous families gain legal protections under new code

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Sign Up for NCSF’s Newsletters! - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Sign up for NCSF's quarterly Newsletters here - https://ncsfreedom.org/press/newsletter-2/

Sign Up for NCSF’s Newsletters!

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‘Aftercare’ Is The BDSM Practice We Should Use For Vanilla Sex, Too - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

‘Aftercare’ Is The BDSM Practice We Should Use For Vanilla Sex, Too

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Portland moves to extend discrimination protections to polyamorous people - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

Portland moves to extend discrimination protections to polyamorous people

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Guest Blog: Why Black and Kinky and People of Color Kink Communities Exist - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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 posit...

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

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Guest Blog – Through the Leather Lens: Black, Woman, Radical - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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 i...

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

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The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology is a cutting-edge and comprehensive guide to understanding compulsive sexual behaviours (CSBs) in-depth in the twenty-...

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The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology The Routledge International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity and Clinical Sexology is a cutting-edge and comprehensive guide to understanding compulsive sexual behaviours (CSBs) in-depth in the twenty-...

I'm so excited for the upcoming publication of the International Handbook of Sexual Compulsivity! @stefanigoerlich.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter on kink affirmative treatment of people struggling with sexual compulsivity for this text edited by @silvaneves.bsky.social!

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Are you practising relationship anarchy without even knowing it? - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

Are you practising relationship anarchy without even knowing it?

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They kicked her out of a ‘throuple.’ What happens in a polyamorous breakup? - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

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

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NCSF Celebrates Black History Month!

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"MORE EXPERIENCED KINKSTERS HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP NEWBIES."

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"JUST BECAUSE OTHERS ARE DOING SOMETHING, DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO."

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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration on behalf of the family members of 2 Trinidadian men killed by a U.S. missile strike while traveling home from Venezuela by boat.

The government must be held accountable.

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Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports

Good. They deserve nothing but hatred for what they are doing. They will forever be known for the evil they are carrying out. May their lives continue to get worse if they remain employed by this horrific government attack squad.

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Queer victims of the Holocaust were forgotten about for decades As we mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2026, we take a look at how the world forgot about its LGBT victims – and why we must remember.

Holocaust Memorial Day: How queer victims of Nazi genocide were forgotten about for decades
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Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
The effect of standard time to daylight-saving clock transition on sleep and migraine headaches
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Published: 20 January 2026
Volume 22, article number 18, (2026)
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
Sasikanth Gorantla, Abhilash Velaga, Ashwath Ravisankar, Hrachya Nersesyan, Krishna M. Sundar & Karin G. Johnson

Springer Nature Link Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine The effect of standard time to daylight-saving clock transition on sleep and migraine headaches Original Article Published: 20 January 2026 Volume 22, article number 18, (2026) Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Sasikanth Gorantla, Abhilash Velaga, Ashwath Ravisankar, Hrachya Nersesyan, Krishna M. Sundar & Karin G. Johnson

📒 NEW STUDY “supports abolition of Daylight Saving Time and adoption of permanent Standard Time to minimize negative consequences including migraines.”

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How many STEM Ph.D.s were lost from the U.S. federal government last year?

My colleagues @mghersher.bsky.social and @policyhound.bsky.social dug into a recent data release to find the answer. A @science.org exclusive.

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Olympia considers ordinance to expand anti-discrimination protections - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

Olympia considers ordinance to expand anti-discrimination protections

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How Practicing Ethical Non-Monogamy Can Benefit Your Relationships—And Your Health - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 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. Pl...

How Practicing Ethical Non-Monogamy Can Benefit Your Relationships—And Your Health

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ICE Out For Good: Tomorrow We Rise They Chose Fear. We Chose Movement. Join the Nationwide Day of Action.

"This Saturday, January 10, we take that refusal into the streets.

This is mass mobilization powered by people who still believe in dignity, due process, and each other. It is grief turned into action."

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Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Change Public Education
Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Change Public Education YouTube video by ProPublica

WATCH: More than 80% of U.S. children attend public schools.

Some of the Education Department’s ultraconservative advisers, led by Secretary Linda McMahon, want to change that.

Here’s an inside look at their dismantling of public education:

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We are actually now all amid a good versus evil situation. You simply can't be supportive of the current administration and be a good person. Yesterday's nightmare is stark proof of that.

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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.

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Federal agents shoot 2 in Portland after an ICE agent killed a woman in Minneapolis Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.

Officials are calling for transparent investigations into controversial shootings involving federal agents. Here's a recap of the latest developments in Portland and Minneapolis.

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Incident Reporting & Response – 4th Quarter 2025 Report - National Coalition for Sexual Freedom NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 43 reports & requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in October, November and December 2025. NCSF maintains the confidentiality of...

Incident Reporting & Response – 4th Quarter 2025 Report

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Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.Genocide scholars are sounding the alarm over what they describe as escalating attacks targeti...

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Horrifying

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