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Check out the latest kinky news every day on NCSF's blog: http://ncsf.wordpress.com
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 swing issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between.
NCSF publishes the Updates to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics and to urge everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate. |
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"Was the Eagle raid a major screw up?"
Sunday Paper
... Some readers may be thinking, "This sounds like the raid of the Atlanta Eagle last September," and they would be right. In all likelihood every cop at the Eagle did exactly what he or she believed to be within the bounds of the law at the time. Even being kept face down on the floor for an hour isn't a violation of anybody's civil rights if there is a legal reason for keeping them there. But the reason the patrons were kept there for so long is because that's how long it took to do criminal background checks on them, and not all of them were suspected of criminal activity. Some of them were just playing pool and listening to music, and that's according to documented statements by an undercover APD officer. ...
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"Fun with Blindfolds, Especially When Worn by Women"
Psychology Today
Blindfolds are considered BDSM toys, but you don't have to be into ... Meanwhile, some people feel curious about BDSM but reluctant to play that way. ...
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"Fired Employee Set Bondage Club Ablaze, Killing Owner Inside"
LAist
Passive Arts offered theme rooms, affordable drinks, and BDSM parties that catered to a broad spectrum of clientele. They have shut down their website, ...
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"Atlanta Eagle raid makes impact on SF Folsom Street Fair"
The Georgia Voice
... and persecution facing consenting adults who practice BDSM," Demetri Moshoyannis, the organization's executive director, told the Bay Area Reporter. ...
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"Up Your Alley Fair was fun in the sun"
San Francisco Bay Times
...NCSF (National Coalition for Sexual Freedom) had the motto: "Your rights, your privacy, your freedom," and "Kinky is not a diagnosis." Judy Guerin explained NCSF (ncsfreedom.org) is a national advocacy and lobbying organization dedicated to advancing and protecting the sexual freedom rights of kinksters. "We are currently working to decriminalize BDSM, which is still routinely prosecuted throughout parts of the United States," she said. They have dealt with 106 criminal prosecutions through their hotline last year. "We are also working to change the BDSM criteria of the American Psychiatric Association so we will no longer be categorized as mentally ill," she said. They can provide references to kink-friendly doctors and lawyers as well. ...
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"Adult DVD Empire Charged With Obscenity"
XBIZ Newswire
PITTSBURGH - Right Ascension Inc., which does business as Adult DVD Empire, has been charged with violating obscenity laws. ...
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"Buttman v. The Man: DC's First Big Obscenity Trial in Decades"
Washington City Paper
... But after the trial, jurors were more concerned with what wasn't in Milk Nymphos: Violence. Rape. Bestiality. Kids. "These people were adults and they were willing. No one put a gun to their head," Crawford said. "Had they brought a child out in pampers, then we would have been like, hell no," Mordecai added. In opening arguments, the defense emphasized that the only entity forcing anyone to watch porn is the government. "The movies are not-and are not meant to be-distributed to these 14 strangers sitting in a federal courthouse," defense attorney Paul Cambria said. The films feature "adults putting on a performance...for another adult, who would make that choice [to watch it] if that were his or her cup of tea." ...
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