Communicating needs in a poly relationship is sometimes difficult. Being poly and kinky makes it all that more difficult.
Posted 05.18.2012
It's Friday and that means we've got another Poll Position topic for you to consider. Our question this week was inspired by a recent HuffPost Gay ...
Natasha Burton | Posted 04.24.2012
Reading about the couple's family dynamic (which includes girlfriends on both sides, boyfriends and other couples) revived my long-time position on open marriage: I can't, for the life of me, understand how people actually do it.
Vivienne Chen | Posted 05.20.2012
If LGBTQ activists continue to say that relationships are really about committing to the people we love regardless of gender, race, creed, etc., then maybe society should allow us to commit to the people (plural) we love.
John Shore | Posted 05.19.2012
To be alive is to actively and constantly choose a belief system. No one, no matter how "free" they may think their mind is, exists outside of such a system.
Amy Shiner | Posted 05.09.2012
Here are some techniques for surviving an LDR.
John Shore | Posted 04.25.2012
In the comments on a recent piece of mine, a woman wrote that she is polyamorous -- she is living with, in love with, deeply committed to, and basically in all ways but legally married to a man and a woman. I asked if she would be willing to let me interview her.
Amy Shiner | Posted 04.23.2012
A few weekends ago I traveled to Providence for a "family reunion." The winter 2012 Fetish Fair Fleamarket is what I call a perfect reunion. One weekend a year, 3,500 members of the kink community gather for three days of workshops and panels.
Amy Shiner | Posted 04.10.2012
At church last night, I came out as polyamorous. It was an endorphin rush. Coming out is hard, though. I am a layperson at church, and I have a very strong leadership role.
The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.07.2012
WASHINGTON -- How do you celebrate Valentine's Day when your husband has two girlfriends, one of whom lives with you? How about when you've got two bo...
Amy Shiner | Posted 04.02.2012
I guess you could say that if two people communicate, share common bonds and emotions they are in a relationship. However, I don't consider my best friend from childhood to be in a poly relationship with me.
Jenny Block | Posted 03.24.2012
Just when I think I can no longer be shocked by politicians' behavior, this comes along. It's not the fact that Newt Gingrich's ex-wife claims he wanted an open marriage that I find so shocking. Not at all. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn't.
Amy Shiner | Posted 01.17.2012
A trip to transcending boundaries, something that rarely happens in a heterosexual-based society, is a way to push the envelope. Built on a growing community, there is something for everyone who has ever been viewed as "different."
Elizabeth Marquardt | Posted 01.15.2012
Is the prospect of group marriage far-fetched? Probably not. There are several avenues that could soon lead to legal recognition of unions involving three or more people.
Amy Shiner | Posted 01.09.2012
This week I am highlighting the benefits of being poly. There are benefits, despite all of the ups and downs of the poly lifestyle. The benefits, in my opinion, outweigh the negatives in most cases.
Amy Shiner | Posted 01.03.2012
I have welcomed Eric's recent marriage to Patricia with an open heart. At the same time, Eric has been understanding of my need to live a long distance away and find other partners, despite ongoing arguments.
Amy Shiner | Posted 12.27.2011
When I begin freaking out, planning my escape route, I try to remember my rule of thumb: I do not need to "love" my partner's partners. I may not even "like" my partner's partners, but I do need to be able to conduct myself civilly with them.
Amy Shiner | Posted 12.13.2011
I think the saying is true that you will come out more than once in your lifetime if you fall in any range of the GLBT spectrum. I have a triple whammy; I am poly, kinky and queer.
Gary North | Posted 12.05.2011
Just what the heck would a "bi" relationship be? Would a "bi" marriage have to be three partners? As a self-identified bi person, the simple complexity of getting just one other person to accept me for who I am has been difficult enough.
Bianca James | Posted 11.19.2011
What do you do when you're not really up for polyamory but are too unconventional for traditional committed monogamy? You come up with alternatives to alternative relationship models.
Amy Shiner | Posted 11.14.2011
Because of age differences and the fact that Eric and Patricia had been waiting together, the perception was possibly that they were meeting a younger relation. This is a perception that society is happy to accept.
Kelley Harrell | Posted 06.05.2011
We don't have earthly gods and goddesses to look up to anymore, but we do have the next best thing -- celebrities -- seekers of fame and fortune, whose lives are thrown into the awareness of almost every living creature in the modern world.
Rebecca Walker | Posted 05.25.2011
Just because a family appears "untraditional" doesn't mean it's inauthentic, or without love and happiness.
Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011
So many creativity experts constantly push everyone to "think outside the box." But there's something to be said for keeping your thoughts comfortably confined within the walls of whatever box you find yourself in.
Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, we meet Mollena Williams, a woman whose passion for kinky sex led to her dream career as the "Executive Pervert" for the alternative lifestyle dating sites bondage.com and alt.com.
Amy Shiner | Posted 05.30.2012