OPEN RELATIONSHIPS

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WEDDINGS
Am I Close-Minded for Still Believing in Monogamy?
By Bruna Nessif, Contributor
Writer, Lover & Recovering Overthinker
You like them. They like you. Boom, it’s done. Seems so simple right? Yeah it did, but as our culture and society continues
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Weekend Lover
By Sandra Ramos O'Briant, Contributor
Author
"Damn, I've been having trouble with my cell. Why did you call?" "Oh, really." He was flattered by her exuberance. "My home
1950s MAN AND TWO WOMEN FROLICKING IN BEACH SURF (Photo by Camerique/ClassicStock/Getty Images)
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HEALTHY LIVING
If You're Thinking About An Open Marriage, Consider This First
By Brittany Wong
More partners, more problems?
Cropped image of gay couple holding hands
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QUEER VOICES
I’m In An Open Relationship, And There’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With It
By Otto Fong, Contributor
Author and comic artist
What I am about to say is probably going to earn me a lot of hate.
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QUEER VOICES
How I Told My Husband And Boyfriend I Love Another Man
I had a confession to make. To my husband, Alex, and our boyfriend, Jon. I was pretty sure I was having an affair, and I
QUEER VOICES
Sex and the Single Married Man
By David Toussaint, Contributor
Four-Time Author, Longtime Writer, Actor, and Pug Lover
Nowadays I'm bombarded with date and hook-up requests from devoted, loving, legal male partners with children and country homes and happy Instagram holiday photos, and an appetite for single-man sex as big as their stock portfolios. But is it worth it?
QUEER VOICES
10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives Updated for 2016
By Joe Kort, Ph.D., Contributor
Certified Sex and Relationship Therapist
I am about to publish a revision of my first book. It's been 13 years since the first edition of 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do To Improve Their Lives was published with Alyson Books. That doesn't seem like a long time, but a lot has happened.
WOMEN
Top 10 Reasons for Being -- and Staying -- NON-Monogamous
By Em & Lo, Contributor
The Emily Posts of the Modern Bedroom
Monogamy has had its turn, so let's give non-monogamy a chance. In a culture dominated by fundamentalist religious values, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the chorus of slut-shaming that arises when the topic of simultaneous multiple partners comes up.
QUEER VOICES
This Is the Opposite of Jealousy
By Renato Barucco, Contributor
Author
Regardless of its origin, the word compersion, currently still unknown to most people, seems to describe the experience of
QUEER VOICES
In Defense of Monogamy
By Peter Monn, Contributor
Author/Life Coach/Creator/Writer for Raannt
I can sit down with my husband and have a conversation about our need to be in an open relationship, so we can both enjoy all of the rides at Adventureland, as Davey Wavey suggests, or we can decide to have healthy boundaries that move us both towards closer intimacy and monogamy.
DIVORCE
Why I Choose An Open Relationship
By Melissa Clark, Contributor
Writer. Lover of Wine. Creator of terrible by-lines
I'm not saying that an affair does not leave serious emotional scars which may potentially rival the physical scars that result from abuse, but so do a number of other things one person can do to another over the course of a marriage.
WOMEN
An Introduction to Outsourcing (Not the Donald Trump Kind)
By Dr. Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman M.A., Contributor
Sex Therapy and Relationship Coaching
In all relationships, we are in an ongoing negotiation of desires, boundaries, and capacities. Each of us needs to honor the other's desires and be as honest as possible about our own, knowing that we will sometimes feel disappointment in the face of differences.
QUEER VOICES
Open Relationships: What the Real Rules Need to Be
By Michael Radkowsky, Contributor
Washington DC psychologist
When people consider opening their relationship, they focus more on the benefits than the challenges. They think, "surely we should be able to do this and keep our relationship safe and secure."
GPS FOR THE SOUL
Torn Between Two Lovers? The Spiritual Path to Choosing Both
By Tim Ward, Contributor
Author of The Master Communicator's Handbook, and co-owner of ...
WOMEN
5 Things You Should Consider Before Starting An Open Relationship
By Noah Michelson
3. Non-monogamy can affect your children -- but not necessarily negatively Swinging doesn't have a lot of impact on children
VIDEOS
What These Students Have Learned About Sex After 4 Years Of College
Caitlyn learns from college students what they’ve learned about sex after their time in college.
QUEER VOICES
OpenMinded Helps Users Find Open, Polyamorous Or Non-Monogamous Relationships
By James Michael Nichols
Interested users can join OpenMinded as either an individual or couple and navigate the members already signed up for the
QUEER VOICES
Poll Reveals Americans' Feelings About Open Relationships And Sex Parties
By Noah Michelson
While there were many surprises at the event, co-hosts Carina Kolodny and Noah Michelson were perhaps most intrigued to discover
QUEER VOICES
How to Be a Lesbian: Our Burning Questions Answered
By Dana Sitar, Contributor
@danasitar
I've been learning how to be a lesbian lately, because my boyfriend and I opened our relationship last year. Ten productive months into being a sometimes-lesbian, I still have a lot of questions. So I reached out to Natashia Mower, this lesbian I know personally, to set me, well, gay, I guess.
QUEER VOICES
Sex, Intimacy, and Being Gay
By J Nelson Aviance, Contributor
Opera singer, author and PhD student in musicology/cultural st...
Sex seems central to intimate and romantic relationships. If it is a means of intimate communication, and communication is the secret to a lasting and healthy relationship, why don't we gay men talk about it that way more often?
ENTERTAINMENT
Why Polyamory May Be The Answer To Your Dating Woes
"Most people don't know there's an option," said Trask. "We live in a monogamous culture that is 'monocentric' and tells
CULTURE & ARTS
Enter Into The World Of An Open Relationship With These Intimate, NSFW Portraits
By Katherine Brooks
Navigating the ins and outs of an open relationship can be a difficult task, attempting to determine the actors, settings
WOMEN
'I disagree with copulation without love' - Married Man, age 29, 1949
By Zoe Strimpel, Contributor
Gender scholar, journalist and author of The Man Diet...
The talk today about young men wanting sex all the time and hating commitment, with womanly love as the enemy to the fun, strings-free life all young dudes desire, is usefully framed by the feedback of young men in the late 1940s.
QUEER VOICES
Somebody Else's Guy: Sex and the Not-So-Single Man
By Jeremy Helligar, Contributor
Journalist, blogger and author, ‘Is It True What They Say Abou...
Next, I was suspicious. I wondered if the boyfriend had read our string of emails. There was nothing incriminating there
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