NCSF

I love the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. The NCSF is one of those organizations you know you can count on to fight for the right to sexual expression even around stigmatized types of sexual expression like exchanging sex for money, or engaging in BDSM.

Prostitution arrests in Dungeons and porn shops (where prostitution may not have been occurring at all) have raised much concern, and NCSF advocates spoke with law enforcement representatives to find out how they're interpreting "prostitution". The findings are troubling and are reported below.

1. Texas town clamps down on home sex club
2. Positive changes
3. AdultFriendFinder settles pop-up adware charges
4. 'Exposing' the Folsom Street Fair

NCSF Media Updates represent a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of SM-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 a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Updates where appropriate.



Texas town clamps down on home sex club
by Paul J. Weber
Chicago Sun-Times
December 9, 2007

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
October 15, 2007
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media@ncsfreedom.org

An Action Alert from NCSF 

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
October 1, 2007
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media@ncsfreedom.org

1. My bizarre love triangle
2. When Blasphemous Gays Rip into Christians the MSM says Diddly Squat
3. Miller Officers Receive S&M Photos; Boycott to Extend Beyond Sunday's Event
4. Violet Blue wants to spank the SF Weekly at Folsom Street Fair
5. Preacher Caught In Sexually Explicit Chatrooms
6. Queen of kink: Viola Johnson visits Dallas to spread the leather gospel
7. Catholic Group Threatens Battle With Miller Beer Over Racy Ad
8. Woman accused in dominatrix case appears in court
9. Keep it safe, sane, consensual: Fetish followers should respect but experiment
10. Dominatrix Submits To City's Wishes

September 19, 2007 – New York, NY - Susan Wright and Larry Iannotti would like to announce the launch of the second national Survey of Violence & Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities, being conducted in cooperation with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. This survey includes all of the questions asked on NCSF's ground-breaking 1998 Violence & Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities survey, and includes new questions on personal, business, and Internet discrimination experienced by BDSM-leather-fetish practitioners.

The link to the survey is on NCSF's website: www.ncsfreedom.org

Please take a minute to fill out this anonymous survey even if you have not been a victim of violence or discrimination. Demographic data and information about participation in a variety of BDSM-leather-fetish activities are also being gathered. This survey will be distributed for one year, and the results will be released in early 2009.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
September 3, 2007
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media@ncsfreedom.org

1. Bondage case in final stages
2. A night of S&M ends in death. What happened - and who's responsible?
3. A trial like no other
4. "Mistress Gorgeous" busted for sex crime
5. Swingers sexploits
6. Why Lap Dances In Nashville Are Illegal But Group Sex Isn't

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

August 27, 2007 - NCSF proud to be the only group in the country
with a national mission committed to changing the political,
legal and social environment for those involved with the BDSM,
swinging and polyamory communities. NCSF's six programs have
directly helped thousands of practitioners, businesses and
groups. Four of NCSF's programs began with the founding of NCSF
in 1997: the Media Outreach Project, Media Updates, Incident
Response, and the Legal Advocacy program.

NCSF's Incident Response team is directed by Leigha Fleming. Over
700 individuals, groups, attorneys, prosecutors, and businesses
contact NCSF for help every year because of persecution or
discrimination. NCSF assisted both International Mr. Leather and
Kink.com this year, continuing its decade-long practice of
fighting religious political extremists and performing outreach
to local communities and authorities.

NCSF's Media Outreach Program provides sound bites and tactics

Viviane Writes: NCSF Action Alert: Support the Palmer House Hilton, Host Hotel for IML

Please write a short note of support for the Palmer House Hilton, host hotel for International Mr. Leather, thanking them for not discriminating against any guests or groups based on their sexual orientation. The anti-gay group, Americans For Truth, posted an action alert calling for people to protest the "homosexual orgies" that take place at the "sadistic sexual perversion-fest known as International Mr. Leather." AFT website: http://tinyurl.com/3atcsg

The Palmer House Hilton has been a staunch supporter of the Fair Accommodations Act in working with alternative lifestyle groups, particularly IML. Please email your note of appreciation to:

Stephen Bollenback, CEO
Hilton Hotels Corporation
stephen_bollenbach@hilton.com

Trina Owens
Hilton Hotels Corporation
trina_owens@hilton.com

Peter Lynn, General Manager
Palmer House Hilton
peter_lynn@hilton.com

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The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed to creating a political, legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
917-848-6544
media at ncsfreedom dot org
www.ncsfreedom.org