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AltSex & BDSM resource

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Today I attended a very educational seminar abour BDSM, specifically therapy with BDSM couples and how alternative sex (alt.sex) can potentially be used for therapeutic purposes. I am not recommending this, it could have the opposite effects if done carelessly, but for some people who express their experiences in a corporeal way, there is potential to do this.

There are articles that I am searching for that I will post when I find them to shed some light on how people have used alt.sex practices to experience catharsis about a specific issue.

A piece of my most appreciated knowledge was the practice of after care that is taught and regularly practiced in this community. Not being a part of it, as an outsider only peeking through the corner of one window, I am happy to learn that people participating in a BDSM relationship or lifestyle or activities plan for emotional support and care after they have participated in a session of alt.sex or play in order to emotionally process and nurture and recover ones self from the intense experience they have just undergone. This is a beautiful and healthy practice.

This website is not about the therapeutic benefits of BDSM, it is a well organized extensive resource for those seeking more knowledge and a community surrounding alternative sexual practices. Because of the marginalized nature of BDSM, it is a very appropriate resource for this blog to host. I hope this serves as good personal resource, or educational resource, or something to recommend to a friend.

I wish you all Safe and Free Sexual sexpression and practice!!

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Anti-Gay Therapy Organization closing!!

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The organization Exodus that has been performing therapy to reverse or undo homosexual attraction is closing its doors after almost 40 years!!

The president stated that he had homosexual feelings that have never left him and he realizes that it is not possible to change ones sexual orientation. This is a great example of the reasons a person should do thorough self examination when feeling so vehemently against one specific issue. Humans are very good at identifying the pieces of others that we dislike most in our selves and attempting to squelch it in others in order to avoid the pain of identifying it as a traits one holds in their self.

This organization has been abusing impressionable, self doubting people, causing irreparable damage to their sense of self and identity, possibly even taken lives because of their false teachings. Closing their door will never repair the damage they have done, but at the least it will not create more, and it will serve to show others, that being gay is not a choice, or a temporary state of mind or being, it is something that cannot and will not change not matter what type of shock or therapy is applied.

And if you feel so strongly that it can be reversed, maybe you should take a long hard look at yourself, you might find the source of your opposition within you.

The article from Human Rights Campaign here