You Can Help NCSF's Legal/Legislative Research

We welcome any of the information that you know about State laws or State/Local politicians who NCSF could reach out to. We're looking for laws on:

• Assault
• Battery
• Bodily Injury
• Consent
• Domestic Violence
• Nondiscrimination
• Sexual Assault
• Sexually Oriented Business
• Sadomasochism
• Strangulation/choking

Thank you for helping us to gather information ahead of an important legislative year. Anything you can contribute will help us complete our State by State database!

NCSF's New Board of Directors

NCSF held our virtual Annual Meeting on Saturday March 2nd and elected new Board Members. The 2024 Board of Directors are:

• Archer Shelton – NCSF Treasurer of NCSF, DEI Committee
• Cristal Robinson, Esq. – Consent Counts, DEI Committee
• Elyssa Helfer, LMFT, CST – Education Outreach
• Kelly Larkin – NCSF Secretary, Kink Aware Professionals Director, Volunteer Director
• Rolicia – NCSF Vice-Chairperson, Consent Counts, Education Outreach, PR Committee
• Russell J. Stambaugh, PhD – Kink Aware Professionals Liaison, Education Outreach
• Seq – Chair of DEI Committee, Consent Counts, Education Outreach
• Stephen Ratcliff, MA, LPCC, NCC, CST – Chair of Fundraising, Education Outreach
• Susan Wright – Executive Director, Chair of Consent Counts, Chair of PR Committee
• Tess Zachary – NCSF Chairperson, Chair of Education Outreach, Consent Counts
• Tony – Consent Counts

Make Your Voice Heard!

In order to better serve you, NCSF is conducting a brief community needs assessment survey. We are seeking events, groups, businesses, and professionals who currently serve the kink and / or consensual non-monogamy lifestyle communities. 

The goal is to determine:

• What additional services within the NCSF mission could we provide?
• What community needs are not being addressed?
• What new referral resources are needed? 

Make an NCSF Awards Nomination

NCSF gives awards to individuals who truly deserve recognition in order to call attention to their work and support their outstanding service to the alt-sex communities. 

• Race Bannon Advocacy Award
• Vi Johnson Liberation Award
• Up and Coming Advocacy Award
• Dick Cunningham Memorial Legal Scholarship

NCSF Celebrates Awareness Months

For Neurodiversity Awareness in April NCSF Asked:

What would you like to see the Leather, kink and polyamory communities do to support Neurodiversity awareness and Neurodivergent people?

Spotlight on John Pendal

For Women of Polyamory Awareness in March NCSF Asked:

What would you like to see the Leather, kink, and polyamory communities do to support polyamory awareness and polyamorous people?

Spotlight on Chaneé

Spotlight on Mx Mollee

Support NCSF by making a monthly recurring donation - $5 or more helps us continue our programs and advocacy work. Donate to the NCSF Foundation to receive an IRS tax deduction. Be a part of the solution and help fight against discrimination and stigma!

Incident Reporting & Response – 1st Quarter 2024 Report

NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 65 reports & requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in January, February and March 2024, compared to the 50 reports in the 4th Quarter of 2023.

NCSF maintains the confidentiality of those who come to us for help, however we balance that need with the need to report the services we are providing and to provide the community with a record of where the need is the greatest.

NCSF in the News!

Media Updates

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 Lifestyle issues. They are posted on the NCSF Blog. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between. NCSF urges everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality.