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  1. Alternate Sources
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1996
    A safe sex manual for SM Play. The authors, all experts in SM play, dispel the stereotypes and myths about sadomasochism with this introduction to a hitherto hidden world of human expression. Safe Edge is a pan-sexual book structured to answer the questions a novice might have as he or she begins to explore safer SM play, and those of experienced players as they try new ways to play. It provides an understanding of how SM play can be a positive, safe, and healthy expression of sexual fantasies.
  2. Beyond Monogamy
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    A newsletter dedicated to exploring and facilitating alternatives to traditional monogamous relationships. There is a collection of these newsletters from 1980 through 1982 in the Connexions Archive.
  3. Bi Any Other Name 
    Bisexual People Speak Out

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
    A collection of essays by 75 authors on bisexual identity.
  4. BiNet USA
    Resource Type: Website
    BiNet USA collects and distributes information regarding Bisexuality; facilitates the development of Bisexual community and visibility; works for the equal rights and liberation of Bisexuals and all oppressed peoples; and to eradicate all forms of oppression inside and outside the Bisexual community.
  5. Bisexual Resource Center
    Resource Type: Website
    Information, discussions, and resources for bi-sexuals.
  6. Bisexual.org
    Resource Type: Website
    Information about bi-sexuality and links to bi-sexual sites.
  7. Breaking the Bonds
    The Realities of Sexually Open Relationships

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1982
    An examination of the lives of (American) people involved in socially and/or sexually open relationships.
  8. The Civilized Couple's Guide to Extra-Marital Adventure
    Resource Type: Book
  9. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989   Published: 1994
    This Annual is dedicated to the idea that change is both necessary and possible. Its main intent is practical: to provide information about groups across Canada who are working at society's grassroots to create positive solutions to social, environmental, economic, and international problems.
  10. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1989   Published: 1994
    A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
  11. Different Loving
    An exploration of the world of sexual dominance and submission

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993   Published: 1996
    Explores and demystifies the worlds of BDSM, sexual power relationships, and fetishism.
  12. The Ethical Slut 
    A guide to infinite sexual possibilities

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1997
    A guide for anyone who dreams of having all the sex and love and friendship they want. Explores the skills and issues of a life beyond tradiational lifetime monogamy, from scheduling dates to handling jealousy, finding partners, resolving conflict, and raising children.
  13. Group Marriage
    A Study of Contemporary Multilateral Marriage

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
    A study of more than 100 group marriages in the United States, exploring the psychology and sociology of this form of marital relationship. The study looks at how group marriages are established, who enters into such relationships, how they communicate, how children and adults relate, how conflicts are resolved.
  14. Group marriage
    Connexipedia Article

    Resource Type: Article
    Is a form of polyamory in which more than one man and more than one woman form a family unit.
  15. The Harrad Experiment
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1966   Published: 1967
  16. Intimate Friendships 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1976
    Examines various forms of intimate relationship, from monogamy, to monogamy with adultery, to polygyny, polyandry and group relationships.
  17. Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2012
    Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you.
  18. Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2000
    A compendium of advice on how to tie up your sweetie, or get tied up yourself.
  19. The Lesbian S/M Safety manual
    Resource Type: Book
  20. Lesbian Sex Mafia ("l s/m") speakout
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1982
    Report of a workshop on "politically correct, politically incorrect sexuality."
  21. Loving More
    New Models for Relationships

    Resource Type: Website
    Organization and resource for people who who wish to move beyond traditional monogamy.
  22. Loving More
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1991
    A newsletter published by PEP (Polyfidelitious Educational Productions), a group marriage journal and network. Previous title was PEPTALK; name was changed to Loving More starting with the Spring 1991 issue (Issue #26), and to Loving More Magazine ins 1994. Some copies of this publication are in the Connexions Archive.
    See also the Loving More website www.lovemore.com.
  23. Lupercalian Valentine's Day
    Whip It Good

    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2011
    The tradition of honoring all-inclusive, natural LUST around February 14 pre-dates classical times when Ancient Romans celebrated the Lupercalia, an archaic festival of the now obscure old shepherd god Lupercus (or perhaps Faunus, the Roman Pan), and a celebration of communal sexuality, purification, fertility, the rush of hormones, the howl of the wolf, the crack of the whip and the coming of Spring.
  24. On the Safe Edge
    A Manual for SM Play

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1993
    A handbook on safe practices in S&M play.
  25. Open Marriage 
    A New Life Style for Couples

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1972
    The authors propose open marriage as a way to help couples realize that there can be both relatedness and freedom in marriage, and that freedom, with the growth and responsibility it entails, can be the basis for intimacy and love.
  26. Pansexuality
    Resource Type: Article
    Pansexuality (also referred to as omnisexuality) is a sexual orientation, characterized by the potential for aesthetic attraction, romantic love, or sexual desire towards people, regardless of their gender identity or biological sex. Some pansexuals suggest that they are gender-blind; that gender and sex are insignificant or irrelevant in determining whether they will be sexually attracted to others. For others, an individual's sex, gender expression, or gender identity can be a key factor of attraction, despite the pansexual individual's wide range of sex and gender attractions.
  27. PEPCON
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 1990
  28. Peptalk
    Periodical profile published 1989

    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1989
  29. Polyamory
    Resource Type: Website
  30. Polyamory and Polygamy: Is the Media Right?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2016
    There are a few of repeated themes emerging in many of the articles railing against polyamorous marriage.
  31. Polyamory Society
    Resource Type: Website
    Promotes and supports the interest of individuals of multipartner relationships and families.
  32. Proposition 31
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1969
  33. QSM - Books, Magazines and Comics
    Resource Type: Website
    Books, DVDs, magazines, and comics on SM, dominance & submission, erotic pain, and related fetishes.
  34. Rebellion of Yale Marrat
    Resource Type: Book
  35. Safer SM Education Project
    Resource Type: Website
  36. Samois
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2004
    A history of Samois, the first public organization devoted to lesbian sadomasochism and a key player in the early phases of the feminist "sex wars".
  37. Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1995
    A guide to S&M play.
  38. Sex and Marriage in Utopian Communities in Nineteenth Century America
    Nineteenth-Century America

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973
    A look at original approaches to sex and marraige in the utopian communities of nineteenth-century America. Many of these communities abolished monogamy and individualism and sought ways of dealing with the sexual life of the group as a whole.
  39. SexSources.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    First Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring sexuality resources: articles, websites, books. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  40. The Sixties 
    Years of Hope, Days of Rage

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1987
    One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical context.
  41. '68: The Year of the Barricades 
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1988
    Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world.
  42. Socialism and the New Life
    The Personal and Sexual Politics of Edward Carpenter and Havelock Ellis

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1977
  43. Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America
    Original title: History of American Socialisms

    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1870   Published: 1966
    Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States.
  44. Take your partners
    Resource Type: Article
    Monogamy is not necessarily the best policy.
  45. When Will the Media Really Get Polyamory?
    Resource Type: Article
    First Published: 2015
    Why do the media so often miss the mark when they write articles or do a feature on polyamory? Why do so many approach the subject with a ready-made idea of what they are looking for?
  46. You and I...Searching for Tomorrow
    Resource Type: Book
    Letters to author Robert H. Rimmer about non-traditional sexual experiences and explorations, such as group marriage.

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