2020 Consent Survey Report |
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NCSF conducted an online Consent Survey of our members and constituents in early 2020 in collaboration with a research team at University of North Carolina Charlotte. This survey was a follow-up to the Consent Violations Survey conducted by NCSF in 2014 on consent in the alt-sex communities (BDSM/ kink/leather/fetish and consensual non-monogamy practitioners).
The 2020 Consent Survey Report found that 25.5% of the respondents reported nonconsensual experiences in an alt-sex context. In addition, 24% had been nonconsensually touched and 8% had touched others nonconsensually within alt-sex contexts. In terms of assault, 57.5% of the respondents had been touched in a public place (outside of alt-sex contexts), 34.3% had experienced sexual assault as a minor, and 33.6% had experienced sexual assault as an adult outside of alt-sex contexts.
This Consent Survey Report offers recommendations based on our findings for law enforcement and judicial, health professionals and victim advocacy, lay public (non-practitioners), and alt-sex practitioners. Quotes from a diverse group of respondents regarding their experiences are also highlighted.
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Vi Johnson is presented with the NCSF's
Race Bannon Advocacy Award
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On December 15, 2020, Russell Stambaugh and Susan Wright presented Viola Johnson with the 2020 Race Bannon Advocacy Award in a video ceremony. Vi was awarded for her pioneering work on the Carter/Johnson Library in Evansville Indiana. The video ceremony includes NCSF’s presentation, Vi’s acceptance, and a tour of the library and facilities provided by Vi.
Vi and her longtime partner Jill Carter founded the Carter-Johnson Library in 2005. At that time, both were widely recognized leaders in the leather community and early workers in preserving leather history and the role of people of color in it. The Carter-Johnson Library maintains the largest collection of literature preserving record of Black participation in what has historically been a white dominated lifestyle.
The library is also the repository of much of the Center for Sex and Culture’s library which was received early in 2020 after SSSC’s 2019 dissolution. It contains historical material dating back to the late 18th century, facilities for scholars-in-residence, meeting rooms for the Evansville community, event posters, programs and ephemera from decades of kink events, and Vi uses her formidable skills as a story teller to teach us about why we need to retain the ability to tell our own stories if kink is to sustain its communities. Perhaps most impressive is The Carter-Johnson Library’s role as centerpiece community development by creating a small but growing leather neighborhood in Evansville. Congratulations to Vi Johnson, the Carter-Johnson Library, and its devoted staff.
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Annual Coalition Partner Meeting |
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March 6-7, Noon Eastern to 6 PM
All Virtual!
The annual reports on NCSF’s programs, the budget and financials, our Diversity & Inclusion Expectations, and our goals for the year will be discussed and approved by the Coalition Partners. This meeting is open to all members of NCSF and its member organizations, along with Board Members, NCSF Advocates and volunteers.
The new Board Members will be elected at the meeting on Sunday by the CPs. NCSF has a commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, and encourages diversity in orientation, identity, race and community affiliation among our Board and volunteers so we can better serve all of our constituents.
To run for the NCSF Board, please contact Tess@ncsfreedom.org to submit your 200-word bio by February 14th. The NCSF has a working Board, with each Director taking the lead for a project or program. Directors shall be at least the age of eighteen (18), and shall at the time of their election be either a member of a Coalition Partner, Supporting Member or an Individual Member.
The meeting packet with annual reports will be available on our website one week prior to the meeting. The meeting itself will take place on Zoom.
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Best Practices for Consent to Kink
1. All activities must receive prior consent explicitly by verbal or written agreement rather than through gestures, body language or past behavior.
The objective of Consent Counts is to decriminalize sexual conduct between consenting adults, including decriminalizing kink that does not result in serious physical injury by ensuring that consent will be recognized as a valid defense to criminal charges brought under assault laws and other statutes.
As part of this objective, NCSF spreads understanding of the need for, and nature of, consent. Our Consent Counts program is designed to assist our communities in promoting a culture of consent through education and providing resources on how to deal with nonconsensual incidents.
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Incident Reporting and Response
4th Quarter 2020 Report
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NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 23 reports and requests for assistance from individuals, groups and businesses in October, November and December 2020, including:
- 6 requests involving criminal legal matters
- 5 groups requested resources
- 4 requests involving professionals
- 4 reports involving civil matters
- 4 reports involving child custody for kink and non-monogamous parents
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NCSF Thanks!
4th Quarter 2020 Donations
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NCSF thanks Kink.com, a Coalition Partner, for donating $5,910 raised on Giving Tuesday in December!
Thank you to James Dunyak, NCSF’s New England Advocate, for donating $600 to the NCSF Foundation from October to December, 2020.
NCSF thanks Old Dominion Chapter of the Red Dragon Riding Club for donating $250 to NCSF in January, 2021.
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Looking for a virtual party? Go to NCSF's Events Page where you can find Coalition Partner sponsored events and search for parties in your area and around the world!
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What is a Metamour?
Metamour Day is February 28th!
Help us celebrate on Metamour Day by posting our new What is a Metamour? video. Or send your metamours a Metamour card created by Anna D. Hirsch with PositivelyPolyAnna.com
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Consent Commercial
Watch NCSF’s new Consent Commercial! Play it during your virtual event, podcast or link to it from your social media.
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The Benefits of Coalition Partner Membership |
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NCSF hosts a Coalition Partner Town Hall online every Quarter to discuss important issues facing our communities today. For the past several months, we've been holding our CP Town Halls every month. We talk about the current impact of the pandemic on groups, clubs, businesses and the people in our lives, and create resources for our members. For example, one of our CP Town Halls was the basis for our new Key Concepts for Clubs. Join NCSF today and take advantage of all that our Coalition offers.
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Show your support for NCSF and your appreciation for consent culture with products from our NCSF and Consent Counts shops! Every purchase helps us work harder and spread our message to more people. There's a wide variety of merchandise to choose from, highlighting NCSF or the Consent Counts logo. |
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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 and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between.
NCSF publishes the Media Updates to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics and to urge everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Media Updates where appropriate.
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NCSF is a grassroots coalition run by volunteers.
Your donations go directly to our advocacy efforts.
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Get In Touch!
822 Guilford Avenue
Box 127
Baltimore, Maryland
21202-3707
(410) 539-4824
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