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Subject: NCSF Media Update - February 24, 2005
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:29:37 -0500
From: Keith (Spinoza) Richie <[email protected]>
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom -- Media Update
February 24, 2005
http://www.ncsfreedom.org
media @ ncsfreedom.org
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1. The more the merrier
2. 'CSI' presents audience with a parade of fetishes
3. You be the judge
4. Prostitution Arrest Leads To Dungeon
5. Nude entertainment will be kept classy
6. To remain, ISU clubs must draft constitution
7. Judge Upholds Ban on Polygamous Marriage
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The more the merrier
by Paige Worthy
University Daily Kansan
February 24, 2005
If love is what makes the world go 'round polyamory might be what's
keeping the world turning.
It was a classic case of boy meets girl ... meets girl.
When Rob Hamm, Catherine Glewwe and Shannon Henry met, each says it was
infatuation at first sight. Rob and Cat met first, in 2000, at a gaming
conference, and Cat eventually moved to Lawrence from Minnesota to live
with Rob. She confessed to him that she'd always wanted to date other
women but that she was already so deeply in love with him that she
didn't want a relationship that didn't include him.
Rob says he jumped at the opportunity to be in a relationship with two
women, so he agreed to keep on the lookout for a new woman who would
mesh with both their personalities. Enter Shannon.
Rob first met Shan, who was living in Pennsylvania until early January
2005, through their online journals, but they met in person at another
gaming conference, where they had arranged to share quarters, and the
two immediately hit it off. Rob says that when the two women finally met
in person last October, the chemistry was obvious.
The three now live together in Lawrence and are what is known as a
polyfidelitous triad, or polyfi triad for short. Polyfidelity is one
many divisions of polyamory, which literally means "many loves".
Polyfidelity differs from a monogamous relationship in that people form
multiple romantic relationships with more than just a spouse, girlfriend
or boyfriend. It's not cheating because their partners always know about
it. And it's not swinging, where swinging involves sex exclusively,
polyamory is more concerned with emotions and relationships.
[continued]
To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.kansan.com/stories/2005/feb/24/jayplay_features_more/
To respond, write to: opinion @ kansan.com
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'CSI' presents audience with a parade of fetishes
by Phil Kloer
Cox News Service
via The Forth Worth Star-Telegram
February 24, 2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the most popular drama on television, is
also the kinkiest.
Last Thursday, for example, the casino boss whom investigators find dead
in his driveway turns out to have been an infantilist -- a man who gets
sexual pleasure by pretending to be a baby (with a woman who coddles
him, disciplines him, and, yep, breast-feeds him). The plotline was
lurid, the flashback scenes explicit and the one-liners beyond glib.
An episode last November, set partly in gay bars and pivoting on the
genital mutilation of a transsexual, was the highest-rated episode of
any series on television for that sweeps month, with 32 million viewers.
(CSI star William Petersen has said he thought that episode might have
gone too far.)
A couple of weeks before that, a show about a man raping and killing
college coeds managed to work in S&M comic books and a blow-up sex doll.
Looking for a stern, leather-clad dominatrix? Lady Heather has whipped
up passions in two episodes. CSI has so much sex on the brain that an
episode about a roller-coaster car jumping the track and killing all
aboard turned out to hinge on teen-agers having sex on the coaster.
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/entertainment/10979331.htm?1c
To respond, write to: letters @ star-telegram.com
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You be the judge
by staff writer
Tampa Bay Times
February 23, 2005
Word came over the weekend of the arrest of one Cynthia Stathopoulos,
49, aka Lulu Devine. She's been charged with prostitution after
Hillsborough County sheriff's detectives (along with the Postal Service)
raided her suburban Brandon home and found what has been described in
media reports as a sex dungeon. They allege that Devine offered to
perform anal sex and genital torture in exchange for $850. Both the
Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times carried accounts of the arrest.
But the stories diverged widely in their tone. We offer these excerpts:
Times: Related that Mistress Lulu's defense is that "First of all, I'm
gay."
Tribune: No mention of sexual orientation, but it did quote liberally
from her reported Web site: "Come to me, now. Come to me on your knees.
Come to me ready to show me why you should be in my presence. ... I am
available for domestic and international travel and tribute starts at
$600. 24 hour notice is needed."
Times: Described the dungeon (based on a reporter's tour of it): "A
man-sized cage with fake skeletons sat in the corner, next to a desk
with a home computer. Devine also kept her pet squirrel, Gonzo, there."
Tribune: "The room had a concrete floor, black walls, and various sadism
and masochism devices hanging from the ceiling and walls, sheriff's
deputies said."
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/story.cfm?storyid=115243
To respond, write to: editors @ tampabay.com
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Prostitution Arrest Leads To Dungeon
by Jill King Greenwood
The Tampa Tribune
February 19, 2005
BRANDON - On her Web site, Mistress Lulu Devine invites viewers to "Come
to me on your knees," but when an undercover detective paid a visit
Thursday night, he was the one in control.
Mistress Lulu, identified by Hillsborough County sheriff's officials as
Cynthia Stathopoulos, 49, was arrested about 7:30 p.m. at her home at
3408 Westfield Drive on a charge of prostitution. Authorities say she
had converted a bedroom there into a dungeon.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said someone tipped sheriff's
detectives to the alleged prostitution activities.
Detectives began investigating and found a Web site Stathopoulos
maintained. "Are you ready to turn your fantasy into reality?" the site
asks.
"Come to me, now. Come to me on your knees. Come to me ready to show me
why you should be in my presence. ... I am available for domestic and
international travel and tribute starts at $600. 24 hour notice is
needed," the Web site says.
An undercover detective contacted Stathopoulos and mailed her a
money-order deposit, Carter said.
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.tampatrib.com/FloridaMetro/MGBUB3O9D5E.html
To respond, write to: the author at jgreenwood @ tampatrib.com or the
editors at tribletters @ tampatrib.com
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Nude entertainment will be kept "classy"
by Meg Landers
Mail Tribune (Southern Oregon)
February 18, 2005
A second club featuring nude dancing is opening Monday in downtown
Medford.
Called Private Encounters, the small club at Central Avenue and 11th
Street will offer lingerie modeling and dancing for customers in private
rooms. It will also host bachelor parties and provide body rubs, said
owner Barbara Bransford.
Bransford has obtained a valid business license for her establishment,
at 328 S. Central Ave., Suite 201, from the city of Medford. The maximum
occupancy is 22 people, and the license does not list serving food or
beverages, according to Kathy Cannon in the Finance Department.
The license also says Bransford plans to build a "dungeon" for
entertainment at a later date.
Bransford described the "dungeon" as "bondage and dominance-type stuff -
that sort of entertainment."
Joyce Lloyd of the Heart of Medford Association does not believe that
kind of entertainment is appropriate for downtown.
Medford police Lt. Tim George said police spoke extensively with
Bransford and explained what she legally could or couldn't do as the
owner of a sexually oriented business.
"The other thing that is a bit of concern for me is this dungeon. We'll
have to see it first," he said. "It's unlawful to commit sadomasochism
or sexual conduct in a live show."
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To read this article, go to:
http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2005/0218/local/stories/04local.htm
To respond, write to: the author at mlanders @ mailtribune.com or
theeditors at tellus @ mailtribune.com
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To remain, ISU clubs must draft constitution
by Erin Magnani
Iowa State Daily
February 17, 2005
New policy guidelines have caused many ISU clubs and organizations to
start drafting constitutions or risk losing recognition from the
university as official organizations.
If the organizations do not write constitutions by fall 2005, they will
not be recognized at Iowa State and will not receive the benefits, said
Laura Bestler-Wilcox, assistant director of student activities. Groups
that are not recognized by Iowa State would not be able to use any of
the campus resources, such as meeting rooms in the Memorial Union,
available to recognized groups.
Ethan Newlin, president of ISU Live Music Club and Daily columnist, said
his club did not have a constitution either, but is planning to
implement one.
Newlin said he assumes the constitution requirement and Student
Organization Review Board are being implemented because of budget issues
and the controversy over Cuffs. Cuffs, a bondage and sadomasochisism
club on campus, was reprimanded after it had demonstrated BDSM
techniques at one of its meetings.
"It's a measure to cut down on frivolous clubs and to make sure each
club is committed," Newlin said. "There are two sides to this point:
One, the university is embarrassed because of Cuffs, and they want to
put their best face forward and cover their tracks. Two, students should
have to the right to represent themselves."
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/17/4214307be3d9c
To respond, write to: letters @ iowastatedaily.com or comment at bottom
of article.
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Judge Upholds Ban on Polygamous Marriage
Associated Press report
via The San Francisco Chronicle
February 17, 2005
A county clerk can legally refuse to issue a marriage license for a
polygamous union, a federal judge ruled, turning aside the argument that
a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning anti-sodomy laws should
also be applied to plural marriage.
U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart on Wednesday rejected the argument that
the state's ban on polygamy violates constitutional rights of religion
and privacy, saying the state has an interest in protecting monogamous
marriage.
The judge emphasized his ruling was about marriage, not personal sexual
conduct. He cited cases as far back as an 1878 Supreme Court ruling
upholding the polygamy conviction of George Reynolds, personal secretary
to Mormon pioneer leader Brigham Young.
Stewart said the 2003 Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, which
found that a Texas anti-sodomy law violated the privacy of consenting
adults, did not apply to the Utah case.
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To read this entire article, go to:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/02/17/national/a072920S32.DTL
To respond, write to: letters @ sfchronicle.com
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HOW TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Feedback letters are an effective way to convey a positive image of
alternate sexual practices such as SM, swinging, or polyamory. You can
help to correct negative social myths and misconceptions about these
types of practices. These letters help achieve the advocacy goals of the
NCSF.
Generally, for a letter to be published, it's important to include your
name (or first initial, last name), city and daytime phone (for
verification only). For more information, see:
http://www.ncsfreedom.org/media/writelettertoeditor.htm
Please alert us to positive, negative or neutral stories about SM,
swinging and polyamory at media @ ncsfreedom.org
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National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is a national organization
committed to altering the political, legal, and social environment in
the U.S. in order to guarantee equal rights for 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.
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