Have you ever heard the phrase â Itâ s easier to ask forgiveness than permission?â Violating consent isnâ t limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldnâ t be, either. To resist rape culture, we need a consent cultureâ and one that is more than just reactionary. Left confined to intimate spaces, consent will atrophy as theory that is never put into practice. The multi-layered power disparities of todayâ s world require a response sensitive to a wide range of lived experiences. In Ask, Kitty Stryker assembles a retinue of writers, journalists, and activists to examine how a cultural politic centered on consent can empower us outside the bedroom, whether itâ s at the doctorâ s office, interacting with law enforcement, or calling out financial abuse within radical communities. More than a collection of essays, Ask is a testimony and guide on the role that negated consent plays in our lives, examining how we can take those first steps to reclaim it from institutionalized power.

Even as the broader LGBT community enjoys political and societal advances in North America, the bisexual community still today contends with decades of misinformation stereotyping them as innately indecisive, self-loathing, and untrustworthy. Claiming the B in LGBT strives to give bisexuals a seat at the table. This guidebook to the history and future of the bisexual movement fuses a chronology of bisexual organizing with essays, poems, and articles detailing the lived experiences of bisexual activities struggling against a dominant culture driven by norms of monosexual attraction, compulsory monogamy, and inflexible notions of gender expression and identity. Kate Harradâ s anthology of a thriving identity yearning to realize itself provides a vision of bisexuality that is beyond gay and straight, rather than left to merely occupy the space between.

More Than Two se publicó en el año 2014 y pronto se convirtió en un referente del poliamor, ya que se centra en exclusiva en este tipo de relaciones y ofrece multitud de casos prácticos para su buen funcionamiento. Más allá de la pareja es la guía más reciente sobre poliamor ético. Eve Rickert y Franklin Veaux han recogido a lo largo de 20 años sus experiencias y las de cientos de miembros de la comunidad poliamorosa norteamericana. Este manual es una herramienta útil tanto para las personas que están empezando a pensar sus relaciones de forma poliamorosa como para quienes viven el poliamor desde hace tiempo y quieren encontrar ideas, reflexiones e historias de personas que han buscado relacionarse emocionalmente de forma ética y no monógama durante años. Los autores abordan los cuidados, las negociaciones, el veto, los derechos de las personas que tienen una relación con alguien que ya tiene pareja, las jerarquías en las relaciones y si estas tienen sentido, la confianza, el empoderamiento, los celos, la honestidad y la comunicación en relaciones no monógamas. Eve Rickert y Franklin Veaux nos invitan a cuestionar desde dónde decidimos querernos, escriben sobre el riesgo, el miedo y el crecimiento.

Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate secure monogamous relationships. What if, like many people, youâ re striving for secure, happy attachments with more than one partner? Polyamorous psychotherapist Jessica Fern breaks new ground by extending attachment theory into the realm of consensual nonmonogamy. Using her nested model of attachment and trauma, she expands our understanding of how emotional experiences can influence our relationships. Then, she sets out six specific strategies to help you move toward secure attachments in your multiple relationships. Polysecure is both a trailblazing theoretical treatise and a practical guide.

Almost everyone has had some interaction with depression. Whether itâ s you, a family member, a friend, or a partner who is affected, depression has the potential to touch us all. Even so, many of us donâ t know how to handle depression becoming part of our love life and it can quickly become the monster under the bed. From â you have to love yourself first,â to â donâ t stick it in the crazy,â to dead silence, popular responses to the topic leave much to be desired. But youâ re not alone and you can have successful relationships and satisfying sex with depression. JoEllen Notte will help you understand how sexual function is affected by depression and what keeps us from effectively addressing it. Heavily informed by the authorâ s research, including surveys of over 1,000 people and interviews with close to 200, this is the first book of its kind. With practical tips and real-life examples, this is both a guidebook for people with depression and the people who love them, as well as a reference tool for mental health professionals.

Polyamory is not always easy. With multiple partners often come more complex relationships to navigate. This practical guide looks at the common causes of polyamorous breakups, identifies strategies to avoid ending relationships, and provides you with the toolkit to survive a breakup. Kathy Labriola uses real life examples and expert insight as a counselor and nurse. From how to handle jealousy to the practicalities of managing money and time with multiple partners, this book includes tips and insights from the polyamory community. It is inevitable that some relationships will end in a breakup. This book helps you maintain friendships and minimize the impact of a breakup on the rest of your polycule and wider community. Unlike traditional breakup guides, Labriolaâ s book offers insight specific to the polyamory community and addresses the unique challenges that come with multiple partners.