“Whips, rope and handcuffs aren’t exactly what come to mind when most of us think of a stress-free day. But research indicates that BDSM practice, typically thought to be all about pain, dominance and physical stress, has health advantages beyond sexual satisfaction — including reducing stress…”

link: http://mic.com/articles/110294/there-s-a-positive-benefit-to-bdsm-everyone-s-been-overlooking#.kqi9Zp11o

“If gay life was a giant ballroom (and it kind of is), kinky leathermen have been lingering in the back, in the shadows, for generations. But thanks to the Internet and porn giants like San Francisco-based Kink.com, fetish play has stepped onto the main floor over the last decade…”

link: http://www.advocate.com/love-and-sex/2016/2/12/30-kinky-terms-every-gay-man-needs-know

“One of the most notable reactions, for me, to changing our name from ‘HuffPost Gay Voices’ to ‘HuffPost Queer Voices’ has been the number of self-identified gay men who are arguing that they hate the word ‘queer’ because it means ‘different’ or ‘odd’ and they want to be ‘normal’…”

link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamesmichael-nichols/why-i-love-being-queer_b_9159876.html

“It’s Valentine’s Day, and people across the country will attempt to spice up their sex lives by trying something new in the bedroom. But even partners in healthy relationships often hesitate to share their kinks out of fear of appearing ‘weird’…”

link: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2016/02…

“Whoever said liberals wanted conservative politicians out of their bedrooms was clearly wrong. Vicious sex columnist Dan Savage wants ‘Scalia’ screamed right in the middle of kinky sex…”

link: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/katie-yoder/2016/02/23/dan-savage-campaigns-new-universal-bdsm-safe-word-scalia

“Attention bondage and other varieties of latex-lovers — ever wish you had a discrete way of discerning who else has a closet full of gags, whips and PVC? Look no further than KNKI, the first social network app connecting those who are interested in kinkier endeavors…”

link: http://www.papermag.com/meet-the-man-behind-knki-the-first-app-exclusively-made-for-the-kink-c-1565419819.html

“Your phone can get a little bit kinkier this year, with the launch of KNKI, a new social media app that aims to provide more than just hookups for the kink community. Like last year’s launch of Uplust — basically an NSFW-friendly answer to Instagram — KNKI wants to give poly folks, BDSM aficionados, and other fetishists something other than a standard, GPS-based dating/hookup app…”

link: http://www.bustle.com/articles/135160-knki-a-new-social-networking-app-for-the-kink-community-is-here

“A dominatrix sits down in our chair wearing a creepy mask to share the torturous techniques she uses with her high-powered clients…”

link: http://www.vice.com/video/confessions-of-a-dominatrix-009

“‘He’s new. Wearing a polyester number from Burton’s. Looks cheap. Not like that one over there. Savile Row, he got that from, for sure.’

It is 11 PM in a cellar in the bowels of King’s Cross, in the center of London—specifically, the still-slightly-ropey area round the back of the station. Doug, my hairy, red-faced guide, dressed in a natty brown three-piece suit and bright purple tie, pauses for a breather…”

link: http://www.vice.com/read/suit-fancier-sex-party-london