Sybil Holiday & The Spiralway

  LINKS

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www.bdsm-online.com A BDSM educational resource together with links to a world of information relating to all aspects of the BDSM Lifestyle taking in all sexualities. A guide and tool of learning for the inexperienced and experienced who are willing to discover or rediscover. 

www.bostondungeon.org  The Boston Dungeon Society is an organization co-founded by John Warren (author of The Loving Dominant, and various other how-to, how-to-find, and BDSM fiction books) and his partner, Libby.  Contains much info, many links, and a chat room.  

www.gloria-brame.com is exactly what it says, an eclectic site for literate adults.  Full of BDSM information, links, poetry, literary, miscellany, politics and technology, and ideas. Co-editor of Different Loving; 1996, and author of Come Hither, a commonsense guide to kinky sex; 2000, Dr. Gloria Brame is a woman that's literate and eclectic, yes, but also funny, thoughtful, kinky, and passionate.

www.crystal-bridge.com The Crystal Bridge is a quarterly on-line BDSM magazine that reminds me of the late lamented SandMUtopia Guardian. The news is updated more than every 4 weeks, and the rest are articles about BDSM and the law, relationships, techniques, D/s, etc.

www.cuffs.com DsKiosk. A Power Exchange Resource Center.  Yet another gateway site for BDSM.  More info, links, and a chat room.  Also a bulletin board, interactive D/s mailing list sign-up (one stop sign-up page allowing you to join a variety of Ds related mailing lists), and a library with a very large selection of original articles (information for new submissive women, how-to's, etc.), and original stories. 

www.black-rose.com/cuiru/archive/4-2/oldguard.html Old Guard, New Guard, by Gayle Rubin. This article, excerpted from a speech given by Gayle Rubin at the graduation ceremony for the Journeyman II Academy on October 4, 1997, speaks about the evolving culture of leather in the 20th century, and is in a magazine, Cuir (leather, in French, and it sounds like "queer") Underground, no longer around except on the Internet. Check out their other articles, written by some of the best writers in the Scene. Also has an updated current calendar of events for the Greater Bay Area.

www.ddimag.com Dominant Directory International is the best national and international contact magazine there is for quality Professional Dominant Sessions. The site is subscription based, but there is much to be seen for free.

www.darkheart.com/usalist.html Listed by state and city, this is a really good place to start your search if you are looking to connect with BDSM organizations, munches, and learn about BDSM and to make friends.  

www.dungeonNet.com is a very comprehensive directory of BDSM websites complete with it's own search engine.

The Leather Leadership Conference is an organization dedicated to
strengthening the SM/Leather/Fetish community through the development of the leadership skills of community members and fostering a greater sense of connection between and within community groups. The LLC hosts yearly conferences where attendees may share their knowledge and experience with one another, fostering a greater sense of unity and understanding within the community as a whole. 

www.leatherquest.com is an educational site full of information, including SM and the Law, writings about "The Old Guard" by those who were there, SM
and the News, and how-to articles on the emotional and psychological as
well as the physical side of BDSM. 

Masochism as a Spiritual Path By Dorothy Hayden, CSW, a New York-based
psychotherapist who specializes in the scene, fetishes and sexual addiction. The title says it all.

Master Romeo's Web Page of The Month  This month's, and all previous month's pages, pertain to some aspect of BDSM.  Updated regularly, they cover ground not addressed elsewhere

www.nla-i.com  National Leather Association-International.  A world-wide pansexual educational/political BDSM organization.  Hosts a yearly "Living in Leather" conference.   

The Newbie Pack  Contains answers to many of the questions Newbies (those new to the Scene) have. This is a collection of text files, most of which were originally posted on AOL message boards at various times over the years. These files
have been gathered together and added to over time into this D/s "newbie pack."

QualitySM, known as QSM, is a woman-owned business in San Francisco that offers classes, workshops, and a large mail-order catalogue of books and magazines on BDSM, spanking, domestic discipline, ponygirls, Fem Domme, Fetish Art (including some rare and beautiful imported Fetish Art books), rubber, and other fetishes galore!

www.soj.org Society of Janus.  Founded in 1974 by the late Cynthia Slater, it is the second oldest BDSM educational/social organization in the U.S.   Located in San Francisco, it is pansexual-for all  (men, women, transgendered, Top, bottom, switch, don't know, het, lesbian, gay, and bi) with an interest in learning about BDSM.

Gender

www.ifge.org International Foundation for Gender Education.  A very informative nationwide advocate and educational organization that produces a monthly magazine, TG Tapestry, and a yearly convention.  Not a support group, rather an information provider and clearinghouse for resources.  Contains a large bookstore, and many news items regarding gender.

www.isna.org Intersex Society of North America is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with anomaly of the reproductive system.  We are working to end the idea that intersexuality is shameful or freakish.  In the U.S. alone, five children are subjected to harmful, medically unnecessary sexual surgeries every day.  We urge physicians to use a model of care that is patient-centered, rather than concealment-centered.  The site contains several FAQs, a library, videos and books for educational purposes, a newsletter, and much more.

www.tgsf.org TGSF (Transgender San Francisco), formerly ETVC, created in 1982, is one of the oldest male-to-female gender educational/support groups in the country.  It's now open to female-to-male crossdressers, transgenderists, and transsexuals as well, hence the name change.  The largest single chapter TG organization in the world, TGSF offers programs and activities including monthly socials, monthly educational seminars, an annual cotillion, library, telephone hotline, newsletter, speakers bureau, and a public relations/anti-defamation program.  The site also includes photos of members, membership information, and a calendar of events.

www.ren.org Renaissance Transgender Association, Inc.   An educational/support site with support groups around the country offering a variety of programs and resources.

www.tgni.com/  Transgendered Network International.  A member of the TransGenderRing, a ring of sites all about transvestites, transgenderists, and transsexuals.

www.transgenderlegal.com is the site of Phyllis Randolph Frye, a transgendered lawyer in Houston, TX. It is dedicated to assist and accelerate the legal freedom of transgendered persons. Click on site index for a listing of articles.

Sacred Sexuality

www.lovewithoutlimits.com  is Dr. Deborah Anapol's site, with articles on sacred sexuality, information about workshops on Tantra, a bookstore with books, videos, and erotic enhancers.

Tantra

www.tantra.com  Tantra.com is an on-line catalog for sacred sex resources. Articles, secrets, teachers, workshops, a bulletin board, newsletter, and artwork about western and/or neo-Tantra.

www.tantra.org  Tantra.org contains solid grounding in the many forms of Tantra.

www.thriveonline.com/sex/tantra/tantra.html A discussion and contact board, articles, tips to get you started learning about western or neo-tantra.

www.gloria-brame.com/domidea/tantrisex.htm   Co-editor of Different Loving Gloria Brame's page on Tantric tips.  Also, check out her entire site, Castle in the Sky, at www.gloria-brame.com if you like a woman who is smart, literate, funny, eclectic, and passionate.

www.members.spree.com/education/Tantrapower/TantraTips.htm Just as it says, tantric tips to improve your sex life and enhance your intimacy.

TANTRA & SACRED SEXUALITY by CrimsonLord  Located on a BDSM site, this excellent article on Tantra has several good exercises and many exceptional links on Tantra.

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