An Evening with NCSF

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom Dinner and Panel Discussion "BDSM &  Erotic Play - Legal Risks and New Developments"

You and your BDSM partner and group members may be having a great time, but there’s a lot going on that you need to know about.  On the one hand, prosecutors and courts across the country are bringing criminal cases, even against consensual BDSM.  But on the other hand, NCSF is making real progress for our communities—helping to change the psychiatric profession’s DSM criteria so that we are no longer defined as mentally ill, preventing prosecutions and filing legal briefs, and pursuing a nationwide Consent Counts project to decriminalize consensual BDSM.

The Panelists:

Richard O. Cunningham, B.S., M.A., J.D., has advocated for over 40 years on issues of gender, race and sex.  He has played a leading role in landmark legal cases, including being the supervising attorney on the U.S. Supreme Court case to allow women in military academies and the initiating attorney for the lawsuit during the Vietnam War that resulted in the “Fairness Doctrine” to require balanced media coverage of political issues.  He is senior international trade partner at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP in Washington, D.C.  He is the former Chair of the Boards of the NCSF Foundation and the Woodhull Freedom Foundation.  Dick currently serves as NCSF’s Legal Counsel.

Judy Guerin is a well-known activist, writer, speaker and educator on issues of sexual freedom and gender expression.  She is also a long-time practitioner of BDSM and sex educator on BDSM activities.  She is a former board member of GenderPAC, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation, Forum 21 and the Black Rose.   She is a former steering committee member of the National Policy Roundtable of GLBTQ/HIV groups, former executive director of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and advisor to the European Union Human Rights Commission on issues of sexual freedom and GLBTQ issues.  She currently directs NCSF’s Consent Counts Project to decriminalize consensual BDSM in the U.S.

Advance registration required for dinner. Drinks and gratuity not included in ticket price. Event is 7pm-9pm.

***Please note: The BalMar's upstairs meeting room is accessible only by stairs.

This event is presented by the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture. Please go to TheFSPC.org for more information.