Sex-Positive & Kink-Inclusive Websites You Should Bookmark If you're looking for reliable, sex-positive, kink-inclusive websites where you can get education, community, and validation-not judgment-then this list from TASHRA's Resources: Websites (Resource 2) is a gem. These aren't just blogs or random sites; these are places curated for safety, thoughtful content, and actual use-case for people in kink or exploring alternative sexualities. Here's a cleaned-up roundup of what's there, what each site offers, and how you might use them. Plus suggestions for integrating them into your own growth or site content.

What "Resources: Websites" Covers TASHRA's two-page PDF lists a selection of sex-positive and kink-inclusive websites. Some are highly specialized, some more broad. What they share is a commitment to respectful, inclusive, competent resources for people in kink, fetish, BDSM, polyamory, or those questioning/learning about those identities.

Sites You Should Explore & What to Expect Here are the listed websites + what's especially useful on each.

| Website | What It Offers | Why It's Valuable | |---------|----------------|-------------------| | National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) | Legal, political, and social resources for consenting adults in alternative sexuality relationships. Advocacy, policy work, guides. | Useful when you want to understand rights, legal protections, or advocacy topics. Great for articles about disclosure, safety around laws or communities. | | Diverse Sexualities Research and Education Institute (DSREI) | Research & education focusing on identities/sexualities that are marginalized by dominant culture. | Great for readers who want academic or research-backed content about identity, inclusion, and history. | | **[KPACT

• Kink & Poly Aware Chicago Therapists](https://kpact.org)**

| A directory + resource/training for therapists or mental health practitioners who are aware of kink and polyamory needs. | Perfect for "finding kink-aware professionals" content; also helps readers locate local support. | | Science of BDSM Research Team | Journal-level content on BDSM research. | If someone wants deep dives on empirical findings, physiology, psychology, or peer-reviewed articles. I'd use this to bolster credibility in "what research says" posts. | | Kink Guidelines | Clinical best practices for working with people interested in BDSM/fetish erotica

• for therapists or health professionals.

| Useful for medical or ethical content-e.g. "What does a healthcare provider need to know about kink?" or "Clinic safety & best practices." | | Leather Archives & Museum | Archives, library, historical and cultural materials about leather, fetish, BDSM over time. | Fantastic for history, culture, art of kink. Good material for "heritage of BDSM," "history of fetish," etc. | | Bioethics Discussion (blog) | Ethical discussion about medical/behavioral topics, including dated but honest conversations. | If you're writing ethics pieces, or want reader awareness of controversial topics / how discussions have shifted. | | Health Evidence | Public health / medical database + glossary

• broader than kink, but helpful for medical-backed claims.

| Great for verifying health statements; citing stats; combining medical evidence with kink safety info. | | The Community Guide | Community interventions & public health research; more general population health but good comparative insight. | Helps show readers how kink fits (or is treated) in public health frameworks. | | CDC LGBTQ+ Resource Page | Official public health & LGBTQ+ resources. | Good for safety, stigma, identity, official definitions & public health materials. | | Salty World | Independent newsletter with voices by women, trans, nonbinary folks globally, often with edgy, community-centered sexual culture content. | For more personal, narrative, community-based writing. Good for lived experience, voices outside academic settings. | | Spectrum Journal | Magazine focused on relationships, identity, sexuality

• broad, inclusive, often intersectional.

How to Use These Resources in Your Kink Education Here are ideas for how you might integrate this "resources" list into your content and your site workflow:

Bookmark & Personal Reading List Start with two or three that match what you care about (therapy, history, culture) and read through their articles so you can weave quotes or findings into your posts.

Create a "Links & Resources" Page Host your own version of this kind of list, possibly grouped by theme-therapy, history, research, culture, voices. Makes your site more useful and link-worthy.

Cite in Relevant Blog Posts When you're writing about therapy, identity, stigma, or health, pulling in NCSF, Kink Guidelines, Science of BDSM or DSREI will add authority.

Newsletter Features Once in a while spotlight one resource

• "This week's pick: Science of BDSM" with a short excerpt + your thoughts. Helps your readers get engaged.

Interview or Guest Content Reach out to people running some of these sites (Salty World, Spectrum, KPACT) to share community stories; interviews always draw interest.

Why These Sites Matter & What Makes Them Trustworthy Things I noticed while reviewing them that make them strong sources:

• They tend to have clear ethics/policies about consent, privacy, and transparency.

• Many of them are non-profit or community-dedicated, not purely commercial.

• Several are produced by people with lived experience in kink / from marginalized sexualities

• that gives authenticity.

• They cover multiple aspects: legal, medical, identity, culture, personal stories, research.

What to Be Aware Of

Update Frequency Some sites are richly updated; others are slower. Be especially careful citing older material, and check dates/comments for recent shifts.

Perspective Bias Every site has its own lens-geographic, cultural, political. A site that is very US-centric may reflect legal/attitudinal norms not shared elsewhere.

Medical Reliability For any health or safety claim, cross-check with medical literature (e.g. Science of BDSM, Health Evidence, Kink Guidelines) before presenting as fact.

Continue Your Journey Ready to dive deeper into specific aspects of kink? Check out these related articles:

• Top Research & Books on BDSM/Kink

• Academic studies and books that matter

• Finding a Kink-Aware Therapist

• How to find mental health support that understands your identity

• Understanding Drop in Kink

• The science behind emotional comedowns after intense scenes

Resources & Further Reading

• TASHRA Research Library

• Evidence-based kink research and education

• Resources: Websites (Sex-Positive & Kink-Inclusive Websites)

• The comprehensive resource this article is based on

• National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

• Advocacy and resources for kink communities

Full Credit & Citation Resources: Websites (Sex-Positive & Kink-Inclusive Websites) (TASHRA Resource 2, Page 1-2). TASHRA

• The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance. Available at: tashra.org