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About.com's BDSM Section A huge, comprehensive, and very attractive fountain of BDSM resources, articles, news and information . . . the best-looking and best-maintained BDSM site I've seen
Aggressive AIDS Prevention: nonprofit corporation dedicated to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, encouraging HIV antibody testing, and promoting HIV Negative maintenance through Media.
AltSex
alt.sex FAQ index - extensive sex site from the mixed UseNet group
Alternative Sexualities - a very impressive resource with introductory texts and links
Arizona Power Exchange (APEX) A support and educational organization for people in the Phoenix, Arizona area interested in BDSM, which promotes safe, sane, and consensual erotic play between adults
Aussie Bondage "Bondage from an Australian Perspective"; website of video producer Michael masterton, mostly advertises his videos but has a good amount of original bondage photography
BadBoy's homepagina over SM, Fetish en Kinky - Dutch language page but with lots of information and discussions of SM ethics and psychology
BDSM Events: mailing lists of local BDSM events, also has international listings
The BDSM Events Page: lists time-sensitive information on events and a few international listings--very good resource
The Beacon E-Zine: Online bi-monthly newsletter and calendar of BDSM events for the SE US. Covers Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Body Play Magazine Hosted by Fakir Musafar, the father of the "Modern Primitives" movement (and a nice fellow, too) ... the site features articles and pics about body modification as a lifestyle
Bootboy's Pages - well-designed and fun gay male perve pages, now on a much better server.
Boston Dungeon Society "The mission of BDS is to advance and promote safe, sane, consensual and fun activities of BDSM, leather pride, fetish fun, and adult fantasy realization for the Kink Community" (and it helps if you're in Boston)
Bound: branches in Washington, DC as well as Baltimore MD, Tampa, FL, Richmond, VA, New Haven, CT. (NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle by Oct 1998). *European* branches: Reykjavik, Iceland, Stockholm Sweden, and Prague CZ.
Carter Stevens' S&M News and Amsterdam Films' homepage is a characterful commercial site, now with extensive links pages to BDSM, fetish and spanking sites as well as offers of everything from videos to antique bondage equipment.
The Chateau Located in North Hollywood, Sir James has run one of the finest professional BDSM establishments in the U.S. for the past 20 years. (While I don't generally link to pros, I put this link here because back in my early years, when I was learning about myself as well as about bondage, most of what I learned about ropework [and about me] I learned from Sir James' guidance and from practicing on the wonderful ladies who have worked there)
Cléo Dubois Academy of SM Arts One of only two pro-Dommes to make this list (she's in San Francisco), because of Cléo's sterling reputation as a teacher of BDSM techniques to couples and single Dominants
D/s Kiosk Artful- and `natasha have created a beautiful website for the D/s (Dominant/submissive) community
Daedalus Books Scene pioneer Race Bannon operates this publishing company, which features titles of interest to just about everyone involved in any way in the scene
The Deviants' Dictionary For folks newer to (or curious about) the BDSM lifestyle, this is "a project that aims eventually to provide a comprehensive and interactive on-line encyclopaedic dictionary of BDSM-related terms, an 'encyclopervia' of the Net"
Different Loving Gloria Brame's watershed book on the psychology of BDSM gave rise to this huge website, which is crammed full of resources and links
dom.handcuff.com The main index page for all the BDSM websites who share this webserver with me ... we're all there thanks to the generosity of Graphic Impulse
Élysa - University of Québec sexology department web project where visitors can post questions about sexual topics to a panel, with an archive of answers. In French, with some English options; fascinating.
The Emblem Project In the spirit of the Leather Pride flag and the Gay/Lesbian Rainbow symbol, Quagmyr has proposed an emblem to unify the BDSM community ... read all about the symbolism of the, er, symbol and support him in any way you are inclined
The Erotic Rose Society I'm a member. The group's loaded with fantastic people. What else can I say?
Escape Website for the popular Richmond, Virginia BDSM group
The Eulenspiegel Society (TES) New York City's leading pansexual BDSM group
Fetish Net UK - links, information, personals, erotica and a very good page of preliminary definitions and notes, plus stuff about the #bdsm-uk IRCNet channel.
The Fireside Society: network for women and couples into BDSM in NC, SC, VA, and GA
Greenery Press Influential publisher of how-to books on all aspects of consensual BDSM and erotic power play
The Group With No Name (GWNN) I'm still a member of this wonderful group in Austin, Texas
Houston BDSM/Fetish Page The most complete listing of "All Things Kinky" to do in Houston, run by a Master of the Bullwhip and a darn nice slightly-balding, pot-bellied guy
Houston PEP Houston's biggest and best pansexual BDSM support and social group is now on the Web. If it's kinky, and it's in Houston or elsewhere in Texas, you'll find it here; also the official website of S&M Ball VII
International Association of Rubberists
Kink Aware Professionals - Prefer going to a pervy dentist to get that plate that was dislodged by a gag seen to? If you're in North America, this is the place to look, not only for dentists but psychotherapists, lawyers and other professionals that aren't going to get embarassed and kick you out if you have to talk about your sex life. Race Bannon has created this resource for people who seek psychological, medical, and legal professionals who are informed about adult sexual diversity
The Kinky Links Directory: I don't list 'professional' Dominants or Dungeons on this page, but this guide is an excellent resource to that part of the scene.
LadyRope A woman who ties men and women with equal artistry, and displays the results of her amazing efforts on her website (AVI protected)
Leather Online It's an e-zine designed for the international leather community, but even if you're not a leatherperson, this site is an absolute gold mine of information on S/M safety and technique
Magenta Alternative Sexualities page - imaginative pansexual pages, well worth visiting
M.A.S.K. Mississippi Alternative Social Kinks
MASK is a Mississippi based BDSM play group. Maledom/femsub group whose sole purpose is to provide play space for it’s members as well to promote Maledom/femsub lifestyles.
Match Stick's BDSM HomePage An accomplished Dominant in Boston, whose site is packed with illustrated essays on BDSM safety
Mr. T It was once the leading bondage photo site on the Web. Now it's a teaser page for the Shortfuse Productions paysite, but it's updated with new pictures weekly and there's always an entertaining rant to read (Requires free passcode)
Mistress Julie - professional dominatrix/SM educator page has a wide range of well-designed background stuff and advice too.
National Leather Association (NLA) International NLA is the largest and most active "fun loving, well-adjusted, educated, focused and politically active" pansexual organization in the world serving the Leather/SM/Fetish community, and you don't necessarily have to live the "Leather lifestyle" to be a member
Nero's Ropes A good friend, and one of the best bondage artists in the world
NerveLink Quite simply, the very best and most unique collection of sexuality-related links I've ever seen (and not just because this site is listed on it). Start by clicking on "lifestyles & pastimes", then leaf through the "bdsm" and "fetish" links
Ohio State University Alternative Sexualities Archive - web access point for Ohio's extensive text archive
PainMaster's Home Page Houston's bullwhip prodigy ("Keeper of the Serpent") and cigar aficionado keeps a list of local BDSM events
Peter Boots' Guides Guides to queer perve London and New York are essential, exemplary sites, even worth a look if you don't intend to use the scenes in those cities.
POWERotics - excellent specialised resource aimed at straight male-dom players but with lots of general interest, safety and practical information. Partly commercial subscription service but lots of free stuff too. This site features discussions of erotic power exchange from the maledom/femsub perspective -- subscription-based but the "Public Dungeons" have a lot of great information for beginners
S/M Policy Reform Project The S/M Policy Reform Project is being organized by members of the National Organization for Women who believe that the current NOW policy against S/M should be reconsidered . . . I urge you to support their very thoughtful argument advocating freedom of sexual choice
SM Sex--Safely: the STOP AIDS Project. Targets gay and bisexual men, but this BDSM resource has material that is appropriate for anyone involved in BDSM/kink practices.
SAAFE Newsletter Scroll down this page and click on Southern Alberta Association for Fetish/Fantasy Education/Exploration, a Calgary-area fetish/BDSM social and support group
Savage - BDSM in the UK - beginnings of a UK SM resource, still in its infancy but with rather too many slow graphics SMack! - webmaster Bondager is doing a good job with this stylish mixed site, in Italian with some English sections.
Sclabhai's Sub Space Not just for submissives, this site features several essays worth reading by everyone interested in the scene, from characterizing "Dominant vs. Master" to "Domestic Violence in S/M" to safety articles
section12.com The unofficial website of CompuServe's Variations II section (where a lot of my friends still hang out)
Self-Bondage Page If you absolutely must do bondage on yourself, check here for the safest way to do it
Shibari From the remnants of the disbanded West Coast chapter of Escape, this very social Las Vegas group has banded together to promote consensual power exchange (shibari is a Japanese bondage art form)
Slave Kitiara's BDSM Pages A female slave's perspective on BDSM
The Society of Janus One of America's original (and still one of the leading) BDSM educational and support groups; based in San Francisco but accepting members from everywhere
Stephen's BDSM Page A very extensive website by one of Houston's major players
#Submission It's the website of the #Submission channel on EFnet, but unlike many other chat channels, these folks did it right ... a beautiful site with lots of articles, poetry, a small photo gallery, and quality links galore
Tammad Rimilia's World The "Gentleman Barbarian" is a novelist, essayist, bondage artist, teacher, anachronist, and a very interesting fellow ... oh yeah, and he's quite kinky, too
TIES - Tremendously Intense Erotic Situations "An organization for the Leather, B&D, D/S, S&M, and other kinky acronym people in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area. We promote erotic play that is safe, sane, and consensual. We are pansexual, pro-freedom, and pro-sex"
The Triskeli Guild Bellingham, Washington (where?) has a BDSM group, which has a slow website, but it's nice and tasteful and publishes a good light-hearted newsletter -- recommended
Unrealities Adult Page - As well as the personal stuff on this page, the Unrealities crew do a great job in hosting the excellent alt.sex.bondage FAQ collection (see also alt.sex.bondage).
The Weatherman's Bondage Playroom The nicest Tiana Cambridge fan and Batgirl fetishist you'll ever meet, and one of the best ropework artists working today; his page is now part of the Shortfuse teaser site, but it's updated weekly and always worth a visit
Without Restraint - New York-based mixed BDSM/Fetish Community Outreach Project (SMCOP)'s home pages with lots of links; they also maintain a comprehensive Gopher text resource site.
Women's Welcoming Committee A Seattle-based group organized to assist women of any sexual orientation who are looking for information about subjects which fall loosely under the heading of BDSM and Leather . . . they share their experiences, knowledge and support, and talk about safety precautions, expectations and etiquette
Xcorrigia Toronto-based education and support group (another one!) committed to the exploration of safe, sane, consensual BDSM sexuality

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