On the season two premiere of the Asking for a Friend podcast, host Dr. Laura McGuire sits down with Susan Wright, executive director for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, to discuss defining kink and consent, eliminating fears around our sexual fantasies, and the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon.
Susan Wright (she/her) founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997 and currently serves as Executive Director and Director of Incident Reporting & Response. Susan also serves on the advocacy and community advisory committees for AASECT, the APA’s Division 44: Task Force on Consensual Non-monogamy, Kink Clinician Guidelines, and Diverse Sexualities Research Education Institute. Susan chaired the successful DSM-5 Revision Project, which helped result in the consensual paraphilias being removed from the Paraphilic Disorders in 2013. She currently chairs the Consent Counts committee working with the American Law Institute on the new Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault, which decriminalizes BDSM by permitting explicit prior permission for use of force and restraint with sexual contact. Susan has also conducted a number of research projects on discrimination and violence against BDSM practitioners; consent practices and attitudes; and the mental and physical health of BDSM and non-monogamy practitioners, with papers published in journals including the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Journal of Sexual Medicine, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychiatry, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, Journal of Positive Sexuality, and Journal of Homosexuality.
Keep up with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom’s work at www.ncsfreedom.org. For questions, contact Susan at [email protected].
Dr. Laura McGuire (they/them) is an intersectional queer sexologist, doula, educator, and parent of two. In this show, Laura sits down with special guests for thought-provoking conversations on how sexuality, gender, race, faith, and ability shape our sexual experiences and identities as queer people.
Asking for a Friend is a Spectrum South podcast. Hosted by Dr. Laura McGuire. Produced by Dani Benoit. Don’t miss an episode—subscribe now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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