We’re excited to share two spectacular new additions to the BED Library today.
We just installed a gallery of contemporary photos of the life and times of the Leather Scene as viewed through the lens of California-based photographer Rich Stadtmiller. He generously donated several dozen of the treasures from RichTrove, his amazing free resource of thousands of images of kinky people, places and events.
Think of all the sexy people you could be looking at right now — and all the familiar faces!
Also in news, BED friend Race Bannon has also generously allowed us to reprint a very pertinent guide to coming out in “Coming Out Kinky: How Much Should People Know.” It’s an excellent resource for anyone interested in teaching about how to safely come out. Here’s an excerpt –
How much should the public in general know about who we are and what we do? The question of coming out to our family and inner circle and how much the average non-kinky person should know about us kinksters are closely related.
Kink education abounds these days. It’s everywhere, it seems. Go to just about any major leather or kink event anywhere in the country and you’re likely to encounter a plethora of classes and workshops about what we kinksters do and how we function as humans playing at the edges of norms.
I could and have made the case that at times I think we’re over-educated to the point of creating kinky automatons doling out sensual experiences and crafting identities that too often parrot a sameness to it all, but I won’t do that here. I’m not in any way against kink education. It’s something I often do myself. Don’t take my stance as being anti-education. It’s not. But the abundance of it all often leads to a sense that more information for “everyone” is always a good thing. I think that’s misguided.
Your mileage may vary, but when I consider how much education to give someone about my sexuality and erotic identity, I ask myself questions about which of three purposes I’m targeting. —continue reading
Have fun in BED and, as always, have a safe and sexy weekend!
