Path: reader2.panix.com!reader1.panix.com!panix!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!63-226-101-146.slkc.qwest.NET!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: "K" Newsgroups: soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom,soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm Subject: {INFO} Where to find a kink aware professional Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 05:26:09 -0700 Lines: 130 NNTP-Posting-Host: 63-226-101-146.slkc.qwest.net (63.226.101.146) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1070281568 69392768 63.226.101.146 ([215004]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: dougal.mew.co.uk soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom:18673 soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm:118142 www.bannon.com/kap/ ---------------------------------------- The Kink Aware Professionals Referrals list is a resource that Many of us may sometimes have a use for. The List is now only available via the web, so some of the following is OBE (Overtaken By Events), but it perhaps best explains the purpose of the KAP list. From: Race Bannon (72114.2327@CompuServe.COM) Newsgroups: alt.sex.bondage Subject: Kink Aware Professionals Referrals Date: 10 Apr 1995 18:16:21 GMT Message-ID: (3mbsll$n7$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com) NEW KINK COMMUNITY SERVICE If you are kinky and in need of professional counseling or medical attention, it is often difficult to find someone who is both a qualified practitioner and sensitive to your erotic choices. Some psychotherapists wrongly assume anyone into kinky sex must necessarily be disturbed. Similarly, medical doctors presented with a bruised butt or back will often assume some type of physical abuse has taken place. In such cases, ignorance on the part of the professional can lead to a troublesome arrangement. Misdiagnosis of the actual problem can also be a result of this unfortunate set of circumstances. Since such situations often occur, a new non-profit service is now being offered to make it easier to find psychotherapeutic, medical, dental and alternative healing professionals who understand and accept alternative sexuality. The new service, called "Kink Aware Professionals" ("KAP" for short), provides a listing of such professionals who are aware and accepting of kinky sexuality. Any psychotherapeutic, medical, dental or alternative healing (chiropractors, acupuncturists, hypnotherapists, massage therapists, etc.) professional wishing to have clients referred to their practice are encouraged to send their contact information to: Kink Aware Professionals (or "KAP") c/o Race Bannon 584 Castro Street, Suite 518 San Francisco, CA 94114 OR Send e-mail to: 72114.2327@compuserve.com [For email, use race@bannon.com] Upon receiving the professional's information in writing or via e-mail the information is added to the listing and is made available to those requesting the listing. Listings typically include the professional's name, credentials, address and phone number along with a very brief description of the services they offer. To be included in the listing a professional must accept that adults have the right to engage in all safe and consensual erotic behavior. This includes all styles of kinky sexuality, not just leather/SM/fetish play. Professionals need not be involved in kinky sexuality themselves. Professionals included in the listing are also encouraged to become familiar with kinky sexuality of all kinds. Community members knowing of such professionals are also encouraged to solicit their participation in KAP. Anyone in the United States or Canada wishing to receive the listing of kinky-friendly professionals should send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (use two 32 cent stamps, more if sent from Canada) to the same address listed above. You will be sent the most current listing of professionals in the United States and Canada. A listing can also be obtained by sending an e-mail message to KAP at the e-mail address listed above. Since Kink Aware Professionals is privately funded, costs must be kept low. Therefore, all communications must take place via pre-paid mail or electronic e-mail. This applies to both professionals wishing to be included in the listing and those wishing a copy of the listing. It is hoped that the Kink Aware Professionals referral service will allow members of the kinky community to develop professional relationships with those who understand their sexuality. -- Race Bannon ------------------------------------------------ For people who have questions they don't want to address to their physician, or who haven't yet found a Kink Friendly doctor, the following may be useful resources: The National Center for Disease Control homepage at: http://www.cdc.gov/ Telephone hot lines run by the CDC: AIDS questions : 1-800-342-AIDS (2437) Hepatitis B&C questions: 1-888-443-7232 STD questions : 1-800-227-8922 --------------------------------------------------- If anyone is nervous about speaking to zir (his or her) physician or therapist, zie (he or she) might wish to acquire this book: "Health Care Without Shame: A Handbook for the Sexually Diverse and Their Caregivers," by Charles Moser, Ph.D., M.D. Greenery Press, http://www.bigrock.com/~greenery -------------------------------------------------- Safe Link Safe Link is a clearinghouse for materials and questions about domestic violence, specifically for the leather/fetish community. Safe Link c/o Domestic Violence Education Project National Leather Association 3439 NE Sandy Blvd, #155 Portland, OR 97232