All interested individuals who are involved in BDSM/Leather/Kink lifestyles are invited to participate in a survey about intimate partner abuse. The purpose of this survey is to gather information regarding the quality of experiences had by those who sought help from domestic violence service providers, or those who wanted to seek help, but did not […]
Pride Parade and NLA-Dallas… like chocolate & peanut butter — it’s a natural! On Sunday, September 15 we’ll be marching and riding motorcycles* in the 30th edition of The Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, themed “Deep in the Heart of Pride”, and — WE NEED YA! Whether you’re gay, lesbian, het, bi, or trans we
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On June 27, the NLA Dallas Domestic Violence Team: Lex, Beth, Artemis, Rob, Hardy, and I (Jim R. had an emergency and was unable to attend) met here in Dallas with three administrators from The National Domestic Violence Hotline staff from Austin. We discussed the in-service training needs of hotline supervisors, and hotline phone operators.
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Shrink Rap! (July 2013) Dennis C. Hartzog, M.Ed., LPC Hi! Welcome to “Shrink Rap!” My hope is that this monthly column will be a safe place to discuss issues related to having a safe and healthy Kink/Leather/BDSM relationship. I encourage you to submit any questions you may have, or issues that you would like to
National HIV Day is Friday, June 28. Local agencies wil offer testing at these locations on the following dates: June 28th, 9AM to 2PM. AIDS Interfaith Network at General Mexican Consulate, 1210 Riverbend Dr. June 27-28th, 9AM to 4PM. Resource Center Dallas at Nelson-Tobedo Community Clinic, 4012 Cedar Springs Rd. June 27-28th, 3PM to 7PM.
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Authored By: robin The first weekend of June, four of the Leather Heart Clan attended Tournament, the annual run of the Knights of Leather of Minneapolis. The Knights of Leather has been organizing this event for 25 years. The club itself is ~30 years old. It started as a lesbian leather club, but the members
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LEATHER WISDOM: “The Original Hanky Code” NLA General Meeting of June 4, 2013 by: Boy Leo First, I must say I was a little shocked and disappointed at the general lack of hanky code history. However, to be fair to the various sites I visited the subject has so many variances when a simple Google
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Authored by: Dennis C. Hartzog, M.Ed., LPC I am pleased to announce that I am no longer the NLA Dallas Representative to the NLA-I DVP. The EC voted last Tuesday to have the NLA Dallas Domestic Violence Project continue as an autonomous project of NLA Dallas with me as the appointed Chairperson. All references to NLA-I DVP
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Dennis C. Hartzog, M.Ed., LPC Hi! Welcome to “Shrink Rap!” My hope is that this monthly column will be a safe place to discuss issues related to having a safe and healthy Kink/Leather/BDSM relationship. I encourage you to submit any questions you may have, or issues that you would like to see discussed to my
Authored By: Robin On May 19, a remarkable thing happened: members of the Leather/BDSM/Kink community: Beth, Dennis, and I, met with senior managers of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the National Dating Abuse Helpline — and we were welcomed with open arms! A partnership was formed with potentially national impact. Given the historic lack of
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