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Inclusion of diverse sexualities, genders, and to some extent sexes, has been a relatively recent focus for many in education, psychology, health services, and public policy. In this moment of both historic progress, and extreme backlash, marked by both pro and anti LGBT legislations, and simultaneous increases in bias-motivated violence. [...]
One of many factors fundamental for people’s experience of health and well-being is sexuality. Sexual health should be recognized as an affirmative concept associated with well-being and positive qualities and as being more than reproductive health. It is linked to the expression of individual and collective needs, human rights and responsibilities. [...]
The topic of disclosure of an interest in BDSM (an umbrella term for sexual interests including bondage, domination, submission/ sadism, and masochism) remains largely unaddressed in current resources. There is evidence that interest in BDSM is common (Renaud & Byers, 1999), often stigmatized, and that people hesitate to disclose it (Wright, 2006). [...]