Polyamory Resources

Handout for Heartful Polyamory workshops

Cascade Spring Cook and Zhahai Spring Stewart

heartfulpoly(at)aphroweb.net
707-794-7334
www.aphroweb.net

Polyamory Terms and Concepts
Questions to consider in poly relationships
Relationship Guidance
Tools for self-acceptance

Some recommended books

Books on non-monogamy
Some recommended books on growth and communication
Some recommended books on sex

Loving More magazine and conferences:

http://www.lovemore.com Loving More PO Box 1658 Loveland, CO 80539 970-MOR-LOVE (970-667-5683) Note: This contact information is new as of August, 2008

Websites on polyamory (a few of the many):

http://www.polyamorysociety.org http://www.xeromag.com/fvpoly.html http://www.lovethatworks.org/FAQ.html http://www.polyamory.org http://www.lovewithoutlimits.com http://www.practicalpolyamory.com/ http://www.polyamory.org/SF/groups.html (To find local groups) http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/ Polyamory in the News http://www.listal.com/list/polyamory-books Joreth's Polyamory Books List Practical Nonmonogamy Tips II http://www.xeromag.com/fvmonopoly_existing.html Polyamory for the Monogamous http://freaksexual.wordpress.com/ (Pepper Mint's blog on outcast sexual communities) http://polyweekly.com/ Polyamory Weekly (Cunningminx's poly podcasts) http://www.cat-and-dragon.com/stef/Poly/Labriola/jealousy.html Managing Jealousy in Open Relationships http://www.xeromag.com/practicaljealousy.pdf Practical Jealousy Management http://www.polyamorousmisanthrope.com/ The Polyamorous Misanthrope http://www.polychromatic.com/pfp/main.php Poly Friendly Professionals http://www.sfldef.org/ (Sexual Freedom Legal Defense and Education Fund) For Professionals: http://www.ejhs.org/volume5/polyoutline.html Working with Polyamorous Clients in the Clinical Setting http://www.polyamory.org/~joe/polypaper.htm What Psychology Professionals Should Know About Polyamory:The Lifestyles and Mental Health Concerns of Polyamorous Individuals by Geri D. Weitzman https://www.ncsfreedom.org/index.php?option=com_keyword&id=317 What Psychology Professionals Should Know About Polyamory from the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

Websites with sex and safer sex information.
We each have to decide on the level of risk of sexually transmitted disease that we're willing to take. Some STDs are more dangerous than others, some are more easily transmitted than others. Should we use condoms? Dental dams? Should we always require our partners to be tested before having sex? Which sexual activities are most risky? Which are relatively safe? Various email lists go through periods of vigorous discussion about these issues. Ultimately we each have to find our own comfort level, and communicate about it with our partners. Here are some websites that will help you get the basic information so that you can make your own decision about what works for you.

http://www.ashastd.org http://www.avert.org/std.htm http://www.healthline.com/channel/sexually-transmitted-diseases.html http://www.sexuality.org/concise.html http://www.siecus.org/ http://www.sfsi.org http://www.thebody.com/safesex.html

Email groups

Polymono is for monogamous people in a relationship with a polyamorous person. To join, send a blank email to polymono-subscribe(at)yahoogroups.com Livingpolymono is intended to support polyamorous people with a monogamous partner. To join, send email to livingpolymono-subscribe(at)yahoogroups.com The Loving More Love List is a discussion group for people interested in polyamorous relationships. To join, send email to LovingMore_lovelist-subscribe(at)yahoogroups.com PolyDiverity focuses on polyamorous people of color / POC / multicultural / bicultural. To join, send email to PolyDiversity-subscribe(at)yahoogroups.com

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