Seeking Stories

by Lolita Wolf on 03/06/2009

in activism,research

My friend, Larry Iannotti, is writing an academic paper justifying the reasons for the recent Survey of Violence and Discrimination against Sexual Minorities and he is seeking stories:

I’m interested in hearing from anyone who runs an SM-related business and has been blocked from doing business by credit-card companies, landlords, license or permit granting authorities, website administrators, etc., as a result of the SM content of the business.

I’m also interested in hearing from anyone who has been fired from a job, kicked out of an apartment, harassed by law enforcement officials, or had psychological,medical or legal professionals deny them their rights (custody, pressing charges, initiating a complaint or investigation, etc.) as a result of their being involved in SM-related activities.

Finally, I’m seeking reports of incidents in which SM-related groups were forced to move their operations or events because a landlord or public facility (such as a hotel, conference center, school, etc.) refused to let the event occur due to it’s being SM-related.

Anyone who has information about such incidents can contact me via email. If you prefer, you can contact me by phone at 212-465-1917 to set up a time that we can speak.

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