Will in a Weekend
A Workshop for queer, polyamorous, kinky, burner, and other non-traditional folks Will in a Weekend is an all-inclusive end of life planning workshop for non-traditional folks in central Texas who are ready to stop procrastinating. Participants start the planning...
Cohabitation part 3 – Consider Buying Property
If you’re ready to make the leap into property ownership, there are some advantages and disadvantages to doing so as a polycule. For the purposes of this blog, we are talking about your chosen family buying and inhabiting one dwelling together. We’ll cover hybrid...
GWNN Bash Reflections
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of going to GWNN Bash as both a sponsor and a member of the community – it was a really great experience and I wanted to talk about it a little. Content warning: This event included adults-only-oriented activities. There are no R- or...
Living With Your Poly-Pod (part 2) – The Legal Realities of Renting with your Chosen Family
Last week we covered more of the social aspect of living with your polycule, essentially handling matters before they have a chance to turn into legal problems. Now we’ll address the other side of that coin. Let me begin by saying something obvious – the current laws...
Living With Your Poly-Pod (part 1) – A guide to peace and harmony
You may not be on a relationship escalator [1], but you feel that moving in together is the best next step for your polycule. You want your relationship to thrive in this new situation with a minimum of friction. Or maybe you moved in together already and you are...
Nonmonogamy Day of Visibility July 15, 2023
This Saturday, July 15, is the inaugural Day of Visibility for non-monogamous folks. What is non-monogamy? The Day Of Visibility is using “Non-monogamy” as an umbrella term, including people who identify as polyamorous, “open, swinger, relationship anarchist, etc.”...
Non-monogamy and Marriage – Adultery, Bigamy, and Polygamy – Is “loving too much” a Crime?
Because I am a Texas attorney with an alternative lifestyle, people sometimes ask me if polyamory is illegal. If you are married and have a sexual partner outside the marriage, can you get arrested? What about if you are single but have a partner who is married and...
Introducing Your Marriage to Non-monogamy – Avoiding Legal Pitfalls in “Opening Up”
You and your partner may have decided to try non-monogamy in the near future or you have already made the leap. If you are married, there are practical and legal issues you should think about when you leave the traditional world of monogamous partnership for the...
Hot Polyam Summer – Legal Issues for Consensual Non-monogamy
Non-monogamy is moving away from being seen as a fringe practice for free-love hippies in communes to being a legitimate lifestyle choice for mainstream adults of all types. Approximately 1 in 5 people have tried non-monogamy at some point in their lives.[1] ...
Can’t the oppressed just move? It’s not that simple.
Earlier this week we discussed what allies of the Trans community can do to help be good allies, with how Texas is getting progressively more legislatively treacherous for them. This brought up the question that we see online a lot recently, “If you don’t like living...