Category: Activism

Polytical in 2012: get involved!

Happy 2012! We've got big plans here at Polytical, and we'd like your help! We're looking for new writers to join the team. We'd like to hear a wide variety of voices talking about all sorts of aspects of non-monogamy, and ...

Saturday's workshops: photo by Andrew

OpenCon: A New Kind of Poly Event

This year, people came to OpenCon from France, Germany, Catalonia and Switzerland, as well as from all over the UK. Sixty people converged in Dorset - around half of whom had attended last year - to share longer, deeper conversations ...

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Activism: The Incurable Bug

Survivor Story: One woman’s tale of her exposure to an incurable virus You might not have heard of it, or be aware of the symptoms, but if you are a member of a group, you too could be exposed to this ...

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So what’s OpenCon all about, then?

A few people have asked about the format of OpenCon, so I'm going to expand a bit on the idea! OpenCon will be a weekend of workshops, discussions, socialising and community-building among non-monogamous people in the beautiful Dorset countryside. It'll run ...

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Getting Polytical : A Workshop Write Up

During Polyday, myself and Bobbu ran a workshop to gather ideas for Polytical and where to go next and the fabulous community were more than happy to oblige. I took some rough scribbles and notes which I'm now going to ...

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The Plan For Pride Pt. 2

So when I first wrote the plans for Pride we were still waiting on Swindon (this Saturday!), Derby and Leicester to confirm their routes. That's now been done so if you want to come join me and wave a Polytical ...

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Partying & Polytical at Polyday

There is about a month to go until Polyday, dontchaknow? Yup, on the 27th of August Polyday 2011 will be going down at Dragon Hall in London. Now, dear Maxine, this year’s organiser, has already said a little about Polyday ...

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Poly at Pride (Pt. 2 – Bristol)

Sometimes all it takes is a spot of rain to put a damper on a good day. Bristol Pride was having none of this though! Arriving in plenty of time for the parade, myself and Hayley had the new placard ...

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Polyday – Home of the Awesome

When I first moved to London at the start of 2007 I was lucky enough that I *had* heard of polyamory. I even defined myself as polyamorous, thanks to a chance encounter with a copy of The ...

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Poly at Pride (Pt. 1 – London)

London Pride was it's usual amazing self. After having watched Una put the placard together over the past couple of weeks (thanks entirely to the donations we've received) it was a really exciting experience finally loading it in the art folder ...

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